Independent boosts conservation of tropical forests

Press Release dated: Monday, December 08, 2003

Britain's The Independent, one of the leading broadsheet newspapers, published last Saturday a list of the "50 Best Christmas Presents" and featured the World Land Trust (WLT).

The WLT 'sells' acres of rainforests, and was one on the first organisations to do so, starting back in 1989. Over 250,000 acres have been save in Belize, and the WLT has recently been fundraising to buy land in Ecuador. In June, Sir David Attenborough (a Patron of the Trust) launched a project, which has so far purchased over two and a half square miles of forests, and in October David Gower (also a Patron of the Trust) and David Shepherd launched an initiative to secure an corridor between two protected areas in N E India, to assist one of the largest remaining populations of the endangered Asian Elephant. The attraction of the WLT 'buy an acre' is that these acres really exist, and it is possible to visit them.

Other land acquisitions includes 15,000 acres on the coast of Patagonia, which is now owned (as are all projects) by a local partner of the World Land Trust.

Sponsors of its projects include the Rainforest Cafe, Enterprise Plants, and British Airways. Parts of the World Land Trust website have been funded by DFID, and the EU have funded research into sustainable forestry through the WLT, as an important part of all WLT projects is ensuring sustainable livelihoods for local communities.

Full details of the WLT's projects can be found on its web site (www.worldlandtrust.org).

The featuring of the World Land Trust has jammed the switchboard at times, and emails are flooding in, having caught the imagination of scores of people hard pressed for Christmas gift ideas. - but it will mean another area of forest will be saved for ever, with all the species that live in it.


For more information, contact: John Burton
CEO
World Land Trust
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Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org

 
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