Why should I save acres with the World Land Trust and what does it mean to save an acre?
By saving acres with the WLT you will be taking direct action to save tropical forests and other important wildlife areas, by funding the purchase of threatened habitats. The acres you buy are protected as nature reserves, owned and managed bylocal organisations.
Our FAQ page answers other commonly asked questions related to the "save an acre" concept and how the Trust operates, such as:
You can donate online to our urgent land purchase projects (REGUA
Project Brazil, Tropical Forest Project Ecuador, Wild Lands Elephant
Corridor India, Chaco/Pantanal Project Paraguay, and Reef & Mangrove
Projects). To support any of the Trust's older projects in
Belize, Costa Rica, Patagonia or the Philippines, please donate
by post, over the telephone or by fax.
To support our Orang-utan Appeal, which is raising funds to purchase and protect forest in Borneo, you can donate online via Justgiving (for standard donations in your own name) or by post, over the telephone or by fax (for standard or gift donations).
An acre is 0.4 hectares or
4000 square metres, which is an area about the size of 200
parked cars. To convert acres into other area units, use our handy area
converter.
Certificates and Gift Packages, where applicable, will be sent out within five working days - please allow adequate time for postage if you have requested these as hard copies. (Please note that if you have chosen to receive an electronic pdf certificate this will be prepared for you personally to ensure accuracy and will therefore not be sent immediately.)
Yes. The World Land Trust uses a secure
server to process all donations from the Internet. This
ensures that the sensitive information that you give is encrypted
so that it cannot be read by others.
Although our prices are in pounds sterling (£) we can
accept credit card donations from anywhere in the world. You
will be charged in your local currency - see our currency
converter page for more details. You can also donate in US dollars
through our partners, World
Land Trust-US.
If you are a UK tax payer the WLT can reclaim the basic rate of tax
on all donations made, at no extra cost to you. (Excludes donations from
company accounts.)
As the basic rate of tax has gone down to 20% from April 2008, how much Gift Aid will WLT now be able to claim on my donations ?
In the future WLT will be able to claim back 25p in Gift Aid for every £1 you donate rather than 28p as at present. But for the next three years this isn't going to affect the total amount we receive from the government. They are offering a three year transitional relief to charities - so until April 2011 we will still receive 28p for every £1 of your donation, just as if the tax rate hadn't changed.
I have left making a gift donation until the last minute! Can you send
the gift package really quickly please?
This can usually be arranged - please call us to discuss delivery options.
We can also send you the Gift Certificate by email as an electronic PDF
document that you can print yourself, or email to the recipient.
Please let us know when you make your donation if you would like us to
do this.
Please note that the electronic certificate is created by hand,
just like the printed certificate, and not sent
automatically. You will
therefore still need to allow time for your donation to be processed
by WLT's admin team. (We aim to send out certificates and gift packages within five working days, but are often able to do it within one working day.)
Why is the online donation system so difficult to use?
We are working hard at finding an alternative to the online donation
system we currently use. In the meantime we thank you for your patience.
If you are finding it at all difficult to donate online we would be pleased
to take your donation over the telephone if you prefer. Our donations
office is staffed Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, British time,
and we are more than happy to process telephone donations, and answer
any queries you may have.
I made a mistake on the online donation form and now the donation amounts keep adding up!
If you are half-way through the donation process, find a mistake and have to go back to the beginning, sometimes the donation amount you entered is saved in the system, so that when you enter a new amount this is added to the old amount. This may happen even if you close the donation window and then immediately re-open it.
Luckily there is an easy way to prevent this: Each step in the donation window has a "Clear all and start again" link towards the bottom of the page. Click this link and all your details will be removed, enabling you to start anew.
What are Verified by VISA and MasterCard SecureCode?
Verified by VISA (VBV™) and MasterCard SecureCode (MCSC™) are systems for ensuring higher standard of security for online card transactions, created by VISA and MasterCard respectively.
When you make an online donation to the World Land Trust using a VISA card or MasterCard, you will be taken to the secure site of your card issuer and asked to verify your card details by confirming a password. When your card has been verified the donation will be processed as normal.
The password you enter will not be accessible to or stored by the World Land Trust - it is submitted directly to your card issuer over a secure link.
If you are unable to verify your card for some reason, you may like to try again later, contact your card issuer or make your donation over the telephone.
World Land Trust is supported by many conservationists and others who
realise the importance of saving threatened lands, including Sir David
Attenborough, who is one of the Trust's Patrons. Read Sir David's and
other supporters' Messages of Support.
Make a donation
This page gives details of the different donation types and the projects
you can support.
Press information
WLT information, contacts and links for journalists.
Privacy policy statement
The WLT complies fully with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and will
never disclose your personal details to organisations or people outside
the WLT and/or the WLT-US. Read the Trust's Privacy Policy statement
to learn more about the data we collect and how we use it.
Terms & conditions
Donations to and orders from the WLT are subjected to some terms and
conditions. Please read them here.
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