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Annual Reviewand Accounts 2012

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Sir David Attenboroughspeaks of his support

“Thanks to you, our supporters, for donatingso generously; 2012 was an extremelysuccessful year in the life of the Trust.

As Sir David says, WLT will use yourfunds for the very greatest effect. Oursmall staff based in Suffolk are highlyexperienced and knowledgeable and theoverseas project partners that we workwith are the people on the ground whotake responsibility in their own countries.They are the experts, they know the landand species most at risk.

The strong triangle comprised of our

staff, overseas partners and trustees issecond to none in its breadth ofknowledge and expertise. Every pennyyou donate is used to ensure that theworld’s disappearing habitats and theirrare species are protected forever.

I would like to encourage you to thinkof us as your WLT. Whether you supportus through land purchase, special appeals,tree planting, or reserve protection, it isyour action that is saving these lands andtheir species. I hope this is evident in thefollowing pages. Thank you again.”

Messages from WLT Patrons and the Chairman

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WLT’s Patron, Sir DavidAttenborough withChairman RohiniFinch.

I am often asked about theconservation organisationsI support and I regularlyadvocate World Land Trustas an organisation thatI believe is particularlyworthy of support.

The thing about WLT is thatthey recognise thatecosystems are what needsaving. If you want to saveJaguars and hummingbirdsthe only way to do so is tosave the places where theylive. WLT has “land” in thetitle and land is what matters.WLT had arrived at thisconclusion some 23 yearsago and have always beenan organisation on thecutting edge.

The money that is given tothe World Land Trust, in myestimation, has more effecton the wild world than almostanything I can think of.

So if you do care about thenatural world and want tosupport it, I would like tosuggest that there is nobetter way of doing sothan helping theWorld Land Trust.

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Above: This White-necked Jacobin was photographed on Fundación Jocotoco’sBuenaventura Reserve in Ecuador. These birds depend on flowers of tall treesand epiphytes for nectar, and also hawk for insects.

Rohini Finch, Chairman of WLT pays tributeto your support


David Gower, a WLTPatron since 1996“Until I was six, I lived with my family inTanganyika (now Tanzania) in Africa. I waslucky enough to go to the big game parksand always loved the wildlife. Notsurprisingly it was the large animals thatcaptivated me at that young age but sincethen I have become interested in all wildlife,and enjoy birdwatching. I find thatwatching wildlife is a wonderful way to relaxafter a hectic work schedule.”

Over recent years David has taken aparticular interest in the Trust’s work in Indiaand represented us at the Emeralds forElephants auction in Mumbai. Speaking ofhis involvement in this project David said:“With India being home to 60 per cent ofthe world’s remaining Asian Elephants,their survival in India is critical to thesurvival of the species as a whole.WLT is dedicated to supporting WildlifeTrust of India in their mission to secure afuture for elephants which involvesworking to reduce conflict betweenhumans and wild animals. I hope that Ican help in promoting WLT’s excellentwork in 2013.”

Chris Packham joinsWLT as a Patron in 2012“I have known the work of the WLT, and itsCEO John Burton, almost since it wasestablished in 1989 and I share WLT’sphilosophy in terms of working throughin-country project partners and raising fundsfor them to purchase and protectthreatened lands as nature reserves.

I was delighted to accept the invitation tobecome a Patron and feel honoured to joinSir David Attenborough and David Gower. Ifeel I know a lot about the Trust already,speaking with John Burton as I do quiteregularly, and sharing many of his views on

conservation priorities and major threats toour existence. I am very much lookingforward to further involvement and takingpart in events in 2013.”

John Burton says: “Chris Packham joiningus as a Patron is great news for the Trust –not just because he is a well-known TVpresenter. Chris is a serious wildlifeconservationist, and very much aprofessional zoologist. He takes involvementwith conservation organisations extremelyseriously and we look forward to his adviceand working with him in the future.”

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Left: David Gower has been a WLTPatron since 1996. He visitedRanthambore National Park prior tohosting the Emeralds for ElephantsIndia 2011 auction in Mumbai for WLT.

Right: Chris Packham has supportedthe work of the WLT for very manyyears and accepted the invitation inDecember.

Over the centuries, elephants havecreated distinct routes for themselvesacross India. Many of these routes arenow blocked or totally cut-off due tomany factors. Sometimes it ismushrooming of towns, illegal felling oftrees. manifold increase in traffic

passing through forest routes or generalhuman settlement. WLT’s projectpartner, Wildlife Trust of India hasidentified 88 elephant corridors in thecountry, vital to protect if elephants andother large mammals are to survive.Saving India’s wildlife: see page 7.

