Welcome to Wild Planet!

Conservation organizations spend up to 30% of donations on overhead costs, significantly reducing the amount of your dollars reaching their target.

Many “eco-tourist” companies donate zero dollars to conservation and have practices which are no better for the environment than their mainstream counterparts.

An idealist at heart, James Rice was constantly frustrated by figures like these, and by conservation projects that didn’t seem to be achieving any real goals, yet continued to get funding and attract volunteers. At the same time, he witnessed other projects that were making a difference but went unnoticed. In talking to people at home and abroad about wildlife and conservation, he found that many people wanted to contribute but didn’t know how- -how to decide which project to donate to, where to volunteer their time, or how to evaluate a project’s crediblity. Thus was born the idea for Wild Planet.

Currently, we are compiling an evaluation form for conservation-related projects, which will include conservation biology projects looking for volunteers, eco-tourist ventures, and direct conservation projects such as wildlife rescue. Our aim is to present detailed information on, among other things, stated project goals, results to date, what volunteers can expect, and how donations are spent.

We appreciate your support of Wild Planet and look forward to connecting you more closely to conservation. We hope to translate your enthusiasm for conservation into actions that preserve our wildlife and wild spaces.