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WORLD LAND TRUST
A YEAR OF IMPACT
ANNUAL REVIEW 2020
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LOOKING BACK ON A TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR A YEAR OF CONSERVATION MILESTONES, IN NUMBERS
The difference made by WLT and its partners in 2020 The impact of WLT’s programmes in 2020
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However, looking back, it has left me resilience and commitment of all the through Buy an Acre
Ecuador, Guatemala,
prouder than ever of our supporters, people who make our work possible. The surge of donations to our India, Mexico and and other programmes
staff and partners, and optimistic I think of the supporters who enabled #SaveTheChocó appeal in 2020 will help Zambia in 2020 in 2020
about what their commitment to us, despite the hardships faced by to fund a much greater expansion of the
nature is achieving. so many, to reach – and exceed – Canandé Reserve than WLT had expected.
Jocotoco’s ‘gracias’ to
264,781 2,292,361
Last year donations to WLT funded the our appeal targets so swiftly: the
protection of 113,003 acres, the planting marathon runners, the artists, the supporters of our
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of 264,781 native trees and the offsetting
of 43,773 tCO2 e in carbon emissions,
school pupils and all other committed
individuals who’ve devoted some of
Big Match Fortnight appeal NATIVE TREES NATIVE TREES
2020 was extraordinary but also Funded through all our Funded by our supporters
equal to taking 20,754 average UK cars their precious time to raising funds so programmes in 2020 – between WLT’s foundation
difficult for us. The people around some
off the roads for the year. As of the that our partners can keep habitats restoring 557 acres and December 2020 –
of our reserves were strongly impacted by
end of December 2020 our supporters safe. I think of all the staff at WLT; COVID; many lost loved ones. Fundación of habitat restoring 7,200 acres
had cumulatively, since our founding the Administration, Finance, HR, Jocotoco helped by bringing food and
in 1989, funded through us the direct Programmes, Donations, Partnerships medical supplies to those most in need.
protection of a Cyprus-sized expanse of and Communications people who We are incredibly grateful for the
43,773
unprecedented support for WLT’s ‘Saving
threatened habitats (2,222,247 acres), last year ensured everything flowed
Ecuador’s Chocó Forest’ appeal. Thousands
the planting of 2,292,361 native trees smoothly whilst rapidly adjusting to a
of individuals and organisations came
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and the offsetting of enough carbon new reality of remote working. together around the world to save some
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emissions (366,078 tCO2) to cover Just before the coronavirus pandemic of the last 2% of these forests and now,
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168,912 London-New York return flights. ravaged the world, 2020 also marked we can expand our Canandé Reserve and
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Of all the figures that emerged our WLT Partners’ Symposium in secure a natural corridor for Jaguar and Offset through our 2
at the end of last year, one captures Guatemala, where I was privileged to Brown-headed Spider Monkey – as well
as preserving the culture of Indigenous
RANGERS Carbon Balanced
programme in 2020 –
better than most the transformative meet many of the incredible people who Funded through our
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impact that WLT supporters are making
through us. Because WLT and its
partners prioritise strategically placed
reserves – the wildlife corridors and
make this work happen on the ground.
The passion and professionalism
of these partners, combined with
the passion and generosity of our
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To WLT supporters,
a big ‘gracias’ from
everyone at Jocotoco.
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20,754 average
UK cars off the
roads for the year
reserve buffer areas – the 2,222,247 supporters, gives me enormous hope it without you.
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IMPACT SINCE 1989
acres directly saved by donations to WLT that together we will continue to grow as of
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A WORLD OF IMPACT IN A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER
WLT’S APPEALS OF 2020
Conservation milestones from WLT partners all across the globe
COLOMBIA:
Saving the Barbacoas
In April 2020, despite the disruption
ZAMBIA from COVID-19, WLT supporters
COLOMBIA delivered a major conservation win
Over 52,000
WLT’s appeal to save protected acres as they fully funded our appeal to
Colombia’s Barbacoas save the Barbacoas’ forests and
formally declared
wetlands in Colombia, allowing our
forest fully raised, in Zambia as Action
local partner FBC to bring 1,954
allowing partner FBC Fund backers join
new acres under protection. The
to secure manatee, forces with partner appeal’s success brought a lifeline to
tapir habitat Kasanka Trust endangered populations of manatee,
turtle, tapir and spider monkey and
a reprieve for climate, helping save
CAMEROON
crucial, carbon-storing wetlands.
