Latest news from World Land Trust (WLT), including updates from conservation projects, articles about programme partners, and up to minute reports of appeals, fundraising activities and events.
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20 February 2014Staff from Chester Zoo have assisted Hutan, WLT’s partner in Malaysia, with the construction of rope bridges for Orang-utans. In September 2013 Nick Davis and Debbi Willia...
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20 February 2014Reserves supported by World Land Trust (WLT) in Sierra Gorda are well protected thanks to a team of rangers, according to Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda...
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11 February 2014In the 2013/14 growing season 80,000 trees will be planted in 131 acres (53 hectares) at Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu (REGUA) in the Atlantic Rainforest – breaking al...
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11 February 2014We are very sorry to learn of the death of Miss Jane Pointer on 26 January 2014 after a short illness. Miss Pointer had been a staunch supporter of World Land Trust (WLT) since...
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06 February 2014World Land Trust (WLT) has part funded an 89 acre (36 hectare) extension to Narupa Reserve in north east Ecuador, owned and protected by partner organisation Fundación...
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04 February 2014Give as you Live donations to World Land Trust (WLT) came to £116 in December 2013 - enough to buy an acre of threatened habitat in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador or Me...
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31 January 2014Looking for an original Valentine’s Day present? We recommend a gift donation to World Land Trust’s Borneo Rainforest Appeal in celebration of the magnificen...
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31 January 2014Building on successful carbon offsetting projects in Ecuador, World Land Trust (WLT) has begun developing a new Carbon Balanced project in Vietnam. For nearly a decade WLT has b...
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31 January 2014Under the terms of an exciting new partnership, World Land Trust (WLT) is working with Viet Nature Conservation Centre (Viet Nature) to develop a Carbon Balanced project in the for...
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31 January 2014In our anniversary year we are inviting individual supporters to join a special group of Anniversary Fundraisers to raise funds for World Land Trust (WLT) between now and May ...
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30 January 2014Wild Travel magazine has become an official media partner of World Land Trust (WLT) during the Trust's 25th Anniversary year and will be regularly featuring stories from o...
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29 January 2014Creatures Great & Small, the current exhibition at World Land Trust (WLT) gallery, celebrates the diversity of the animal kingdom, with a focus on otters, which are now re...
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28 January 2014Settling back into work after the winter break is never easy - so here at World Land Trust (WLT) we were delighted to receive in early January a video recorded on Christmas Day sho...
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27 January 2014Funds from World Land Trust (WLT) supporters Travel Republic and SaladStop! have recently extended Cerro-Prieto Cerro de la Luz reserve in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda. On a trip to...
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27 January 2014World Land Trust (WLT) has funded an extension to the remote Cerro Prieto-Cerro la Luz reserve in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda thanks to donations from corporate supporters Tra...
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24 January 2014Reserva Ecologica De Guapi Assu (REGUA) is recruiting a volunteer lodge host for Guapi Assu Bird Lodge in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest. Guapi Assu Reserve is just two hours...
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21 January 2014Berjaya Elahan is an experienced wildlife warden working for Hutan, World Land Trust’s conservation partner in Malaysian Borneo. In his latest report, Berjaya describes the i...
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20 January 2014Rebecca Armson reflects on her six month internship in the Halesworth office of World Land Trust (WLT). During my first week in the office, staff were buzzing with excitement ov...
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17 January 2014We are calling for online shoppers to support World Land Trust (WLT) by using Give as you Live – in a bid to have 500 Give as you Live shoppers by the end of 2014. If you...
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14 January 2014Green thinking by the private sector has left an unexpected conservation legacy on the outskirts of Ecuador’s largest city, as Bethan John discovers in Cerro Blanco Prot...
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14 January 2014In Cerro Blanco, a forest reserve supported by World Land Trust, Roving Reporter Bethan John discovers that recreating a complex forest is far from easy - but that the investm...
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09 January 2014The new Kangüery visitor centre in Paraguay’s Guyra Reta Reserve has opened, a year after the original building was destroyed by fire. In October 2012, the Kang...
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08 January 2014Asociación Armonía, Bolivian conservation partner of World Land Trust (WLT), has purchased 14,827 acres (6,000 hectares) of Beni savanna and palm forest island habita...
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07 January 2014During 2013, fundraising efforts in schools helped raise more than £15,000 for World Land Trust (WLT). Coming from a wide range of events and activities, these dona...
