World Land Trust

World Land Trust
World Land Trust logo.png
Founded1989
FoundersJohn Burton
Dr. Gerard Bertrand
TypeCharitable trust
Registration no.1001291
Location
Area served
Tropical rainforests around the world
Revenue
£4.4 million (2019)[1]
Websitewww.worldlandtrust.org

World Land Trust (WLT) (formerly the World Wide Land Conservation Trust) is a UK-based non-profit environmental organization established in 1989. Its primary aims are to ensure conservation of plants, animals and natural communities in areas at risk.[2] For this purpose, it privately funds the purchase of large tracts of land by local NGOs for the purposes of protecting it.

WLT also seeks to help in-situ conservation measures by providing training, capital and equipment for environmental stewardship in economically backward areas. World Land Trust also provides a service to offset the carbon emissions of individuals and businesses and runs a widespread tree planting operation. It is affiliated to the World Conservation Union. The environmentalist John Burton is the CEO of the Trust.

History

World Land Trust came into being in 1989 when the Programme for Belize was launched to raise money to privately buy land in Belize to protect tropical rain forests. The core of the trust was a $10,000 start up donation from the Massachusetts Audubon Society to John Burton, for the purposes of setting up an office in the United Kingdom for the trust. Initial appeals were made in the BBC Wildlife magazine and were followed up with support from noted naturalists Gerald Durrell and his wife Lee Durrell. The Trust has since developed to help purchase and conserve land in over 20 countries worldwide[3] and now has an annual income of over £4.4 million to fund land purchase and conservation in 2019.[4]

The Trust has maintained its links with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Lee Durrell remains a key supporter.[5] The Trust's patrons are Sir David Attenborough, Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, and David Gower.[6] Other high-profile supporters of the Trust are Bill Oddie, Tony Hawks, Mark Carwardine, and Nick Baker.[7][8]

A partner organization, World Land Trust - US (formerly World Parks Endowment) was also created in 1989. In 2013 it officially became Rainforest Trust, following a decision by its board that a different name would better reflect its aims and objectives.

In 2014, the World Land Trust held its second open debate in London.[9] It tackled the impact of sport hunting on wildlife and conservation.[how?] Attending conservationists included Chris Packham, Bill Oddie, Mark Avery and Andrew Gilruth.[10]

Projects

Projects include:[11]

  • Misiones Rainforest Corridor in Argentina, working with Fundación Biodiversidad-Argentina and Fundación Naturaleza para el Futuro
  • Coastal Steppe Project in Patagonia, Argentina, working with Fundacion Patagonia Natural
  • Yungas Cloud Forests of El Pantanoso in Argentina, working with Fundación Biodiversidad-Argentina
  • The Caucasus in Armenia, working with Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
  • Programme for Belize, protecting broadleaf forest, palm savannah and freshwater lagoons of the Rio Bravo, working with Programme for Belize
  • Beni Savanna in Barba Azul Nature Reserve, Bolivia, working with Asociación Armonía.
  • Atlantic Rainforest conservation in Brazil working with Reserva Ecológica Guapiaçu[12].
  • Chocó and other threatened Forest in Colombia with Fundación ProAves
  • Tropical Forest Conservation in Ecuador, working with Fundacion Jocotoco, Fundacion EcoMinga and Pro Bosques. Also, Tumbesian Lowland Dry Forest, Andean Mountain Forest and Wet Chocó conservation, funded through the Carbon Balanced programme.
  • Tropical forest and wetland in Caribbean Guatemala, working with Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación
  • Tropical forest cloud forest in western Honduras, working with Asociación Ecológica de San Marcos de Ocotepeque
  • Indian Elephant Corridors in India, working with Wildlife Trust of India
  • Deserts of central Iran, working with Iranian Cheetah Society
  • Kenyan Grasslands in the Kinangop Highlands of Kenya with Nature Kenya
  • Borneo Rainforest, creating Orang-utan corridors in Malaysian Borneo with LEAP and Hutan. The trust raised £1 million to purchase a corridor of land to connect two protected areas of rainforest.[13]
  • Protecting the Biodiversity of the Sierra Gorda in Mexico with Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda
  • Saving the Paraguayan Wilderness in the Dry Chaco, Chaco- Pantanal and Atlantic Forest in Paraguay, with Guyra Paraguay [es]
  • Cloud Forests and Paramó Grasslands in northern Peru, supporting local communities, working with Naturaleza y Cultura Peru
  • Philippine Reef & Rainforest Project, Danjugan Island, working with the Philippine Reef & Rainforest Conservation Foundation.
  • Kites Hill Reserve, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, which was donated to the Trust and is managed as a nature reserve
  • Dry Forests of Margarita Island off the north-eastern coast of Venezuela, working with Asociación Civil Provita
  • Annamite Lowland Forest in north-central Vietnam, working with Viet Nature Conservation Centre (VNCC), funded through the Carbon Balanced Programme
  • Keepers of the Wild, supporting rangers to protect some of the most threatened habitats and wildlife on Earth
  • Plant a Tree, to restore forests lost prior to purchase or to reconnect areas of forest habitat. Tree planting areas include Brazil, through Reserva Ecológica de Guapi Assu and in Ecuador with Fundación Jocotoco.
  • Jungle for Jaguars, a recent campaign by the World Land Trust and local partner in Belize, Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative (CSFI)[14]

Previous projects

References

  1. ^ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1001291
  2. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/how-we-work
  3. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/projects/where-we-work
  4. ^ "Charity overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales. 15 Jul 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  5. ^ http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/world/WLT-at-25.html#cr
  6. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/patrons
  7. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/documents/news/GreenInk.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/testimonials
  9. ^ "World Land Trust's Controversial Conservation Debate: 'Killing Other Peoples' Birds' with Chris Packham | Things to do in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  10. ^ "World Land Trust conservation debate in London: 2 September 2014 - The Field". The Field. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  11. ^ "Current programme partners | World Land Trust". www.worldlandtrust.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  12. ^ http://regua.org/
  13. ^ "Forest land secured for orangutans". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  14. ^ "Jungle habitat for jaguars in Belize under threat of deforestation". Breaking Belize News-The Leading Online News Source of Belize. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  15. ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2000/06/new-owner-for-wyld-court-rainforest.htm

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