WLT supporters
unlock safer
future for Cameroon’s CAMEROON:
great apes as A Future for Gorillas
#FutureForGorillas In Cameroon’s Deng Deng National
appeal hits target Park, 300 Critically Endangered
Western Lowland Gorilla and
400-600 Endangered Chimpanzee
faced a fate of decline as logging
and poaching cut them off into
isolated forest patches. Thanks to
WLT supporters, we raised £100,000
so that our partner ERuDeF can
start working alongside local
BRAZIL VIETNAM communities, creating a forest
Action Fund Major win in Vietnam corridor for great apes, elephant,
backers allow pangolin, hippopotamus, leopard,
as government grants
REGUA to protect otter, grey parrot and others.
highest protection
167.5 vital acres of to ‘climate
Brazil’s Atlantic powerhouse’ Khe ECUADOR:
Forest reserve Nuoc Trong forests Save the Chocó
In October, WLT supporters donated
in such numbers that our Big Match
Fortnight appeal hit – and exceeded
– its £500,000 target within two
weeks; only the second time this
has happened in WLT’s history. The
MEXICO ECUADOR INDIA surge of contributions meant that by
Finnish metal band Staggering Elephant corridor December, WLT had raised £925,000
Nightwish helps backing sees WLT’s created by partner to support our partner Fundación
Jocotoco’s (FJ) ambitious plan to
partner GESG #SaveTheChocó WTI with help
purchase habitat. Part of a global
purchase and protect appeal raise from WLT
alliance to save some of the last
salamander haven in £925,000, nearly supporters shown
2% of the Ecuadorian Chocó, WLT’s
Mexico’s Sierra Gorda twice the £500,000 to be ‘win-win’ for appeal will allow FJ to secure tracts
target people and planet of an ecosystem as biodiverse as the
Amazon but far more threatened.
Photo credits: Top, Germanico Barrios;
Photo credits on map: Colombia, Teodoro Camacho-Asociación Armonía; Cameroon, Sergey Uryadnikov-Shutterstock.com; Zambia, The Kasanka Trust; Middle, Martinez de la Varga-Shutterstock. 5
Brazil, Andre Lanna; Mexico, Roberto Pedraza Ruiz; Ecuador, Brad Wilson, DVM; Vietnam, Bjornolesen.com-Viet Nature; India, David Bebber. com; Bottom, Leonardo Merco.
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TWELVE MONTHS OF IMPACT FOR NATURE
The difference made by WLT’s activities during 2020 2020
What a twelve months for WLT and its partners! Despite a global pandemic that left no life
untouched, our supporters’ generosity for nature did not waver; in fact, it was stronger than ever.
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habitats the world cannot afford to lose.
2020’s tree planting means WLT had, as Last year, like every other year, our
of the end of December 2020, funded partners’ Keepers proved time and
throughout its entire history a total time again their value for threatened
of 2,292,361 native trees, enough for habitats. In Armenia, where FPWC
7,200 acres of habitat to recover from ranger Boris Vanyan has been helping
deforestation worldwide. to keep logging and poaching away INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS CORPORATE SUPPORTERS TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS
Between January and December from a haven for Caucasian Leopards,
2020, donations to WLT helped bring these elusive felines are returning. WLT’s conservation impact is only Businesses were generous last year WLT is also incredibly grateful to all the
134,000 native trees to Mount Kenya In Latin America, Keepers of the Wild possible because of our supporters: in their support of WLT’s appeals but charitable trusts and foundations that
through a reforestation project, while have stopped fires from coming into the artists, students, marathon runners largely, their contributions were crucial have chosen to keep the conservation of
planting continued at WLT partner the home of wildlife, while in Malaysian and every other individual who acts to for our core programmes. In 2020, WLT’s our planet high on their agendas. Last
reserves including Vietnam’s Bac Borneo and Kenya they have used save nature through us. In 2020, the corporate supporters allowed to save year, grants from these organisations
Huong Hoa (73,211 saplings planted school murals and birdwatching tours generosity of individuals was a major critically threatened Dry Chaco habitat were integral to our major appeals of
During 2020, WLT brought 113,003 in 2020), Borneo’s Genting Wildlife to inspire local people to care about reason why we were able to raise a in Argentina and part of the last 7% of the year: they allowed us to secure the
acres (45,732 hectares) under Corridor (14,160) and Brazil’s Atlantic the natural world – ensuring that record £7.12 million in income. Between Brazil’s Atlantic Forests (Buy an Acre); match funding required by the ‘Saving
protection across partner projects in Forest (8,350). Meanwhile, at Ecuador’s conservation works in the long run. January and December last year, they helped fund urgent land purchases, Ecuador’s Chocó Forest’ campaign,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Buenaventura Reserve, the planting of For its part, WLT’s Carbon Balanced donations came from 11,363 individuals anti-fire kit and others (Action Fund) and as well as contributing towards the