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06 January 2014A beautiful blue spreadwing damselfly – Lestes pictus – has been recorded for the first time at Reserva Ecológica de Guapi Assu (REGUA) in Brazil, a reserve supp...
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20 December 2013Alberto Yanosky, Executive Director of Guyra Paraguay, admitted to both joy and sadness on seeing this photograph of two of his former colleagues. World Land Trust (WLT) has bee...
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19 December 2013Against a back drop of ongoing and successful conservation projects, 2013 was a memorable year for World Land Trust (WLT). Our Special Appeals produced exciting conservatio...
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19 December 2013If you’re sitting down to roast turkey for Christmas dinner give a thought to the turkey's wild relatives and the habitats they depend on. The turkey that we eat at Ch...
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19 December 2013As an important step in linking Rewak Reserve Forest with Emangre Reserve Forest in Meghalaya, the Rewak-Emangre Corridor has been officially declared, which further cons...
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19 December 2013“In a world where wildlife is struggling to survive World Land Trust and their local partners are going to save as much of the planet as they can,” says Sir David Atten...
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19 December 2013TV presenter and World Land Trust (WLT) supporter, Nick Baker is appearing on Celebrity Mastermind to raise funds for WLT’s Paraguay project. The prospect of the notorious...
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17 December 2013Still doing your Christmas shopping? Whether it’s by making a gift donation, by buying from World Land Trust gallery or by spending online through Give as you Live,...
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17 December 2013When did you last check the list of companies that support World Land Trust? Take another look and you’ll find makers of jewellery, skin care products, shoes, cloth...
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13 December 2013It began as any other working day, but as events on 10 November 2013 unfolded, it quickly became clear that this was anything but a routine day on the reserve. Vicky Mkrtchyan, Env...
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13 December 2013Patience has been rewarded. Finally, we can bring you camera-trap footage showing full body images of a large male Caucasian Leopard in the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge. World Land...
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10 December 2013The weather has been influencing activities in the past few months, explains Keeper of the Wild José Acaro in a report from Laipuna, a reserve managed by Nature and...
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10 December 2013Important research and site mapping is ongoing, and constant patrolling keeps illegal hunting and logging in check, says Keeper of the Wild Guilbert Olaya in his latest report from...
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10 December 2013On a recent visit to India Prince Charles visited the Vazhachal Forest Range in Kerala, where he heard about the threats facing Indian Elephants, the importance of wildlife corrido...
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09 December 2013Fleeting footage of a Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) has been recorded in the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge on a camera-trap funded by World Land Trust (WLT). The reserve is managed by WL...
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06 December 2013In August 2002 Bernard and Oonagh Segrave-Daly were the first guests to Estancia la Esperanza (Ranch of Hopes Wildlife Refuge). Formerly a farm on the coastal steppe of Patagonia,...
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05 December 2013Funds from World Land Trust’s (WLT) Buy an Acre appeal have secured 124 acres (50 hectares) of cloud forest in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda. The purchase of land to form La...
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05 December 2013A Neotropical Otter has been seen and photographed for the first time at Barba Azul Nature Reserve in Bolivia’s Beni Savanna. This is a conservation breakthrough and indic...
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04 December 2013The wild creatures of Sabah in Borneo: will they live happily ever after? Author and World Land Trust (WLT) ambassador Nicola Davies believes their future is secure, but...
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28 November 2013Conservationist Roberto Pedraza Ruiz has been awarded the Ecological Merit Medal of Honour by the Querétaro State Legislature for his work as a conservationist and natu...
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27 November 2013In its biennial tourism awards on 18 November, the State Government of Sabah named Lower Kinabatangan the best natural destination in Sabah. Special awards also recognised Hutan...
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27 November 2013Following the success of Big Match Fortnight, World Land Trust is making great progress in safeguarding the Keruak Corridor in Sabah, north east Borneo. Donate to Borneo Rainfor...
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27 November 2013Still working on your Christmas present list? A gift donation to World Land Trust is an original and inspiring present! Make a Gift Donation» All donations of £25...
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26 November 2013Despite the devastation in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan, the marine reserve of Danjugan Island has been left unscathed. Typhoon Haiyan barrelled into the eastern coa...
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26 November 2013Conservationists have been appalled to learn that the 2013 rate of deforestation in the Gran Chaco region of South America has accelerated to a rate of 216 acres (87 hectares) per...
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26 November 2013In September 2013 World Land Trust-US (WLT-US) officially became the Rainforest Trust, following a decision by its board that a different name would better reflect their aims and o...
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