71st World Land Trust Council Meeting

Wednesday 18th September 2008

1. Finance and admin:
   
   • New donations database has been installed and is working as intended, providing improved flexibility and reliability in communications with WLT supporters.
2. Development:
   
   • In spite of general economic downturn individuals and corporate supporters were maintaining their commitment, with no obvious effect on income to date.
   • A programme of events to celebrate WLT's 20th Anniversary is planned starting in November 2008 and running through to the 21st Anniversary in 2010.  A new 20th Anniversary logo has been created.
3. Project updates:
   
   • Borneo: appeal launched to raise funds to purchase land in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain to protect Orang-utans and other threatened wildlife, got off to a good start
4. New projects approved by Trustees:
   
   • Araucaria Forest, Brazil: working with new project partners O Boticário. This project is to preserve and restore Araucaria moist forests and their related ecosystems within the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.