Mexico, Peru, Vietnam and Zambia. 30,060 saplings helped to restore the programme allowed our supporters (4,878 of whom were new supporters), proved instrumental in WLT’s saving of ‘Saving the Barbacoas’ Forests and
Adding to the acre count were home of El Oro Parakeet, one of the last year to make a difference against and the number of regular supporters carbon-storing tropical forests through Wetlands’ campaign and supplying
purchases through our Buy an Acre world’s rarest parrots. climate change, the defining challenge through the WLT Friends scheme emission offsetting (Carbon Balanced); more than half the funds required by
programme as well as WLT’s flagship Land purchase is only ever the first of our times. Fuelled by a surge in experienced its highest annual increase they made it possible to fund 56,862 the ‘Future for Gorillas’ campaign. The
campaigns of the year: our Big Match step for conservation to be effective businesses keen to Carbon Balance in the Trust’s history. The year also left trees to restore degraded habitat in support from trusts and foundations
Fortnight appeal – Saving Ecuador’s and with help from WLT’s Keepers of through WLT, donations to our scheme monthly milestones: donations recorded Borneo, Brazil and Kenya (Plant a Tree) extended to WLT’s programmes, with
Chocó Forest, £925,000 – as well as the Wild programme, our partners have helped to offset 43,773 tonnes of carbon in December 2020 topped those in any and employ rangers at our partners’ major contributions made towards our
our appeals for Colombia (Saving the continued to work hard to manage their during 2020; climate benefits on par other month in WLT’s history. reserves (Keepers of the Wild). Keepers of the Wild scheme.
Barbacoas, £295,000) and Cameroon reserves. WLT aims to ensure that all with taking 20,754 average UK cars off
(A Future for Gorillas, £100,000.) land secured for our overseas partners the road for a whole year.
In 2020, 264,781 native trees were also includes funding for a ranger for a The commitment of individuals, businesses, trusts, foundations and others in 2020 went beyond anything the Trust had seen before, allowing
funded at our partners’ reserves thanks minimum of three years after acquisition our partners (pictured here at the WLT Partners’ Symposium in Guatemala in early 2020) to make even more impact for threatened habitats.
to donations from WLT supporters to and during 2020, our dedicated The rise in recent years of the acres saved
our Plant a Tree programme and others, programme funded 44 rangers across by WLT partners is helping to protect iconic
equal to restoring 557 acres of habitat. 30 reserves in 13 countries. species around the world, such as the
Toco Toucans safeguarded by Asociación
Photo credits: Top, Sergey Uryadnikov - Shutterstock.com; Below, Paul B Jones Armonía in Bolivia.
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2020 IN NUMBERS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO WLT SUPPORTERS
WLT’s financial review for last year The people and organisations who made our work possible in 2020
11,363
ANNUAL DONATIONS WLT’s best year in history was only possible because of our incredible
BY WLT FRIENDS supporters. Every acre saved, every tree planted, every species protected –
DECEMBER you made it all happen and today we’d like to thank you.
2020
2020
INDIVIDUALS
DONATED TO 2019 2020
WLT LAST YEAR Donations recorded in Corporate supporters who made Osprey Europe The Edward Hoare Charitable Fund
December 2020 topped significant contributions Paul J Mottram Ltd The Generations Trust
4,878 OF WHOM WERE those in any other month
NEW SUPPORTERS since WLT’s foundation
£674,000 £849,000 Allen & Overy
Pink Banana Studios The Gumtree Foundation
Publicis Sapient The Hippocleides Trust
Association of British Insurers
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Robert Walters Group The Lyddon Charitable Trust
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Bytes Software Services
£3.36
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Schuh The Molly Anderson Trust
Canopius Services
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MILLION SRK Consulting (UK) The Murmuration Wildlife Trust
RAISED IN Capital International
STEM Healthcare Ltd The Pantheon Charitable Trust
2016 CarbonCo
£4.48 CBRE Global Investors
Tapir Apps GmbH The Peter Smith Charitable Trust
MILLION The Body Shop International for Nature
Denmaur
RAISED IN The initial shock of the The Cheeky Panda The Ridgeback Charitable Trust
£7.12
Drab
2017 pandemic was swiftly
Ella’s Kitchen
Travel Cats Media The Rowlands Scott Charitable Trust
followed by the Villa Eugenie The Zoological Society of Hertfordshire
MILLION
Emma Beckett PR
realisation that our Vivid Travel
Euromonitor International
ANNUAL supporters’ generosity
RAISED IN WLT for nature was not
Flexiteek International
Trusts, foundations,
Legacies and in memoriam
2020
Hotjar David Batten
INCOME: wavering despite the zoos and schools
TOTALS Humble Bundle Sheila Brunstrom
difficulties and
RAISED Invesco Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo Derek Cox
uncertainties in all of our
IUCN National Committee of CHK Foundation Professor Peter Furley
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lives; in fact, it was
The Netherlands COFRA Foundation Elizabeth Holland
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stronger than ever.
