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Indian Elephant project launched by the World Land Trust
Lack of UK broadband damages Charity
Indian Elephant project launched by the World Land Trust
Press Release dated: Friday, June 20, 2003
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the WLT are working together to protect a natural elephant corridor in NE India. This is the first project the WLT has undertaken for the protection of Elephants. This corridor, measuring 3.5km by 2km (700ha/ 1687 acres) bridges the gap between two forest reserves allowing elephants to move through without restraint. Designating this passage for the sole use of an elephant crossing will eventually lead to improving their numbers, genetic diversity and hopefully strike them from the endangered species list.
The Indo-Burma region is a biological "hotspot". There are many endangered species found here such as the Clouded Leopard, Chinese Pangolin and Gaur (wild cattle or Indian Bison). However it is the Indian Elephant, with only 591 individuals recorded here, that are under most threat. In 2001 the total elephant population in India was estimated at 28,250, around 50 to 80% of the global population. Numbers are gradually falling due to habitat fragmentation and encroachment from settlements, mining and dams.
With the help from the WLT's funding and the WTI's expertise the Siju-Rewat Elephant Corridor will be created. Local tribe's people have agreed to donate this land to the elephants and also to reduce their own activities on the land. In return the WLT and WTI will help them start up their own sustainable businesses.
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Lack of UK broadband damages Charity
Press Release dated: Thursday, June 12, 2003
"As an international charity based in Halesworth, we are very dependent on the Internet. In fact one of the reasons we have been able to locate here was the introduction of modern telecommunication facilities. But now these are lagging far behind and we are having problems." John Burton, World Land Trust
The World Land Trust has always been at the forefront of new technology. One of the first charities to adopt the use of Fax and Email to communicate with its projects around the world, use of communications technology has allowed the Trust to base its office outside London, and make substantial savings on its administration costs. However the benefits of being based in the countriside location are being let down by a lack of affordable broadband. In a week when the government has made a great deal of fuss about the UK having 2 million broadband subscribers, rural Britain is increasingly being left behind. The government also has no plans to subsidise broadband services to ensure they are available in remote areas of the UK, E-commerce Minister Stephen Timms has insisted.
The internet has become a more and more important resource for the charity - both with regard to communication with projects around the world, but also with internet fundraising. The World Land Trust has seen a large increase in internet donations over the past year, and has now appointed a full time web manager.
It is extremely frustrating to keep seeing expensive advertisements for Broadband, but not to be able to access it. It is also giving competitors an advantage, as well as increasing running costs. Not only are running costs in terms of connection times and downloads increased, but staff - five of which use the Internet frequently, waste an enormous amount of time.
Currently the WLT is having to switch service providers, as more than 150 hours of internet are used each month. One option which has been suggested by Tiscali is the use of IDSN - a service which costs 4 times as much as broadband, yet provides a quarter of the connection speed.
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