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| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founders | John Burton Gerard Bertrand |
| Type | registered charity |
| Registration no. | 1001291 |
| Location |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jonathan Barnard, CEO |
Revenue | £4.9 million (2019)[1] |
| Website | worldlandtrust |
The World Land Trust is a UK registered charity that has raised more than £25 million to purchase and protect more than 774,000 acres of threatened habitat in Africa, Asia, Central and South America.[2][3]
History
World Land Trust was founded in 1989 as the Programme for Belize to raise money to privately buy land in Belize to protect tropical rain forests in collaboration with Massachusetts Audubon Society.[4] Later the organization changed its name to the World Wide Land Conservation Trust before becoming World Land Trust.[4] John Burton was chief executive for thirty years until 2019, when Jonathan Barnard took over.[3]
A U.S. partner organization, World Land Trust - US was rebranded as Rainforest Trust in 2013.[5] The Trust has since developed to help purchase and conserve land in over 20 countries worldwide and has an annual income of £4.9 million in 2019.[6]
The Trust's patrons are Sir David Attenborough, Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, and David Gower.[7] Other high-profile supporters of the Trust are Bill Oddie, Tony Hawks, Mark Carwardine, and Nick Baker.[8]
In 2014, World Land Trust held a "Controversial Conservation Debate: 'Killing Other Peoples’ Birds’" with Chris Packham in London.[9] It discussed the impact of sport hunting on wildlife and conservation.[10]
Projects
Projects include:
- Since 2007, World Land Trust and BIAZA have purchased Atlantic forest in Brazil to expand the Reserva Ecológica Guapiaçu (REGUA).[11]
- Purchase land that is now incorporated into the Buenaventura Reserve working with Fundacion de Conservacion Jocotoco.[12]
- Steve Backshall raised £50,000 for World Land Trust to purchase 481 acres of Chocó rainforest at the Las Tangaras Bird Reserve and protect the golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) at the Rana Terribilis Amphibian Reserve in Colombia with Fundación ProAves.[13]
- Establish Indian Elephant Corridors in India, working with IFAW, the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands, Elephant Family and Wildlife Trust of India.[14]
- Research in Iran on the Iranian subspecies of cheetah with the Iranian Cheetah Society.[15]
- World Land Trust raised £1 million to purchase land to connect two protected areas of rainforest and create an Orangutan corridor in Malaysian Borneo with LEAP and Hutan.[16]
- Purchase land at Sierra Gorda in Mexico with Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda.[17]
- Implementation of a REDD+ project in the Atlantic Forest of Paraguay with Guyra Paraguay.[18]
- Established the Philippine Reef & Rainforest Project on Danjugan Island.[19]
- Kites Hill Reserve, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, which was donated to the Trust and is managed as a nature reserve.[20]
- The “Jungle for Jaguars" campaign aims to raise £600,000 for Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative to purchase and protect 8,154 acres in Belize.[21]
- Management of the conservatory Wyld Court (now The Living Rainforest) - a tropical forest exhibit, in Hampstead Norreys.[22]
References
- ^ 1001291 – World Land Trust. The Charity Commission for England and Wales. Accessed April 2020.
- ^ Grant, Sheena. "Jungle for jaguars appeal aims to help ensure a future for wildlife". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ a b "John Burton steps down as World Land Trust chief executive after 30 years". ThirdSector. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Goodier, John (May 2001). "The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001, 3rd edition. London: Europa Publications 2001. 622 pp, ISBN: 1 85743 089 1 £250.00". Reference Reviews. 15 (5): 27–27. doi:10.1108/rr.2001.15.5.27.275. ISSN 0950-4125.
- ^ "Rebranded as the Rainforest Trust, green group launches push to protect 6M acres of Amazon rainforest". Mongabay Environmental News. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Charity overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/patrons
- ^ http://www.worldlandtrust.org/documents/news/GreenInk.pdf
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Land Trust conservation debate in London: 2 September 2014 - The Field". The Field. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ http://regua.org/
- ^ "Welcome to the Nikwax blog » Nikwax supports World Land Trust urgent land purchase and protection projects". Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Celebrity Steve Backshall raises £50,000 for World Land Trust". Discover Animals. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ allenshaji (2017-04-30). "RIGHT OF PASSAGE: NATIONAL ELEPHANT CORRIDORS PROJECT". Wildlife Trust of India. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ Askarieh, Emad (2015-03-09). "Video by Iranian Cheetah Society nominated for top prize in WLT competition". Iran Front Page. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Forest land secured for orangutans". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- ^ "Celebrating Land Conservation – Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP". Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ International, BirdLife. "Forests of Hope site - San Rafael, Paraguay". BirdLife. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "William Oliver". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Kites Hill Woodland Project". Kites Hill Woodland Project. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Markham, Jackie (6 September 2016). "David Bellamy is wowed by the rainforest". Newbury Today. Retrieved 1 July 2020.