John Menzies plc
£4.93 Thanks to that, WLT Constance Travis Charitable Trust William Howarth
entered 2021 in an even Jonny Lu Studio Ennismore Foundation John Kirkman
MILLION King & Spalding (Singapore)
£5.69
MILLION
RAISED IN
RAISED IN
2018
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better position not just
in financial terms but
also in clarity of
purpose.
Kingfisher Press
Kingsbury Watermill Museum
& The Waffle House
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
Green Mountain Trust
King’s Ely
Mark Rehfisch
Campbell Smith
Jordan Toms
Joyce Wood
2019 Kit & Kin
> Kirkcudbright Academy Kamila Zahno
Maidenhead Aquatics Joan Cullen Charitable Trust
Dr Mark Avery, Media Bounty Lords Group Trust US and anonymous supporters
Chair of Trustees Puro Fairtrade Coffee Muriel Jones Foundation
Moët & Chandon WLT would like to thank US supporters
Oxygen House Foundation
Moon Climbing for their donations through CAF America
S C & M E Morland’s Charitable Trust
Mulberry and American Fund for Charities, as
Scott Family Foundation
93% 75% well as anonymous supporters for their
Naturetrek Stella Symons Charitable Trust
CHARITABLE LAND backing through Sharegift.
ACQUISITION Neal’s Yard Stichting Wildlife
ACTIVITIES
£6.31 £5.86 NGE Booking Agency
Nightwish
Stiftung Ormella
The Bower Trust
MILLION MILLION
SPENT BY SPENT ON Nikwax & Páramo Directional Clothing The Chinese Medicine Forestry Trust
WLT IN CHARITABLE
2020 ACTIVITIES 14%
RESERVE
MANAGEMENT
7% 4% 7%
FUNDRAISING PARTNERSHIPS & REFORESTATION
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ACTIVITIES COMMUNICATIONS
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OUR INCREDIBLE FUNDRAISERS OF 2020
The people who chose us to make a difference last year
At the age of five Teddy knew he wanted to grow Andy Langley’s sponsored birdwatching stint
$ his hair to donate to children with cancer. Three
years later, his locks were long enough to be sent
to the Little Princess Trust – and he also used this
last autumn raised an incredible £5,250 for
our #SaveTheChocó appeal, becoming one of
thousands of people who made it possible to
charity haircut to raise an incredible £1,230 for almost double WLT’s initial £500,000 campaign
Teddy donates WLT. After learning about our patron Sir David target and raise a final £925,000. As part of
Andy’s all-day
hair to support Attenborough in school, Teddy became passionate his birdwatching spree, Andy spotted 82 birds
birdwatch helps
Little Princess about protecting wildlife and thought this was throughout a wet and windy October 2020
save natural
Trust and a fantastic way to get his schoolmates talking weekend in a bid to help safeguard Ecuador’s
wonder
WLT about how we can all become “defenders of the Chocó; the last 2% of a forest that hosts, within
Earth”. We hear he is now growing his hair again to 1,000 square miles, more bird species than
support the causes he loves! across the whole of Europe!
In October 2020, Susan ran 26.2 miles of a coastal For World Environment Day on 5 June 2020,
route along Suffolk, into Norfolk and back as Charissa, founder of art consultancy Artfully Sorted,
the rain continued to pour over running trails, exhibited nature-inspired works from 22 artists in a
hours after the wettest Saturday on record. With special show – ‘Nature Reflected’ – that raised £800
thoughts of environmental action fuelling each for WLT. Charissa tells us: “In these unprecedented
step, she tells us: “I’ve run the London Marathon times, the importance of appreciating our shared
Susan braves for the last two years but wasn’t expecting to enter Charissa Risley place in nature is more critical than ever. Through
downpours in in 2020. However, when the chance to run it virtually uses art to our show, we hoped the imagery of art inspired by
marathon for came up, I impulsively entered! I chose to support champion nature would encourage action and awareness in
endangered WLT for their great job of working with local people protected land protecting our environment. Artfully Sorted is delighted
species alongside educating the public about wildlife and with the show’s success and we very much look forward
threatened habitats.” to future events with WLT.”
