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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31 May 2016The Body Shop has declared its commitment to work with World Land Trust (WLT) and its conservation partner, Viet Nature Conservation Centre (Viet Nature), to restore more than 18,5... -
31 May 2016Over 10,900 acres (4,400 hectares) of Yungas forest is now under the ownership of World Land Trust’s (WLT) partner Fundación Biodiversidad Argentina (FBA) after its Pr... -
31 May 2016Mangrove forest purchased by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with World Land Trust (WLT) support will become the hub for a new Mangrove Restoration project supported by Apollo Tyres,... -
31 May 2016A prawn of lobster proportions, Macrobrachium carcinus, was caught in the Guapiaçu Reserve last week. This tortoiseshell creature, known locally as the Pitu, is one of th... -
20 May 2016World Land Trust (WLT) visited Bethan McFadden’s Vanishing Species art exhibition in the Crypt Art Gallery and interviewed the artist about her artistic process, inspiration... -
11 May 2016The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are fast approaching and Olympic gold medal winning rower Helen Glover is showing her support for World Land Trust’s Olympic Forest Reserve A... -
05 May 2016Two Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchins have been recorded in Buenaventura Reserve, bringing hope for continued reintroduction efforts for this species in southern Ecuador. These... -
05 May 2016A Margay, caught taking chickens from a farm, was recently released safely in Cerro Prieto reserve, owned and managed by Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG). GESG is a co... -
04 May 2016One of Brazil’s most fascinating bird species, the Common Potoo, has returned to nest in the Guapiaçu Reserve. Nicholas Locke, Project Co-ordinator for Reserva Ecol... -
29 April 2016The London 2 Brighton Challenge is now just a month away and two more daring fundraisers are taking on this marathon walk for World Land Trust (WLT). On Saturday 28 May Rob Beal... -
29 April 2016PhD student Suzanne Stas brings us the latest update from Vietnam, where she will be researching carbon storage and sequestration in a partnership between World Land Trust (WLT) an... -
29 April 2016World Land Trust (WLT) is delighted to announce that the £500,000 target for the Forests in the Sky Appeal has been reached, thanks to the incredible generosity of WLT suppor... -
29 April 2016This summer, with the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, World Land Trust (WLT) is turning its focus once again to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and asking you to help protect one o... -
27 April 2016April 27 is World Tapir Day, when tapir lovers across the world unite to raise awareness of these ‘living fossils’ - animals with an ancient lineage; scientists believe... -
26 April 2016On a recent trip to India, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took time to visit the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), which is run by Wildlife Trust of In... -
25 April 2016Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación (FUNDAECO), Guatemalan partner of World Land Trust (WLT), is furthering community development, following the creatio... -
22 April 2016Hayley McCarthy, a student at City College Norwich recently worked with World Land Trust (WLT) to create a range of new graphics for WLT videos. Here Hayley tells us about the w... -
18 April 2016Fundación EcoMinga (EcoMinga), Ecuadorian conservation partner of World Land Trust (WLT), is benefiting from the donation of solar equipment from a group of visiting student... -
14 April 2016Staff from Programme for Belize (PfB), conservation partner of World Land Trust (WLT), were recently involved in a successful protection operation to catch illegal loggers. ... -
07 April 2016In 1989 World Land Trust (WLT) was established to assist Belizean partner Programme for Belize (PfB) in the purchase and protection of 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares) of critically... -
01 April 2016World Land Trust (WLT) has just launched a new appeal to save a critical area of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest in the year of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. WLT’s Olym... -
31 March 2016The El Oro Parakeet, one of Ecuador’s rarest birds, is in desperate need of protection. Your support can help secure an extension to Buenaventura reserve and safeguard the... -
31 March 2016World Land Trust (WLT) works with Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) to fund the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge (CWR) in Armenia. FPWC ranger and K... -
30 March 2016Lizzie Daly is planning a marathon fundraiser for World Land Trust (WLT) in 2016. In June Lizzie will be running through some of the most beautiful and iconic European scenery a... -
24 March 2016Russ Sharp will be raising money for World Land Trust (WLT) by cycling from Land’s End to John o’Groats in April 2016. He will set off on 4 April and hopes to finish... -
