Gerard Bertrand, former trustee of the World Land Trust, elected Honory President.
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| HM Queen Noor of Jordan and Dr Gerald Bertrand in London Eye. (Photo courtesy of BirdLife International) |
At the recent AGM, the Trustees of the World Land Trust created the new post of Honorary President and elected former Trustee, Dr Gerard (Jerry) Bertrand to fill the post.
Jerry Bertrand recently visited the UK to receive the President's Medal of BirdLife International. Awarded for his contributions to bird conservation, the Patron of BirdLife International, HM Queen Noor of Jordan, paid tribute to Dr Bertrand: "Jerry has inspired us all with his infectious enthusiasm for birds and the environment and his passionate chairmanship of BirdLife International. Under his leadership the BirdLife Partnership has grown to be a substantial forum for conservation working closely with governments, other NGOs and local communicates to make the world a better place for birds, biodiversity and people."
Jerry also played a pivotal role in establishing the World Land Trust, was one of its founding Trustees in 1989, and ever since then has played an active role in its development. It was at Jerry's instigation that the UK fundraising for the Programme for Belize was initiated - a project that now manages over 260,000 acres of forest, and more recently Jerry was the catalyst for the purchase of a 15,000 acre reserve in the coast steppe of Patagonia. The World Land Trust seeks to conserve endangered birds and other wildlife by acquiring threatened habitats, and many of its project areas are those highlighted by BirdLife International as being of international importance.
For further information visit www.worldlandtrust.org or www.birdlife.org
Or contact John Burton at the World Land Trust.
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Involving Volunteers
Press Release dated: Thursday, August 26, 2004
"eVolunteers" help conservation organisation improve online activities.
Volunteers have been the backbone of charities and charitable fundraising from many years, but charities have been slow to grasp the potential of the Internet. Although many charities now have websites, relative few of the tens of thousands of charities and non-profit organisations worldwide, are using the Internet to its full potential. The World Land Trust has been exceptionally proactive in developing Internet fundraising, as well as using its website as an educational resource.
The WLT's latest initiative is to recruit a panel of eVolunteers, who assist the WLT online. Their first task involves research on the Internet, but the WLT expects to use their eVolunteers in a wide range of activities as the number grows.
According to the WLT's web manager, Helena Akerlund "The advantage of eVolunteers is they can be based anywhere in the world, and they can devote as much or as little time as they have available. Initially their main function is going to be assisting with improvements to our own website, but in the near future we hope to involve some of them in other activities such as fundraising."
For further information, or to become an eVolunteer, contact the World Land Trust.
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