World Land Trust (WLT) works with project partners to protect some of the world’s most threatened habitats. Find out where we work and how we protect these habitats and species.
Countries where we work
Argentina
Misiones Rainforest Corridor, Argentina
Just 1% of the original Atlantic Rainforest survives in Argentina and this project will protect one of the last strongholds.
Coastal Steppe Project, Patagonia
The Ranch of Hopes (Estancia la Esperanza) was purchased in 2000 and is now an official Wildlife Refuge protecting rare species and their coastal steppe habitat.
Yungas Forest
The project aims to create El Pantanoso Reserve in the northern Argentine Yungas, covering around 10,900 acres (4,400 hectares), in partnership with Fundación Biodiversidad-Argentina.
Armenia
The Caucasus, Armenia
One of the world’s lesser known biodiversity hotspots, the Caucasus are home to many species that live nowhere else on Earth.
Belize
Programme for Belize
WLT was initially established to protect 110,000 acres (46,000 hectares) of sub-tropical forest in north-western Belize; this project was a great success, helping create the now much larger Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area.
Bolivia
Beni Savanna, Bolivia
WLT is working in partnership with Bolivian NGO Asociación Armonía to protect the Beni savanna in the south western corner of the Amazon basin by extending the existing Barba Azul Nature Reserve.
Brazil
The Atlantic Forest, Brazil
WLT is funding the protection of one of the most important eco-regions in the world, the Atlantic Rainforest.
Colombia
Chocó and other Rainforest, Colombia
WLT's project in Colombia protects one of the wettest and most biodiverse regions in the world.
Costa Rica
Rainforest Action Costa Rica
This is a completed project. WLT helped protect the Osa Peninsula and helped purchase an area that is now incorporated into Corcovado National Park.
Ecuador
The Ecuador Forests
In an country where 80% of tropical rainforests have already been destroyed, WLT's partners are safeguarding Ecuador’s highly varied habitats and wealth of wildlife.
Guatemala
Tropical Forest and Wetlands, Guatemala
The Laguna Grande Reserve covering mangroves and tropical forests protects the single most threatened habitat in the Guatemalan Caribbean region.
Honduras
Tropical Forest, Honduras
WLT is helping protect the biodiversity and watershed of the tropical forest of Güisayote in the Trifinio Region of Honduras.
India
Indian Elephant Corridors Appeal
This project saves important Indian Elephant populations by preventing forest fragmentation and creating wildlife corridors.
Reef & Mangrove Appeal
Regeneration projects have assisted the recovery of mangroves and coral reefs in India and the Philippines.
Kenya
Kenyan Grasslands Appeal
Grasslands in Kenya are becoming increasingly threatened and WLT has committed to helping save what is left.
Malaysia
Borneo Orang-utan Appeal, Malaysia
Orang-utan populations have halved over the last 20 years and WLT is striving to save some of their last habitat in the fight against oil palm development.
Mexico
Biodiversity of Sierra Gorda, Mexico
WLT is assisting with the protection of the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico: The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve.
Paraguay
The Chaco/Pantanal, Paraguay
The Atlantic Rainforest, Dry Chaco and Chaco-Pantanal are all protected by WLT’s projects in Paraguay.
Peru
Cloud forest and páramo, Peru
WLT’s goal in Peru is to help conserve Andean cloud forests and paramó grasslands by supporting local communities to form private conservation areas in common ownership.
The Philippines
Philippine Reef & Rainforest Project
Danjugan is one of the few islands in the area that still has its original tropical forests making it vital to protect.
Reef & Mangrove Appeal
Regeneration projects have assisted the recovery of mangroves and coral reefs in India and the Philippines.
United Kingdom
Kites Hill Reserve, United Kingdom
Kites Hill Reserve protects over 40 acres (16 hectares) of meadow, grassland and native woodland in Gloucestershire.
Venezuela
Dry Forests of Margarita Island, Venezuela
Venezuela’s dry forests are threatened by sand mining and illegal hunting. WLT is committed to protecting these biodiverse forests for the Vulnerable Yellow-shouldered Parrot
Vietnam
Annamite Lowland Forest, Vietnam
Khe Nuoc Trong in central Vietnam is one of the best examples of Annamite Lowland Forest. WLT’s project is supporting conservation management in Khe Nuoc Trong.
The WLT has also helped establish a national park in Lebanon.
