Reg charity no: 1001291

Saving Real Acres in Real Places

www.worldlandtrust.org

The World Land Trust is unique in Great Britain, being the only charity dedicated to buying up threatened land anywhere in the world for conservation. Founded in 1989 initially to help raise funds to save thousands of acres of tropical forest in Belize, the WLT has gone on to save and protect over 250,000 acres of forests that would otherwise have fallen to the chain saw or been burned to make way for agriculture. Once saved, the Trust ensures that the land is owned and protected by local NGOs and that sustainable incomes are developed for local people.

WLT uses funds raised from the public to support its urgent wilderness protection projects. It costs only £25 to purchase and protect an acre for WLT and the current focus is on Patagonia and Ecuador. Supporters are kept up-to-date on how their funds are spent, and how the projects are progressing through WLT News, published twice a year.

WLT's Trustees include David Bellamy OBE, and Dr Gerard Bertrand (Chairman of Birdlife International). Its founder was John Burton (a former Director of NHBS) and its Patron is David Gower OBE.

The WLT does NOT:

• Bombard supporters with frequent appeals for money
• Pass on its mailing list to any other organisation

Rough Guide: Belize
Peter Eltringham

256 pages, 8pp colour photos, 23 maps.
Rough Guides

Snakes of Belize
Belize Audubon Society

A general introduction to this central-American country's snake fauna, giving descriptions of all the poisonous species of snakes and the differences between poisonous and harmless coral snakes. It also includes advice on snakebite and a full checklist.

54 pages, line drawings.
Belize Audubon

Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico
Fiona A Reid

Provides detailed accounts and range maps for all aquatic and terrestrial species of mammals native to Central America and Southeast Mexico. 85% of the species are illustrated by the plates, numerous line drawings are dotted through the text, and a section covers how and where to observe these animals in the field.

334 pages, 48 col plates, 11 illus, 263 maps.
OUP

Birds of Ecuador, Volume 1: Status, Distribution and Taxonomy
Robert Ridgely and Paul J Greenfield

Contains detailed information on the ecology, status, and distribution of all species. Introductory chapters deal with geography, climate and vegetation; bird migration in Ecuador, Ecuadorian ornithology; endemic bird areas in Ecuador; and conservation. Individual species accounts treat habitat, distribution and taxonomy.

848 pages, 1 map.
Christopher Helm

Birds of Ecuador, Volume 2: Field Guide
Robert Ridgely and Paul J Greenfield

All species are illustrated in colour, including migrants and vagrants and visually distinctive subspecies. The text focuses on the field identification aspects of each species, including their behaviour, vocalisations, and nest appearance.

740 pages, 96 col plates, 117 line illus, 1 col map, 1596 distrib maps.
Christopher Helm

Birds of Ecuador, 2-volume set
Robert Ridgely and Paul J Greenfield

Shrink-wrapped set of volumes 1 and 2.

1584 pages, 96 colour plates, 117 line illus, 2 col maps, 1596 distrib maps.
Christopher Helm

Gerald Durrell
Douglas Botting

The authorized biography of the world-famous and much-loved naturalist, conservationist and popular author Gerald Durrell, who died in 1995 in Jersey. He wrote in all some 37 immensely readable books and presented 12 television series, the early ones of his own expeditions. `He was responsible for changing people's attitudes to zoology and changing their agenda. He was a pioneer with a marvelous sense of humour.' Sir David Attenborough.
Douglas Botting's life of Gavin Maxwell was highly praised:`Could hardly be bettered' New Statesman, `Masterley...enthralling' Spectator
Shortlised for the `1999 BP Natural World Book Prize'.

644 pages, b/w photos.
Harper Collins

Hotspots
Russell Mittermeier, Norman Myers and Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier

Polynesia, the mountains of south-central China, the coastal forests of Tanzania, New Zealand - all are stunning sites with a crucial fact in common. They are 4 of the Earth's 25 `hotspots' - geographical areas which are home to the world's greatest plant and animal diversity. 60% of all terrestial animal and plant species are found here, and they are the richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on Earth.
Hotspots is the definitive compilation and status report on these 25 areas. The authors describe each region, their various ecosystems and the threats to their existence. They have gathered the work of more than 100 international experts on plant and animal life together with hundreds of stunning colour photographs to produce a tour of the magnificent array of life found in each region.
The hotspots are: Tropical Andes; Mediteranean Basin; Madagascar/Indian Ocean Islands; Mesoamerica; Caribbean Islands; Indo-Burma; Atlantic Forest of Brazil; Philippines; Cape Floristic Region of South Africa; Mountains of South Central China; Sundaland; Brazilian Cerrado; Southwest Australia; Polynesia and Micronesia; New Caledonia; Choco/Darien/Western Ecuador; Western Ghats & Sri Lanka; California Floristic Province; Succulent Karoo; New Zealand; Central Chile; Guinean Forests of West Africa; Caucasus; Eastern Arc Mountains, Coastal Forests of Kenya and Tanzania; and Wallacea.

430 pages, 362 col photos.
Conservation International

Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia
Graham Harris

First English guidebook to the region, covering the two thousand miles of the coast of Patagonia, from Peninsula Valdes to the Strait of Magellan. It describes 185 bird and 61 mammal species, with natural histories for the most common. Extensively illustrated by the author, all of the accounts list common names (English, Spanish and scientific) and descriptions of behaviour, status and habitat, range, and distinguishing characteristics. An essential guide for any traveller to the region, or any naturalist with an abiding interest in this spectacular corner of the planet.

231 pages, 33 col plates, 28 line illus, 243 maps.
Princeton UP

Philippines

Insight Guide: Philippines
Edited by Bill Williams, Scott Rutherford and Brian Bell

320 pages, col photos, illus, maps.
Insight Guides

National Parks and Other Wild Places of the Philippines
Nigel Hicks

Covers many magnificent parkland areas focusing on multi-coloured reefs, smouldering volcanoes, dense rainforest, and many stunning photographs of flora and fauna.

176 pages, 310 col photos, 38 maps.
New Holland