“We have people and we have elephants”said Vivek Menon, Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India.

“We must make room for both”


WLT’s mission is to buyand protect land andsustainably manage thenatural ecosystems ofthe world

In 2012 WLT raised funds to helppurchase 15,939 acres of threatened land,high in biodiversity value. WLT was alsoinstrumental in leveraging protection ofland in other ways and this total does notinclude the land reforested, designated amanagement area or otherwise protectedwithout being purchased.

By the end of 2012 WLT had been ableto purchase and protect nearly 400,000acres of land that had been criticallythreatened prior to purchase. It has alsoleveraged the protection of at least twomillion more.

Read more about the ‘leverage effect’throughout this report.

Let the figures do thetalkingThese are the number of acresthat WLT has helped itspartners acquire between 1989and the end of 2012.

Spotlight on MexicoThe reserves Above: The reserves created by ourMexican partner, Grupo EcológicoSierra Gorda (GESG) protect a hugerange of different habitats.

Up to the end of 2012 WLT had helpedpurchase more than 4,000 acres withanother 1,461 acres in the process ofbeing purchased.

Reserves include:Las Arenitas, San Jose, Las Canalitas,La Tinaja de Climente, El Jagueycito,El Canón del Fresno, Cerro Prieto-Cerro La Luz, Cerro del Pino andHoya Verde.

The reserves The reserves protect some of Mexico’srichest mammal diversity with 131recorded species including: Black Bear(Ursus americanus), Neotropical Otter(Lontra longicaudis), Mexican TreePorcupine (Coendou mexicanus), Kinkajou(Potus flavus), Queretaro Pocket Gopher(Cratogeomys neglectus). All six cat speciesoccur: Jaguar (Panthera onca), Puma(Puma concolor), Bobcat (Felis rufus),Margay (Leopardus wiedii), Ocelot (Felispardalis) and Jaguarundi (Felisyagouaroundi).


Saving land - it’s what we doLand purchase and its impact

Our patron, Sir David Attenborough, has said on several occasions, that he believes“buying land is the most certain road to conserving threatened habitats andtheir biodiversity”.

“Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff”Said American humourist and entertainer, Will Rogers who died in 1935.

Argentina 24,301 acresBelize 260,000 acresBolivia 3,212 acresBorneo 925 acresBrazil 4,494 acresCosta Rica 5,000 acresColombia 3,847 acresEcuador 19,312 acresGuatemala 1,668 acresIndia 3,682 acresKenya 50 acresMexico 4,135 acresParaguay 50,021 acresPhilippines 106 acresTanzania 263 acresVenezuela 1,809 acres


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Left: Often taking back stage to itsmore spectacular family members:the Jaguar and the Puma, theJaguarundi is another rare andbeautiful member of the cat family.This photograph was taken inSierra Gorda in December byRoberto Pedraza, Technical Officerfor our partner, GESG in Mexico.

Jaguarundis are not particularly soughtafter for their fur but they are sufferingdeclines through most of their rangedue to loss of habitat and persecution.More than any other cat species theymake an unusually wide range ofvocalisations, including purrs, whistles,yaps, chattering sounds, and even abird-like chirp.

A supporter’s view pointI have been a WLT supporterfor many years and am alwaysimpressed by the amazingwork that you do. I am alsokeen to recruit others.

Your figures for land saved areseriously impressive. In myexperience it can sometimes bethe case that charities,however worthwhile, own ormanage relatively little landand some people may view anysupport they give as not reallymaking any ‘real’ difference.

I wonder if there is any wayWLT could benefit frommaking more of the figures forland that has been saved andis managed permanently in-country. I feel this wouldencourage others to realise theeffectiveness of your work.Please consider making moreof this on your website and inthe literature you issue.

David Brown, WLT supporter

John Burton respondsThis isn’t the first time that supportershave said we ‘don’t blow our trumpetenough’.

We endeavour to keep our websiteupdated with as much information aspossible about land purchase and allour projects, but you are right thatwe could certainly make more of ourconservation achievements. We willaim to include more about theimpact of the land saved in futurepublications and at events.

In most cases the strategic landpurchases of WLT’s partners areleveraging much greater impactsthan a look at the acreage figureswould suggest. Sometimes they areleveraging funds from otherorganisations, or business, while inother cases, purchasing corridorsmakes the linked protected areassignificantly more effective asconservation areas.

We are currently working with ourpartners to determine how much landthey all protect and by 2014, our25th Anniversary, we hope to be ableto present a summary to our donors,from all our partners, and show thetrue significance of WLT support.

