Conservation Projects by the World Land Trust

Saved: 400,000 acres of wildlife habitats

Since its foundation in 1989 supporters of the World Land Trust (WLT) have helped fund the purchase and protection of over 400,000 acres (162,000 ha) of threatened wildlife habitats, working through our overseas project partners. You can help us save even more by supporting our land purchase & protection projects.

Countries with active and successfully completed WLT conservation projects appear in blue (click the country names for more information). Countries in grey represent other areas where the Trust has project partners, but currently no active projects.

Our partners and projects

WLT has Projects Partners all over the world (see map), with whom we work closely to protect reserves:

• Current active conservation projects (projects the WLT is actively raising funds for);
• Successfully completed projects (projects where the WLT has completed its fundraising commitments).

Many of the project areas have reserves that can be visited.

Check out our wildlife resources on Wildlife Focus, including photos, videos and a webcam from our project areas.

See maps of our project areas, including interactive maps and Google Earth coordinates.

Other conservation projects:

Carbon offsets that protect wildlife habitats

The Carbon Balanced Programme is part of WLT's restoration ecology projects, and enables individuals and businesses to offset any carbon emissions they cannot reduce or avoid and at the same time support wildlife conservation.

Zoos and Aquariums supporting conservation

The Wild Spaces Programme enables zoos and aquariums to get involved in in situ wildlife conservation.

The WLT has also helped establish a national park in Lebanon.

Other Projects by the WLT

The WLT is also involved in educational and other projects not involving land purchase and protection. These projects include:

• Books for Conservation Programme, supported by the Natural History Book Service, providing essential text-books and field guides to conservation organisations in developing countries, free of charge.
• Diploma course in Conservation and Project Administration, developed in partnership with the University of East Anglia.
• Focus on Forests, an educational resource for students available as free printed booklets as well as a website.
• Intern Programme, giving recent graduates valuable experience of project development and conservation management.
• Study Tours Programme, providing tailor-made training for senior conservation managers from around the world.
• Wildlife Focus, a multimedia website with wildlife webcam, videos and virtual tours of nature reserves.

How we select which projects to support

The WLT supports a relatively small number of projects to ensure their success and impeccable management. For the same reason the projects we support have been chosen using stringent project selection criteria.