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Real Acres in Real Places |
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The World Land Trust is a UK-based international conservation charity dedicated to providing funds for conservation organisations abroad to purchase and protect threatened land. 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 375,000 acres of forests and other wildlife habitats that would otherwise have been destroyed. 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 £50 to purchase and protect an acre with the WLT and supporters are kept up-to-date on how their funds are spent, and how the projects are progressing through monthly eBulletins and WLT News, published twice a year. WLT's patrons are Sir David Attenborough and David Gower OBE. Trustees include Dr Gerard Bertrand (Vice-president of Birdlife International). Its founder was John Burton (a former Director of NHBS). |
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Gratis Books Scheme
If you are a conservation worker or researcher
in a developing country, the Gratis
Books Scheme may be for you.
