World Land Trust Policies

Biofuel and Nature Conservation: Biofuels or Forests

The World Land Trust believes that the current rush into biofuel production is misguided – it is a risky and ineffective strategy for reducing CO₂ levels and it is destroying natural habitats rich in biodiversity.

Climate Change and Nature Conservation: What the World Land Trust is doing

As a charity concerned with nature conservation, the World Land Trust has developed a two-pronged approach: Regenerating and protecting forest land to remove carbon dioxide and creating, where we can, wildlife refuges that can accommodate climate change.

Complaints Policy and Proceedure

Every year we handle thousands of enquiries and requests. We try to ensure that every one of these interactions meets the expectations of the person concerned. However, we recognise that this may not always be the case and so this page outlines the Trust's full complaints policy and proceedure.

Environmental Policy

The World Land Trust recognises that fulfilling our mission inevitably has adverse effects on the environment, but we are committed to mitigating this effect as far as possible while continuing our work of preserving threatened habitats.

Land Purchase as a Tool for Conservation

The Trust does not own or manage any of the areas it helps save outside of the UK: The land is always purchased, protected and managed by local partner organisations.

Mission and Operation

The World Land Trust emphasises the importance of supporting local conservation groups and always work through local partners. Unlike the majority of international organisations the WLT does not put its own staff in charge of operations, but relies on local expertise.

Privacy Policy

Details of what personal information the World Land Trust collects from its website visitors and how this information is used. Information collected is never sold, traded or rented to other organisations or disclosed to persons outside the Trust other than to those who carry out work on our behalf, such as processing online donations.

Projects Selection Criteria

When selecting projects, a number of specific criteria are evaluated to ensure that the project falls within the WLT’s mission and to ensure that the project is likely to succeed in its aims.

Position on Goats and Goat Giving

Goats are almost universally accepted by conservationists as being one of the main causes of environmental degradation in fragile habitats. Therefore, when they occur in those habitats, making the public aware of these issues is clearly an important part of the WLT's mission.

Risk Assessments

The WLT carries out an annual risk assessment of all its activities, and when appropriate this can be made available to funding bodies and partner organisations.

Scientific Collecting on WLT Funded Reserves

The WLT policy on the scientific collection of biodiversity specimens on reserves funded by the Trust. Programme partners who have signed up to this policy are listed on the policy page.

Use of Images and Content: Copyright Policy

Please read our content and copyright policy before using content and images from this, or other World Land Trust websites.

See also our Frequently Asked Questions section, which details the Trust's position on sending volunteers abroad, financial transparency and more.