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10 reason the El Rincón Stream Frog of Argentina's Somuncurá Plateau is a fascinating amphibian

Today, Simon Jones, an amateur cyclist and keen supporter of World Land Trust (WLT), sets off on an extraordinary 35,000 km journey around the planet, aiming to raise £1 million – enough to safeguard 10,000 acres (4,047 hectares) of threatened wildlife habitat.

We’re excited to announce a new Buy an Acre project supporting our partner Aves Argentinas to purchase 2,606 hectares (6,440 acres) of highly threatened Dry Chaco Forest within Traslasierra National Park, Argentina. This acquisition will offer vital protection for many threatened species, including...

We’re delighted to announce that the Buy an Acre programme is now supporting our partner Fundación EcoMinga (EcoMinga) to expand the Olivier Currat Reserve, nestled on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. This will offer vital protection for a breathtaking landscape home to many highly...

Nestled among the rocky plains of the Somuncurá Plateau in Argentina, the headwaters of the Valcheta Stream are heated year-round by hot springs, even when outside temperatures plummet below freezing. Here, in the depths of these warm waters, a tiny frog is beginning to thrive once again. The...

Expanding the Nyamukino Reserve Our new Buy an Acre project will support Environmental Defenders to expand their existing 210-hectare (519-acre) Nyamukino Reserve by an additional 838 hectares (2,070 acres). This reserve expansion will offer vital protection for an array of precious and highly...

The Atlantic Forest of South America is one of the most biodiverse rainforests on Earth but also one of the most depleted and threatened. For the last two decades, World Land Trust (WLT) has been working closely with the Brazilian NGO Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) in a partnership to...

Tucked away in the vibrant Cape Floral Kingdom of South Africa, Renosterveld is a little-known habitat that is brimming with endemic flowers and bulbs so rare that each remnant patch has its own tapestry of plants. Within the Overberg region’s golden ‘wheatbelt’, Overberg Renosterveld Conservation...

We are delighted to announce that our partner Fundación Biodiversidad Argentina (FBA) has completed a 5,411-hectare (13,000-acre) land purchase within the Dry Chaco region of Argentina. We would like to say a huge thank you to all those who contributed to our Buy an Acre programme and made this...

Exciting news has reached us from WLT partner REGUA in the Atlantic Forest of south-east Brazil, with a camera trap filming the first ever Maned Wolf recorded at the Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve. Environmentalist and nature photographer Juran Santos has long been capturing images of animals in the...

Ecosystems are intricate webs of life, each species interacting with its surroundings in ways that are crucial to its survival. Sometimes, these interactions hang in a delicate balance, whereby a species has become adapted to its environment via many intriguing and often baffling interactions. In...

According to the IUCN, India is home to more than half of the estimated 50,000 Asian Elephants left in the wild worldwide. The country may be the species’ main stronghold, but when you share your habitat with some 1.3 billion people, finding the appropriate room to roam is always a challenge. Our...