Freeland Foundation

Freeland Foundation trained anti-poaching rangers are on the frontline every day, protecting the animals and local communities of Southeast Asia. In its first Freeland support initiative, Terra Conservation is providing anti-poaching rangers in direct sustainable technology support. Designed in collaboration with Freeland Foundation individuals and teams, Terra Expeditionary Ranger Systems provide necessary equipment and support to these frontline wildlife protectors. Your contributions help to secure critical systems components including solar arrays, energy storage, water filtration, energy efficient lighting, communications, and first aid for Freeland’s anti-poaching rangers.

The Freeland Foundation is a frontline counter-trafficking organization creating a more secure world. Its critical mission is to protect vulnerable wildlife—and people—from organized crime and corruption, while revitalizing ecosystems and communities. The Freeland Foundation has organized a global team of law enforcement and development experts who work alongside government officials, local communities, students, and other NGOs across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Known globally as creative risk-takers, Freeland Foundation founder Steve Galster and his team have implemented proven anti-poaching strategies that protect people and the environment from exploitative, illicit trade. These include securing and analyzing wildlife trafficking supply chain data to inform comprehensive response mechanisms, empowering governments and civil societies to dismantle organized crime syndicates, developing and implementing policies to sustain Counter-Wildlife Trafficking, and transforming human behavior.

Multiple Freeland Foundation programs and activities are achieving historical, quantifiable success in wildlife protection. In 2015, Freeland launched a custom mobile database application, WILDSCAN, that uniquely assists enforcement officers in identifying and tracking poached species. The SURVIVING TOGETHER program collaborates deeply with protected area managers, rangers, and surrounding communities to confront the root causes of environmental degradation head on; Surviving Together is meeting local needs by investing in existing and emerging community leaders to ensure effective installation of sustainable protections systems that can be refined, tailored, and replicated. The PROTECT program provides tailored, comprehensive training packages for rangers and managers in protected areas, dramatically improving security through law enforcement and patrolling in remaining forest reserves. For wildlife crime investigators, the DETECT program offers detailed, theoretical and hands-on forensic training towards securing crimes scenes for the collection and analysis of evidence. You can learn more about myriad other Freeland Foundation programs focused on counter-trafficking, governance and legislation, and disrupting illicit supply chains here.