Sheet 3 — About MaP
Restoration shouldn't happen in silos.
Match a Patch was created by Whole Wild World, a Gibraltar-based charity working to make the whole world wild again.
We saw community rewilding and landscape-scale restoration growing side by side — but rarely growing together.
MaP is our answer: a simple, connected donation model that funds visible nature in cities and vital ecosystems in the wild, in the same act.
It starts with six patches. It's built to scale to hundreds.
MAP SUPPORTS THE AIMS OF THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
What we hold to
Regeneration
We restore ecosystems and strengthen the natural systems that sustain life.
Connection
We connect people, places and organisations to create collective impact.
Scalability
We build solutions that are simple, replicable and ready to grow globally.
Transparency
We operate with openness, accountability and donor trust.
Partnerships — a field guide
Every organisation has an ecological role.
In nature, every species plays a part in a healthy ecosystem. The same is true of MaP. Whatever your organisation does best, there's a niche for you in the network.
Specimen 01
Pioneer Species
Early adopters who establish new connections and shape the ecosystem.
Specimen 02
Keystone Species
Influential organisations whose support strengthens many others.
Specimen 03
Pollinators
Storytellers and educators spreading ideas and inspiring action.
Specimen 04
Seed Dispersers
Connectors who bring in new projects, communities and collaborations.
Specimen 05
Mycorrhizal Networks
Technology, data and knowledge partners linking the ecosystem beneath the surface.
Specimen 06
Canopy Partners
Funders, businesses and foundations creating the conditions for growth.
Specimen 07
Indicator Species
Researchers and monitors helping us understand ecosystem health.
Founding partners
The Pioneer Species Programme
Every ecosystem begins somewhere. Pioneer Species are the founding partners helping build MaP — shaping the platform, testing ideas and laying the ground for everything that grows next. Pioneers get early recognition across the network, a voice in how MaP evolves, and first access to the Pioneer Fund: catalytic funding from our Canopy Partners that helps early projects take root.
Growing with
- Whole Wild World
- UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
- Greenarc
- Restor
Where city meets wild
Join the network.
One gift grows a city patch and restores its wild partner.