Conservation Projects by the World Land Trust

World Land Trust and its overseas project partners have been instrumental in the purchase and protection of over 500,000 acres of tropical forest and other threatened habitats through conservation projects around the world. The WLT supports many other activities and initiatives, including awareness raising and educating future conservationists - find out more on our project pages.

Displayed are countries the WLT is actively raising funds for. Also shown are countries where we have successfully completed conservation projects, and countries where the Trust has project partners but currently no active projects.

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WLT Conservation Projects

Current Conservation Projects

Projects the WLT is currently supporting include 'Buy an Acre' projects and Special Appeals. Find out about the threats to these project areas and the habitats and wildlife WLT is helping to protect.

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Successfully Completed Projects

The WLT has successfully completed conservation projects which continue to be managed by our project partners. Find out about how WLT and its project partners have successfully saved acres of forest and other wildlife habitats.

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Valuing Biodiversity and Natural Resources

An important part of WLT’s work is to protect the biodiversity and natural resources within the reserves we have helped create. Find out about our Carbon Balanced Programme, REDD+ projects and how the WLT protects natural resources.

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Wild Spaces Programme: Zoos and Aquariums supporting conservation

The Wild Spaces Programme enables zoos and aquariums to get involved in in situ wildlife conservation. The Programme includes the BIAZA Reserve Project, in which BIAZA member zoos raised funds to purchase and protect the BIAZA Reserve, Brazil.

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Books for Conservation Programme

Supported by the Natural History Book Service, the WLT Books for Conservation Programme provides essential text-books and field guides to conservation organisations in developing countries, free of charge.

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Workshops and Training

In 2010 WLT and IUCN NL held a training programme to provide African NGOs with greater knowledge of carbon as a funding mechanism for conservation projects. The programme was funded by the IUCN NL Ecosystem Grants Programme.

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Wildlife Webcams

The WLT streams live footage from the rainforest over three different webcams in Ecuador and Brazil. Find out more about the webcams and the wildlife you can expect to see.

The WLT has also helped establish a national park in Lebanon.

See maps of our project areas, including interactive maps and Google Earth coordinates.

Check out our wildlife resources on Wildlife Focus including: • photos • videos • webcams from our project areas.

Project selection criteria and application procedure

The WLT supports a relatively small number of projects to ensure their success and impeccable management. For the same reason the projects we support have been chosen using stringent project selection criteria.

Read WLT's project selection criteria »
Apply to the WLT »

Visit a WLT project area

Details of WLT project areas you can visit »