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Official Twitter account of the Wyss Foundation - supporting solutions that improve lives, empower communities, and strengthen connections to the land.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2015
"For the sake of all living things, let’s see to it that far more of our planet is protected by the people, for the people and for all time.” –Hansjörg Wyss #CampaignForNature
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The Wyss Foundation helped add 13,123 acres to New Mexico’s Sabinoso Wilderness! 🌿 Full of canyons, elk, and raptors, the effort nearly doubled the size of this protected area. 🦅🌄 Thanks to @WildernessLand & @tpl_org!
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With support from the Wyss Foundation, Laos DPR recently created Xesap National Park, protecting 202,300 hectares of biodiversity 🌏, including the critically endangered Saola 🦄. Read more about this #conservation achievement 👇 @WWF @RainforestTrust
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We're excited to announce a $500,000 grant to One22 Resource Center, a community-based organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families facing financial and cultural challenges in the Greater Teton area of Wyoming.
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#TBT! Did you know that last year the Wyss Foundation provided $5 million to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (@ChildrensPhila) to establish the Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome?
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Did you know—white-lipped peccaries have declined by as much as 87-90 percent from their historical range? 🌲 We helped protect a critical habitat of this imperiled species, the Maya Forest Corridor, alongside @rewild & its partners in Belize. More here:
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It's #WildlifeWednesday! Alongside the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, we help protect Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park— home to 10,000-12,000 elephants and considered one of the highest concentrations of African elephants globally! More here:
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The Wyss Foundation is proud to support the Island Housing Trust Corporation and its important work to build community and alleviate the affordable housing crisis in Dukes County, Massachusetts! Learn more here: #community #philanthropy
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It's #WildlifeWednesday! Alongside @DarwinFound, we help protect the Galapagos Marine Reserve, home to species like the bluntnose sixgill shark. Shark populations are in global decline; protecting swimways like the Reserve is critical for shark's survival.
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We're proud to help support the wonderful #BuddyBison program through the @NatParkTrust 🦬
We are looking back to when @VargasSchool 4th graders explored Fort Point National Historic Site with #BuddyBison! Guided by Rangers, they investigated the Fort’s history, the California Gold Rush, and San Francisco—all through their own questions and discoveries.
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It's #WildlifeWednesday! Did you know the Minke whale can be as loud as a jet plane, up to 152 decibels?! We helped protect a habitat of this magnificent whale alongside @Natures_Voice & @NG_PristineSeas 🐳 Read more about the 700,000 km2 Tristan da Cunha:
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#TBT! Did you know that in 2021, the Wyss Foundation announced a $108 million commitment to support #conservation in Africa? 🐘🦏🦒 Learn more here 👇
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In 2021, the Wyss Foundation supported Friends of Cocos Island (@Isladelcoco) & its #conservation partners in expanding the Cocos Marine Conservation Area. 🐠 This #ecosystem contains more than 90% of all coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific!
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📢Project spotlight! Alongside @NCC_CNC, we helped protect 358,000 acres in Canada. The Boreal Wildlands are home to the threatened woodland caribou🦌 and store CO2e equivalent to the average lifetime emissions of 3 million cars!
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It's #WildlifeWednesday! Meet the world's largest otter, the Giant Otter, a critter that can be up to 6 feet long!🦦 Alongside @andesamazonfund, we helped protect Chiribiquete National Park, home to this #endangered member of the weasel family 👇
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The Wyss Foundation helped protect a tract of ocean three times the size of the UK! In this marine protected area lives the critically endangered and endemic Tristan Albatross. Read about the largest zone of marine protection in the Atlantic Ocean here:
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🔦 We're excited to spotlight a $1 million grant to @TroutUnlimited helping mobilize anglers, hunters, & sporting businesses to better protect coldwater habitat & freshwater sources on millions of acres of #publiclands that trout & salmon call home!
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