Radio broadcasts on sailing boats in Argentinean waters are helping to protect Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). This initiative is the result of long negotiations involving World Land Trust (WLT) partner organisation Fundación Patagonia Natural and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in an effort to increase protection of this species, which is listed on the IUCN [...]
This year, the Punta Flecha Whaling Observatory, opened by World Land Trust (WLT) partner Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN) in 1999, will be run in collaboration with staff from the Dirección General de Conservación y Áreas Protegidas (DGCAP).
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 [...]
To mark their 21st Anniversary, and the International Year of Biodiversity, the World Land Trust set themselves the goal of bringing a tiny corner of rainforest to this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. On Press Day yesterday, prior to the judging, Bill Oddie launched the exhibit explaining the urgent need to conserve the Atlantic Rainforest of [...]
World Land Trust has been awarded a Gold Medal for “Best Continuous Learning Exhibit” at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for its Altantic Rainforest exhibit.
World Land Trust (WLT) CEO John Burton reports: “At the beginning of May, with funding from some of our corporate supporters, I was able to take Bill Oddie to see the work our project partners are doing to conserve some of what is left of the Atlantic Rainforests of Brazil and Argentina. With around 93% already lost, saving the remainder is vital.”
The Atlantic Forest – a priority area for conservation
Once covering over an estimated 1 million km2, centuries of deforestation has seen the Atlantic Forest become the second most threatened biome in the world after Madagascar. Today only 6-7% of the original forest area remains, an area of 100,000 km2, and only an estimated 2% is [...]