NEX – No Extinction

The NEX Institute is an NGO aimed at defending endangered wild cats. Our philosophy is based on the assumption that protecting our forests and fauna and promoting environmental education is a duty of everyone in our society. Our own survival depends on it, as man and the environment are closely related and nature provides for the future of mankind. Striking a correct balance with nature requires wise actions, not a dominating behavior. We found that the condition of our wild felines is quite upsetting, and decided to devote our best efforts to this cause. At the beginning of the year 2000, plans to create NEX and to build the required structure for the project were started. The site would be located on the private property of Cristina Gianni, currently the President of NEX, who made a voluntary assignment of the use of land rights, to the detriment of her own personal patrimony. Although aware of the reach and complexity of the work we intended to accomplish -- from planning to legalization, to building, and to administering each step of the project -- we defied every obstacle, in the firm belief that nothing is impossible for those who voluntarily unite for a common cause. We were soon rewarded, for as we started working for the protection of wild cats, we also began promoting the social development of the residents living in the community close to the farmhouse.