WorkingwithWLT-USWorld Land Trust formed a partnershipwith US not-for profit organisation,World Parks in 2006, and theysubsequently became World Land Trust-US. Both organisations have a sharedvision – to save as much threatened landas possible and, by sharing informationand costs, the benefits to conservation aresubstantial and international.

US donors are able to make taxeffective donations to WLT-US.

www.worldlandtrust-us.org

John Burton, left, with PaulSalaman, CEO of WLT-US, meetto discuss joint conservationprogrammes.

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The mission: to save one of the lastcontiguous tracts ofsouthern AtlanticRainforest, in MisionesProvince, Argentina The first land purchase was completed in2012 and the Corredor Verde Esmeralda(Emerald Green Corridor) was born. Thiswas a top priority purchase to protect inthe Yaboti Biosphere Reserve as it startsconnections to the Esmeraldas ProvincialPark and Mocona Provincial Park inArgentina, and Turvo State Park in Brazil,across the Uruguay River.

Lote Ocho (Lot 8), not the most inspiringname for a new reserve, had become highlysymbolic at WLT as we struggled to achieve

the seemingly impossible: to reachagreement to safeguard threatened AtlanticRainforest for wildlife and to ensure theGuaraní community (some of whom arephotographed above) who have lived inthese forests for centuries feel secure in theknowledge that this land is protected forever.

After five years of negotiations aMulticultural Agreement was finally signedwith three Guaraní communities, the titleholders of the land, and the government,settling a 15 year dispute over the future oftheir shared land.

“This alliance is unique.I don’t think in the worldthere is another like us.”Viviana Rovira, Minister ofEcology, Misiones Province, whenthe agreement was signed by allparties.

Smiling faces meantthat agreement hadbeen reachedLeft to right: Nicolas Laharrague(previous land owner), Guaraní CaciqueAugustine Espíndola, John Burton (WLTCEO), Minister of Ecology, Viviana Rovira,alongside Guaraní Caciques ArtemioBenitez and Lidio da Silva.

The photo was taken after the signingof the ground-breaking agreement inApril 2012. Under this agreement, theland title will be held as TraditionalIndigenous Lands, which, under Argentinelaw, means that it belongs to the Guaranícommunities in perpetuity. This isprobably the strongest legal protection forthe forest. The legal work for this transferhas been complex but now completed.


The Uruguay River separates Brazil on the left from Argentina on the right. The arrow indicates the Emerald Green Corridor purchase

Ruth Canning, WLT Conservation Programmes Officer (Americas Region), on asite visit to Misiones, contemplates the Uruguay River and the land purchase areathat she worked so hard to help achieve.

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Milestone in 2012Landmark protection for the Emerald Green Corridorin Misiones Province, saving 9,301 acres


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In a bid to save the magnificent wildlifeof the Lower Kinabatangan Floodplainin Sabah, NE Borneo WLT has beenraising funds to purchase small, butstrategically vital parcels of land.

The impact of these small land purchasesare astronomical because they create a truelife-line for Orang-utans, Pygmy Elephantsand other wildlife that need to be able tomove through continuous forest to theLower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary.

Apart from the Bornean Orang-utan,thought to be reduced to around 800individuals, nine other primate speciesshare these seasonally flooded rainforests.

By using Orang-utans as a flagshipspecies other important wildlife includingPygmy Elephants, Sun Bears, CloudedLeopards and all eight of Borneo’sthreatened hornbills will benefit.

The Lower Kinabatangan is one of themost biodiverse areas on the planet butunfortunately it is a victim to Malaysia’s“green gold”: Oil palm. Because of the

“green gold” magnet it means that there isgreat demand for the ever diminishingland left and the land is hugely expensive.Nonetheless WLT is determined to extend

its work, having helped save 925 ares ofvital land in Sabah up to the end of 2012.2013 will see the launch of The MillionPound appeal for Borneo.

As Vivek Menon says on page 3, Indiahas some of the world’s largest predatorsliving alongside a burgeoningpopulation. Is it possible to avoidhuman/mammal conflict? The answer is‘sometimes it is’.

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has identified88 corridors between forest reserves thatwould, if protection can be achieved,ensure that humans and large mammalshad their own space. WLT has alreadyhelped fund and protect two corridors andanother three are being funded now. Thesevital wildlife corridors are used byelephants, tigers and other wildlife.

