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Emeralds for Elephants: the collection reached dramatic climax at auction event in Selfridges, London

June 30, 2010

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The ‘Emeralds for Elephants’ exhibition drew to an exciting close on 23rd June when the most valuable elephant in the London Elephant Parade was auctioned to raise funds for the World Land Trust and Wildlife Trust of India.

Colourful Encounters in Central London

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On 8th July, the antiquarian book shop Henry Sotheran’s on Sackville Street, Piccadilly, will open the exciting exhibition ‘Colourful Encounters: Toucans and other Ecuadorian Birds by John Gould (1804-1881)’.  Original printed lithographs of toucans will be on display as well as images of other beautiful birds including hummingbirds and trogons.

A Toco Toucan by Edward Lear [...]

Wildlife Trust of India convenes important meeting to discuss New Elephant Corridors

June 29, 2010

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In April, World Land Trust (WLT) Project Partner Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) convened a ground breaking meeting of conservation experts, forest authorities and conservation organisation representatives to discuss urgent needs for elephant conservation in Southern India.

Asian Elephants in Corbett National Park in northern India. © Marie Chambers

Inauguration of the newly-designed elephant corridor sign, which [...]

‘Emeralds for Elephants’ Collection Reaches Dramatic Climax at Star Studded Auction Event in Selfridges, London

June 24, 2010

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The ‘Emerald for Elephants’ exhibition drew to an exciting close last night when the most valuable elephant in the London Elephant Parade was auctioned to raise funds for the World Land Trust and Wildlife Trust of Indiawho work together to create a network of wildlife corridors

New Nature Trail Created at Kites Hill Reserve, UK

June 23, 2010

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In April World Land Trust (WLT) and the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) created a new nature trail at Kites Hill Reserve, Gloucestershire to enable visitors to experience the beautiful landscape in this area of the Cotswolds.

Fundraising Standards Board

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Why is the World Land Trust not signed up to the Fund Raising Standards Board?  This is a question which is covered in our website’s FAQs but I don’t think I have ever been asked. I feel perhaps I ought to answer it anyway.
This was provoked by reading a summary of the complaints received by [...]

Conservation on the Ground – Work of Rangers and Tapir Conservation in Ecuador

June 21, 2010

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Work of a ranger
For World Land Trust (WLT) and Ecuadorian partner Fundación EcoMinga, purchasing land is the main focus for protecting species and habitats. But simply acquiring the land is just the beginning as the reserves that are created must be managed and their wildlife protected effectively.

A Near Threatened Black-and-Chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori), photographed by [...]

Elephants on Parade

June 18, 2010

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London has recently been invaded by a herd of over 250 Elephants (and the internet similarly invaded).  The Elephant Parade is organised by the Elephant Family charity, and is proving to be an amazing publicity generating operation which ultimately will generate a lot of funds.
The WLT has worked closely with Elephant Family over [...]

Chris Packham and tiger extinction

June 8, 2010

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Last week’s Radio Times featured an article by Chris Packham (link opens in a new window) suggesting that huge amounts of scarce conservation funding have been wasted on trying to save the tiger from extinction.  It is a fascinating and overall pretty good assessment of the situation.
Around 30 years ago I gave a paper at the [...]

Going for Gold

June 3, 2010



Last week was an amazing week for the World Land Trust and some of its sponsors. For the first time ever we exhibited at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show – probably the most important of its kind in the World.
Our exhibit was designed to bring attention to the plight of the Atlantic Rainforest, and also [...]

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