Habitat loss is the greatest threat facing wildlife worldwide. Every day the homes of countless species are being destroyed because of expanding agriculture, mining and logging. All of this leaves wildlife at a much greater risk of extinction.
With World Land Trust you can take action.
Donate today and together, we can save our wild world—acre by acre.
We believe land should be owned and managed by local people, who know the land, the threats and the wildlife best.
Your donations to Buy an Acre allow our conservation partners to purchase priority areas of land when the opportunities arise. Every acre secured through your support becomes part of a larger protected reserve in one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems, helping to restore, expand and connect important, wildlife-rich habitats.
Once land is under the ownership of our partners, it cannot be purchased by other landowners who may want to clear the habitat for cattle ranching or agriculture. This means land bought through Buy an Acre is protected forever.
While securing land is the first crucial step, it is essential that reserves are protected long-term.
After land has been purchased with Buy an Acre funding, our partners take responsibility for its management, ensuring the day-to-day protection of the reserve and its wildlife.
To achieve this, our partners work closely with local people, often employing passionate men and women from surrounding communities as rangers. These dedicated people work tirelessly every day on the ground to preserve land and protect it from ongoing threats.
Dakatcha is one of the most threatened coastal forest remnants in Africa; 50% of it has already been converted to farms or pasture. Nevertheless, this Important Bird Area (IBA) still provides crucial habitat for Endangered species like the Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Scops Owl and Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew.
World Land Trust’s (WLT’s) Buy an Acre project is supporting the protection of the Albertine Rift by enabling Environmental Defenders to expand their existing 210-hectare (519-acre) Nyamukino Reserve through the purchase of an additional 838 hectares (2,070 acres).
The project site falls within the Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot and the Llanganates-Sangay Corridor Key Biodiversity Area. The Llanganates-Sangay Corridor in eastern Ecuador contains an exceptional diversity of highly threatened species. Among these are several which, until recently, were unknown to science. These include the Critically Endangered and endemic Punzan Rainfrog, first discovered by our partner Fundación EcoMinga (EcoMinga) in 2014.
In South Africa’s Overberg region, lowland renosterveld is one of the world’s richest plant habitats, home to over 600 species within the Cape Floristic Region. Many threatened bird species also find refuge here, including the Endangered Black Harrier and Cape Vulture.
WLT partnered with Fundación Hábitat y Desarrollo’s (FHD) in 2021 to create the first effective reserve on the Somuncurá Plateau, where invasive species and unsustainable land-use practices are pushing a rich array of endemic species to the brink of extinction.
The Traslasierra National Park contains one of the southernmost strongholds of Dry Chaco forest within Argentina – a precious habitat home to an exceptional diversity of species. Among these are over 230 bird species and 35 mammal species, .
By donating to Buy an Acre today, you will help to fund projects just like these. Your support will actively contribute to the preservation of safe homes where wildlife and communities can thrive together for years to come.
