A mini forest takes root at Landport Ditch
Volunteers planted dense native saplings in one of Gibraltar's most historic corners — the first of the Rock's community mini forests.
Full story — coming soon
A Whole Wild World initiative
One donation. Two ecosystems restored.
Match a Patch pairs urban nature where you live with the wild landscapes that sustain our planet. Give once — half grows a community patch in a city, half restores its wild partner.
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 329 — GIBRALTAR · EST. PHASE ZERO
Why MaP exists
Nature is being restored — mostly in isolation.
Thousands of restoration projects are underway around the world. Many struggle for visibility. Many compete for the same funding. Very few are connected.
MaP links the green spaces growing in our cities to the wild landscapes beyond them —
— so every act of restoration strengthens another. It starts with six patches. It's built to scale to hundreds.
How it works
Give once.
Restore twice.
Step 1
You donate once
Choose a patch and an amount. Checkout takes under a minute — securely handled by Stripe.
Step 2
Your gift splits 50/50
Half funds the Urban Patch: trees, habitat and community green space in the city. Half funds its Wild partner: landscape-scale ecosystem restoration.
Step 3
Both ecosystems thrive
City patches bring nature to people's doorsteps. Wild landscapes breathe for the planet. Your donation strengthens both — and the living link between them.
The patch network
Six matches.
Three continents.
Every urban patch is paired with a wild restoration site. Run your eye down the index — each line is one donation landing twice.
- 01 Gibraltar ↔ Iberia Rewilding Gibraltar → Southern Spain & Portugal Pilot
- 02 South District ↔ Doñana Gibraltar → Andalusia, Spain Pilot
- 03 River Corridor ↔ Alagães Mértola, Portugal → Guadiana Valley Pilot
- 04 Entebbe ↔ Uganda Parks Lake Victoria → Uganda Pilot
- 05 Mountain Rewilding ↔ Atlantic Forest São Paulo → Serra do Mar, Brazil In development
- 06 Coastal Community ↔ Mangroves Dar es Salaam → Tanzanian coast In development
Impact so far
Small patches.
Measurable change.
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Matched patches on 3 continents
Aggregated across MaP patches and partner sites · Updated quarterly by Whole Wild World
From the patches
Field notes.
DISPATCHES FROM SIX PATCHES · MORE SOON
Bringing the river gallery back to life at Alagães
Along the Ribeira de Alvacar, wild olive, willow and tamarisk are returning — hundreds of trees rebuilding a living river corridor.
Full story — coming soon
Entebbe's community nursery starts growing
On the shores of Lake Victoria, the first seedlings for Entebbe's urban patch are being raised by local hands.
Full story — coming soon
Your move
Ready to grow something amazing?
Every patch begins with a single gift. Match yours today.