22 March 2016Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG), Mexican conservation partner of World Land Trust (WLT) has received National Geographic’s World Legacy Award in the category... -
18 March 2016World Land Trust (WLT) supporter Ian Dearing recently visited two reserves in Colombia, owned and managed by WLT conservation partner Fundación ProAves. Ian sent us an ac... -
16 March 2016The results are in, and thanks to your support, Saving the Spectacled Bear has secured a grant of €30,000 (around £25,000) in the Outdoor category of the European Outdoo... -
15 March 2016UPDATE: since this story was published on 15 March 2016, the Forests in the Sky appeal total has risen to £475,000. WLT now needs £25,000 to complete the appeal.... -
14 March 2016South Korean musician Seo Taiji has funded the cost of planting 5,000 trees through the ecosystem services programme of World Land Trust (WLT). The trees have been planted on la... -
14 March 2016In Peru, members of the community of Segunda y Cajas have passed another milestone on the road to creating a new private conservation area (Area de Conservación Privada or A... -
09 March 2016One week into the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) vote and Saving the Spectacled Bear is in the lead! As of Monday 7 March the Spectacled Bear is the forerunner... -
03 March 2016Guy Bicknell has completed a gruelling Iron Man triathlon challenge to raise funds for World Land Trust (WLT). Guy swam 2.4 miles, cycled 112 miles and ran 26.2 miles on the Mex... -
01 March 2016World Land Trust (WLT) has produced a video championing the biodiversity of the Paraguayan Chaco and its wildlife, in particular the Chacoan Peccary. The video is taken from foo... -
01 March 2016The pine savannah of north western Belize provides prime nesting habitat for the Belizean Yellow-headed Parrot, the country’s only endemic bird. Programme for Belize, the... -
01 March 2016Conservationists in Belize are looking forward to a successful 2016 breeding season for the Yellow-headed Parrot in Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Donate to Keepers... -
01 March 2016Dan Bradbury, Head of Development at World Land Trust (WLT), is raising money for WLT by walking 100 kilometres from London to Brighton. To record his training progress and insp... -
01 March 2016As a rule, communications staff at World Land Trust (WLT) tend not to spend their time looking for images of cuddly animals, but in the run up to Mother’s Day we make an exce... -
01 March 2016Voting has started for projects in the outdoor category of the online poll organised by European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Your vote to save the Spectacled Bear c... -
29 February 2016Working in partnership with Naturaleza y Cultura Ecuador (NCEcuador), World Land Trust (WLT) has funded consecutive land purchases in a successful strategy to save the threatened h... -
25 February 2016On a recent visit to World Land Trust (WLT) in Halesworth, Vivek Menon spoke of the enduring relationship between his organisation, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and WLT. Vivek... -
22 February 2016World Land Trust (WLT) continues to build on its partnership with University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment by supporting a PhD researching social and environmental impac... -
19 February 2016Once a year in March, World Land Trust (WLT) makes a special effort to persuade all its supporters to do just one simple thing that doesn’t cost a penny but could raise... -
15 February 2016Two new species of plant have been recorded in reserves owned and managed by Fundación Jocotoco, a partner of World Land Trust (WLT) in Ecuador. During late October 2015,... -
09 February 2016Three species of frog new to science have been found in reserves supported by World Land Trust (WLT) in Ecuador. All three species are from the Pristimantis genus, the most popu... -
05 February 2016Suzanne Stas is researching carbon storage and sequestration in Khe Nuoc Trong forest in Vietnam for a PhD funded by World Land Trust (WLT). She sent this progress report.... -
04 February 2016In Malaysian Borneo, while negotiations for the complete protection of Keruak Corridor continue, members of Hutan’s team are working hard in the field with the support of Wor... -
03 February 2016Wildscreen Arkive’s #LoveSpecies Valentine’s Day campaign is putting the spotlight on under-appreciated creatures with an online poll. More than 80 conservation char... -
02 February 2016Two prize draws held by artist and sculptor John Noble-Milner have raised more than £1,000 for World Land Trust (WLT). John, also known as Geckoman, is renowned for his sc... -
01 February 2016In the cloud forests high on the mountains of Ecuador rare and magical micro orchids live alongside equally magical animals including Mountain Tapir and Spectacled Bear. T...
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