A campaign is on the rise to demand better protection for the world’s fungi. Named, ‘Flora, Fauna and Funga’, more than 1,300 scientists, researchers, activists and citizens from 77 countries have joined the initiative for fungi to be valued equally as plants and animals in global conservation...
Nick Hollis has summited all seven of our planet’s continents highest mountains, skied across the South Pole and — just recently — rowed across the fierce Atlantic Ocean. This is all part of his awe-inspiring commitment to bring awareness to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss and raise funds...
Pati Ruiz Corzo is an inspirational change-maker in Mexico’s nature conservation movement. As Founder and Director of Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG) she leads the way for bottom-up solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, by and for local people. Previously working as a music teacher...
Thanks to your support and generous donations, we’re delighted to announce that our Colombia’s Forests of Mist appeal has reached its £1.15 million target. Our partner Fundación Guanacas can now expand and protect the remarkable cloud forests of the Guanacas Reserve. The cloud forests of the...
Spectacular drone footage from our partner Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) shows us the planting of 700,000 trees across the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge in Armenia’s mountain steppe is well underway. Since the beginning of our Plant a Tree programme, WLT...
On Friday 2nd February at 02:30 AM local time, Nick Hollis, onboard his boat ‘Kraken’ crossed the finish line of the World’s Toughest Row in a time of 50 days, 20 hours and 49 minutes. Since December, Nick has been rowing solo all the way from the Canary Islands to Antigua, an incredible 3,000...
“If rainforests are the lungs of the planet, then wetlands are the lifeblood” - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands An incredible 40% of plants and animals rely on wetlands for their survival. For freshwater and marine species alike, the unique conditions in marshes, estuaries, and mangrove forests...
One of our youngest Action Fund Heroes, 12-year-old Sam Bell, has been raising money for World Land Trust with his fantastic camp and run challenge. Throughout last year, nature-lover Sam ran an astounding 500 kilometres and camped out for a total of 84 nights- every night of the school holidays up...
Filling the vast Rainforests of South America’s Amazon Basin with their chatter are clusters of Capuchin Monkeys. Unfortunately, you might only recognise them as guest stars from film and television, such as the Monkey ‘Marcel’ from Friends. Though they are quite common throughout the Amazon, many...
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...
The palm groves of Bolivia’s Llanos de Moxos savanna are home to one of the rarest species on Earth- the Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis). It is estimated that only 400-450 individuals of this Critically Endangered species exist in the wild today. However, thanks to WLT-partner Asociación...
There are more than a few wonders to be seen along the rugged shoreline of Argentina’s Patagonian Coastal Steppe. The steep pebbled shore of the Estancia la Esperanza Refuge, protected by WLT partner Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN), is a rich hunting ground for one of the world’s most powerful...
