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About the World Land Trust

What is the World Land Trust?

The World Land Trust is an international conservation charity (Reg. No. 1001291), based in Halesworth, a rural town in Suffolk, UK. Since its foundation in 1989 as the World Wide Land Conservation Trust, the World Land Trust has been working to preserve the world's most biologically important and threatened lands, and has helped purchase and protect over 350,000 acres of habitats rich in wildlife, in Asia, Central and South America and the UK.

Who runs the World Land Trust?

The World Land Trust is run by

• A small number of staff, most of whom work part-time
• Seven trustees, an Honorary President, an Honorary Treasurer and a council

The Trust is also helped by a number of special advisors as well as interns, students and other volunteers.

Policies and operation

The WLT has a policy of working with local partner organisations, and the Trust does not normally play a direct role in the ownership or the management of the land it conserves.

For more information, see the following sections:

Where we work

• Conservation projects
• Track record

How we work

• How we work: Mission statement, local partners and operation
• Applying to the World Land Trust for Project Funding
• Project Selection Criteria

World Land Trust policies

• Biofuel and Nature Conservation: Biofuels or forests
• Climate Change and Nature Conservation: What the World Land Trust is doing
• The WLT's Position on Goats and Goat Giving

Other information

• Financial Information
• Frequently asked questions
• Jobs & internships
• Press information
• Sponsors
• Testimonials