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Donate recipe to 'Food for Conservation' - free entry to competition for wildlife print
Give a Valentine's gift that doesn't cost the earth - but saves it
Southern Sea Lion colony in Patagonia at all time high
5 Star Rating Awarded to Educational Forest Conservation Website "Focus On Forests"
Donate recipe to 'Food for Conservation' - free entry to competition for wildlife print
Press Release dated: Friday, January 30, 2004
'Food for Conservation' is a weeklong event organised by the World Land Trust (WLT), an international conservation organisation based in Suffolk, UK. The event is aimed at increasing local public awareness of conservation work undertaken by the WLT and will also be raising funds for future conservation projects. 'Food for Conservation' will take place in April in Suffolk market town of Halesworth, where the WLT is based. During the week, the public will be able to try cuisine from the various countries where the WLT operates, including Argentina, Ecuador, Belize, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Brazil, Uganda and India. (For more information on WLT's project areas see the Trust's website.)
Organiser of the event is Emma Flaxman, currently undertaking a six-month internship at the WLT office. To create a varied menu, Emma is asking for inspiration from the public. If anyone has a recipe from any of the countries listed above that you would like to share with the WLT, we would be grateful if you could send it to the Trust. Those who send a recipe before the 29th February and include their contact details will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky winner will receive a wildlife print signed by the artist. The print, which is 22 by 25.5 inches, shows a group of bowhead whales and was created by Bruce Pearson, one of Britain's best-known wildlife artists and WLT trustee. (See the print on WLT's news page.)
Recipes should be emailed to: projects*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
Or sent to the following address:
World Land Trust
Blyth House
Bridge Street
Halesworth
Suffolk
IP19 8AB
UK
Please include a statement confirming that the recipe is not associated with any copyright. The World Land Trust reserves the right to use the recipes entered for future marketing and fund raising purposes.
The World Land Trust is an international conservation aimed at preserving threatened wildlife and their habitats. Founded in 1989, the WLT has helped purchase and protect more than 300,000 acres of threatened land world wide, including tropical rainforests, Patagonian steppe and coral reef.
Further information about the World Land Trust can be found on our website.
For more information, contact: Emma Flaxman
Projects Development Assistant
World Land Trust
projects*at*worldlandtrust.org (Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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Give a Valentine's gift that doesn't cost the earth - but saves it
What could be more romantic than receiving a single red rose on Valentine's Day? Receiving a whole bunch of red roses? Perhaps, until you look at the price tag for the Earth.
Each year we spend a staggering £22 million on Valentine's flowers: A single rose with gift decorations is likely to cost around £20 while a bunch of roses will knock you back something closer to £70. "So what", you might say. "It's only once a year, surely a gesture of love can never cost too much?"
Well, sometimes it can cost far, far more than you think. Most of those glowing roses in their cellophane wrappers will have travelled a long way -from places like Zimbabwe, Israel, Colombia and Kenya. Transporting these flowers contributes substantially to global warming from aircraft emissions.
What can you give you Valentine instead? In contrast to flowers or chocolate, which both give brief moments of pleasure, there is something you can give that is literally priceless and lasts forever: An acre of tropical rainforest.
For the environmentally conscious, this really is the only Valentine's gift worth considering. An acre of rainforest saved on behalf of your sweetheart costs just £25 and after the World Land Trust has purchased it on your behalf it will be protected forever by the Trust's local partners.
This is the Valentine's Day present that just goes on and on giving pleasure. And not just to you and your beloved: Your acre will be part of a luxuriant tropical rain forest where giant trees, thickly hung with wild orchids, shelter rare species of animals and birds. The tropical rainforests are the most diverse areas on Earth and the multitude of animals and plants living there rely on the trees for their survival. Not only are you saving a piece of unique wildlife habitat from destruction, you are supporting the crucial role played by rain forests in preserving the world's carbon balance. What's more, you and your loved one can even visit the forest you have helped save.
Buy an acre of rainforest as a unique, green Valentine's gift and you will receive a Valentine's card, a personalised gift certificate and a copy of the World Land Trust's newsletter twice a year. You will be giving a love token that will last forever and help save one of the most beautiful habitats on the planet.
For more information, contact: John Burton
CEO
World Land Trust
jab*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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Southern Sea Lion colony in Patagonia at all time high
Press Release dated: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Recent reports from the World Land Trust reserve in Patagonia, document an incredible increase of 300% in Sea Lion numbers in less than three years.
The New Year has brought exciting news from World Land Trust (WLT) partners, the Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN). The Sea Lion numbers at the Estancia la Esperanza reserve are now at an all time high. The colony, established around the same time as the reserve, has increased from 35 individuals in February 2001, to 105 individuals recorded in December 2003.
The Southern Sea Lion (Otaria byronia) is found throughout the Patagonian coastal region, and is a magnificent animal. Males grow up to almost eleven feet long and weigh up to 300kg with females up to eight feet long and up to 144kg in weight. However, the Southern Sea Lion has been a victim of the fur trade in the past, which caused a significant decline in numbers on individuals and in their range. Today, although it is illegal to kill Sea Lions in Argentina, numbers are still declining due to human disturbance such as commercial fishing.
In light of this, the recent colony expansion at Estancia la Esperanza is incredibly important, and shows that under adequate protection Sea Lion populations can flourish. The Estancia La Esperanza reserve, located in the buffer zone of the Valdes Peninsular in Patagonia, was set up specifically for this purpose. Consisting of 15,000 acres of coastal steppe habitat, the reserve provides a refuge for the Southern Sea Lion, as well as numerous threatened species, such as the Southern Right Whale, Guanaco, Elephant Seals, Puma, and Geoffroy's Cat.
If you would like to contribute to the future of the La Esperanza reserve and ensure that wildlife such as the Southern Sea Lion continues to flourish, please make a donation to the World Land Trust. It really is that simple. Urgent funds are needed to develop the existing farm buildings to provide accommodation for researchers and visitors. This will allow the reserve to eventually become self-funding, ensuring the continue protection of this precious resource. Further information can be found on the World Land Trust website or by contacting the WLT office via email or by calling +44 (0) 1986 874 422.
Thank you for making a positive contribution to Patagonia's wildlife.
For more information, contact: John Burton
CEO
World Land Trust
jab*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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5 Star Rating Awarded to Educational Forest Conservation Website "Focus On Forests"
Press Release dated: Friday, January 09, 2004
Focus on Forests, an educational website about forest issues, has been awarded the maximum 5 star rating for educational usefulness by Schoolzone's independent reviewers.
Schoolzone, which consists of a panel of 400 UK teachers, selects and reviews items for their collection of more than 40,000 education sites. According to the panel, "sites which qualify for a five star award have an extensive range of free, differentiated material which is directly relevant to the UK national curriculum in a visually appealing format and which is easy to navigate".
Focus on Forests, which was launched in March 2003 by Bill Oddie, has been written by the World Land Trust, with funding from the Department For International Development (DFID). The site is aimed at pupils studying at UK keystage 3 (11 to 14 year olds) but contains information that would be useful to anyone with an interest in forest issues.
With a focus on tropical rainforests, the user is guided through the concepts of sustainable forestry as well as the consequences of losing biodiversity, with case studies used to show why forests matter and how they can be managed sustainably. There is also a special teachers' section of the site, containing an online teaching handbook.
Visit Focus on Forests on: www.focusonforests.org
The World Land Trust is an international conservation organisation that has helped protect over 300,000 acres of the world's most biologically important and threatened habitats.
For more information, contact: John Burton
CEO
World Land Trust
jab*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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