Last year, a 20-strong squad of intrepid climbers
from Bloxham School took on a virtual Everest Like Teddy, Susan, Andy, Charissa or the Bloxham School
Challenge – an obstacle course, a staircase climb WLT
climbers, you too could make far more difference for nature
and a climbing wall to raise money for WLT. As
Everest summiteer Nick Hollis reminded the than you think – and your options are endless. Setting up
Bloxham School adventurers before they set off, Bloxham’s climb Our next a Facebook fundraiser, hosting a quiz night, selling your
climbers raise was for the very best cause: to help WLT fund the fundraiser:
photography prints, going on a sponsored wildlife watch;
YOU
funds for nature protection of pristine rainforest in Guatemala.
in virtual Everest Inspired by his words, the students surpassed what’s your idea? Let us know at info@worldlandtrust.org
Challenge the vertical height from Everest base camp to the and we’ll help you every step of the way!
mountain summit and reached 3,484 metres!
Photo credits: Top, Louise Hedges; Middle, Susan Perrywg; Bottom, Bloxham School. Background, Lucas Bustamante. Photo credits: Top, Andy Langley; Middle, Charissa Risley. 11
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WHO WE ARE
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PATRONS COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSERVATION ADVISORY PANEL
Sir David Attenborough Albertino Abela Mark Carwardine Richard Porter Dr Mark Stanley Dr. Nisha Owen
OM, CH, FRS Myles Archibald Kevin Cox George Sawtell Price (chair) Richard Porter
Steve Backshall MBE (retired Dr Lee Durrell Miranda Prof. Andrew Dr. Jon Paul
David Gower OBE December 2020) Dr Simon Lyster Stevenson Balmford Rodríguez
Chris Packham CBE Dr Simon Barnes Nigel Massen Dr Nigel Simpson Alistair Gammell David Wallis
Dr Iain Barr Bill Oddie
HONORARY
PRESIDENT OUR CONSERVATION PARTNERS OF 2020
Dr Gerard A Bertrand Applied Environmental Research Fundación Guanacas Bosques Naturaleza Tierra y Vida
Designed by wearedrab.co.uk Print sponsored by Kingfisher Press LTD
Foundation (India) de Niebla (Colombia) (Bolivia)
TRUSTEES Asociación Armonía (Bolivia) Fundación Jocotoco (Ecuador) Naturaleza y Cultura
Dr Mark Avery Asociación Civil Provita Fundación Melimoyu (Chile) Ecuador (Ecuador)
Myles Archibald (Venezuela) Fundación Natura Bolivia (Bolivia) Naturaleza y Cultura Perú (Peru)
(appointed Asociación Ecológica de San Fundación Naturaleza para el Naturaleza y Cultura Sierra
December 2020) Marcos de Ocotepeque Futuro (Argentina) Madre (Mexico)
Nick Brown (Honduras) Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo Nature Kenya (Kenya)
Ken Burnett Corozal Sustainable Future y la Conservación Naturalia Comité para la
Rohini Finch Initiative (Belize) (Guatemala) Conservación de Especies
Alistair Gammell Environment and Rural Fundación Patagonia Natural Silvestres (Mexico)
Anne Harley Development Foundation (Argentina) Philippine Reef and Rainforest
Pauline Harrison (Cameroon) Fundación Pro-Bosque (Ecuador) Conservation Foundation
Dr Mark Stanley Price Foundation for the Preservation Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda Programme for Belize (Belize)
Emma Tozer of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (Mexico) Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu
(Armenia) Guyra Paraguay (Paraguay) (Brazil)
STAFF Fundación Biodiversa Colombia HUTAN (Malaysia) Viet Nature Conservation Centre
WLT employed 29 full- (Colombia) Iranian Cheetah Society (Iran) (Vietnam)
and part-time staff Fundación Biodiversidad Kasanka Trust (Zambia) Wildlife and Environmental
members in 2020, Argentina (Argentina) LEAP Spiral (Malaysia) Society of Zambia
working remotely and Fundación EcoMinga (Ecuador) Natura Argentina (Argentina) Wildlife Trust of India (India)
at our UK office in
Halesworth, Suffolk.
Dr Jonathan Barnard
(Chief Executive)
Daniel Bradbury
(Director of
Communications
and Development)
Dr Richard Cuthbert
(Director of
Conservation)
Elizabeth Stone (Chief
Operating Officer)
OPERATIONAL
PARTNERS
American Bird
Conservancy
BirdLife International
IUCN National
Committee of
The Netherlands
Nature and Culture
International
Last year, of all years, we made more impact than at any other point in THANK
worldlandtrust.org our history – and it was your donations that made it possible. YOU
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