This summer, Operation Ocelot is going on tour! Mission Three is leaving South America far behind and heading east to the extraordinary Dakatcha Woodland in Kenya. Among the last 10% of East Africa’s coastal forests, the Dakatcha Woodland is rich in fascinating and highly threatened wildlife that...
What would it take to put the brakes on the sixth mass extinction and save the world’s most threatened species? According to a groundbreaking new study published in Frontiers in Science, co-authored by World Land Trust conservationists Richard Cuthbert and Charlotte Beckham, the answer is a lot...
In northern Borneo, our partner HUTAN has a very creative solution to the problem of habitat fragmentation. By creating artificial canopy bridges, they are helping reconnect populations of Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and other wildlife, including Southern Pig-tailed Macaques (Macaca...
In the lush forests and rolling grasslands of the Brahmaputra Valley, WLT has been working with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) since 2019 to create a safe passage for India’s largest population of Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus). Through our Plant a Tree programme, WLT and WTI have worked together...
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...
The Ankarabolava-Agnakatrika forests of southeastern Madagascar are an important refuge for dwarf and mouse lemurs. But, for some time, our partner MBG-Madagascar has not known which ones. Now, with the help of lemur expert Dr. Marina Blanco, they are starting to find out. In October 2023, Dr...
Exciting progress has been made by our partner Missouri Botanical Garden – Madagascar Programme (MBG-Madagascar) towards the protection of the highly threatened Ankarabolava-Agnakatrika forests. We are delighted to share what they have achieved so far this year. More land for people and wildlife...
Exciting news has reached us from our partner Naturaleza y Cultura Peru (NCP) in the cloud forest of northern Peru, with a camera trap filming Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) cubs at one of their private conservation areas (ACPs). A wonderful video of two young Spectacled Bear cubs was...
Thanks to your support and generous donations, we’re delighted to announce that our South Africa’s Connecting Ukuwela appeal has reached its £621,000 target. Our partner Wild Tomorrow can now connect up and expand the Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve (GUNR), forming a major wildlife corridor in...
Chantelle Melzer is an award-winning wildlife photographer and videographer who specialises in creating emotive images of the natural world, both in her homeland of South Africa and abroad. With a deep-rooted passion for nature and art, we were delighted to have her support capturing the images and...
This spring, you can help our partner Wild Tomorrow connect and expand the Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve (GUNR) with our appeal Connecting Ukuwela. This will benefit Lions (Panthera leo), Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), and Elephants (Loxodonta africana) – as you’d likely expect – but also many...
Wild Tomorrow’s Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve (GUNR) is located at the heart of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal. The province is so named because the land was traditionally the hunting grounds of the Zulu kings and the heartland of the Zulu people. For many, it is still their ancestral home and holds...
