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...
By Dan Bradbury, Director of Brand & Communications In July 2025, I had the privilege of visiting the Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA). Nestled in the heart of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, this remarkable reserve spans over 11,000 hectares (27,181 acres), and gave me my first opportunity to...
Rivalling the Amazon rainforest for species richness, the Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, and home to unique species found nowhere else. Once covering 150 million hectares across Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, the Atlantic Forest has been cleared to a tiny fraction of its original size...
Journey through the Mata Atlântica with Dan Bradbury, Director of Brand and Communications at World Land Trust. In July 2025 I had the chance to visit Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu, or REGUA, a place I had heard so much about during my time at World Land Trust (WLT) but never experienced in person...
By Lee Dingain – UK representative for REGUA. After nearly 20 years conserving the Atlantic Forest at the Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve (REGUA) in south-east Brazil, much of the biodiversity that calls this forest their home is steadily recovering. One of the most charismatic animals benefiting from...
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...
Buy an Acre supporters have this year a chance to help safeguard land in one of the most threatened forest regions in the world, in the process extending a lifeline to the Americas' largest primate. Donations to our flagship programme will support a plan by our partner Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu...
The Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, with extremely high levels of endemism. After centuries of deforestation, just 7% of the Atlantic Forest remains, mainly in isolated remnants. Home to around 70% of Brazil’s population, the Atlantic Forest remains threatened by illegal deforestation, urbanisation, industrialisation and poaching.
The support of our major donors makes an extraordinary difference to our work at World Land Trust (WLT). This month, we’re celebrating David Scott and Rachel Rowlands, whose commitment over the past two decades has taken many forms – from tackling the 3 Peaks Challenge and running the world’s largest half-marathon dressed as Elvis, to donating proceeds from their business, Kew Brewery.