One of the corridors part-funded byWLT was in Kerala and until a few yearsago, four human settlements were locatedin this corridor causing significant human-animal conflict. Working with thesecommunities who were keen to move awayfrom the threats posed by the bigmammals, the settlements of Thirulakunnu,

Valiyaemmadi, Kottapadi and Pulayankollyhave now been relocated and theTirunelli-Kudrakote corridor has becomea reality through support by WLT, IUCN-Netherlands and Elephant Family, and, ofcourse, WTI.

During 2012 WLT worked with WTI on a

strategy to resolve the human-tiger conflictaround Corbett National Park. With agrowing number of settlements and one ofthe few places where tiger numbers areincreasing, this is a priority for action. WLThopes to be able to move forward withproject development in 2013.

This tiger wasphotographed by aWTI camera-trap. Itis a healthy animalmoving safelythrough theTirunelli-Kudrakotecorridor. The camera-trap was placed inPulayankolly, one ofthe areas of conflictprior to thesettlement beingvoluntarily relocatedaway from thedanger of elephantsand tigers.

Keeping large mammals and humans separate

Saving some of the rarestA case for flagship species

Investing in Borneo: a wildlife extravaganza


In response to our questionnaire aboutWLT News, Timothy Goddard, a WLTFriend, said that although he enjoysreading it:

On this page we hope to make amendsand talk about some of the lessglamorous wildlife that WLT and itspartners have helped save in 2012.

Protecting a deadly frogOne of the planet’s most deadly creaturesis the Golden Poison Frog of Colombia.Living in the rich undergrowth of thecritically threatened Chocó rainforest, thisfrog is just 2 inches long and carries asingle milligram of toxin. This small butlethal dose is alleged to be enough to killabout 10 humans.

Despite this frog’s infamous reputationand its historic importance to SouthAmerica’s indigenous cultures, it is on theedge of extinction. It was completelyunprotected and its habitat rapidlydisappearing as a result of illicit cocacultivation, gold mining anddevelopment.

In 2012, WLT, with help fromcorporate supporter Puro Coffee, helpedpurchase 124 acres of Chocó rainforest tocreate a nature reserve called RanaTerribilis Amphibian Reserve. The reserveis now a sanctuary, owned and protectedby Fundación ProAves.

WLT’s affection for the Golden PoisonFrog is shared by the Alliance for ZeroExtinction (AZE), which named thecreature and the Rana TerribilisAmphibian Reserve as one of the SevenWonders of Endangered Species followinga poll in which more than 100,000 voteswere cast.

This reserve will also protect severalkey bird species, including theendangered Baudó Guan, the BrownWood-Rail and Great Curassow.


The WLT newsletterfocusses rather too heavilyon animals you’d want tohug, not necessarily theunder-represented.

“ “Reserve ranger and WLT Keeper of theWild with Fundación EcoMinga, LuisRecalde, captured this powerful imageof a richly patterned venomous snakehigh in the eastern Andes of Ecuador.

Luis, who has become anaccomplished wildlife photographer,spotted this vibrant green snake curled

up on a branchin the forest,when he wasout patrollingthe reserves with his brother Jesus. Luisand Jesus are responsible for protectingEcoMinga reserves including, CerroCandelarua and Río Zuñac.

Lou Jost, co-founder of FundaciónEcoMinga, identified the pitviper speciesof venomous snake as a Bothrops pulcher(or depending on the taxonomist, theBothriopsis or Bothriechis), but he is not a100 per cent sure – let us know if youthink otherwise.

Not the most glamorous of plants,Mammillaria herrerae, commonlyknown as Golf Ball cactus (right), is acritically endangered species. It clingsto survival in the high mountains ofQueretaro south of Sierra Gorda in Mexico;they are found nowhere else on earth.

Roberto Pedraza, Technical Assistantwith our Mexican Project Partner, GESG,trekked many miles to find this rare cactusthat is endemic to just two small areas.“Unfortunately these specimens wereoutside the borders of the Sierra GordaBiosphere Reserve and because of thesmall numbers we found I am afraid that

collectors have been active,” Robertoexplains. “They pay tiny amounts ofmoney to locals to act as guides and then,behind their backs, they take the plantsaway! I believe even small cacti areimportant to conserve.”

It isn’t just about the big mammals andspectacular birdsDeadly, spiny and venomous – biodiversity means just that

The deadly Golden Poison Frog, on the edge of extinction, is now protectedby the Rana Terribilis Amphibian Reserve in Colombia.


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WLT’s EcosystemServices ProgrammeWLT’s Ecosystems Services Programmehelps save threatened habitats forendangered species. The emphasis is onidentifying and measuring the ecosystemservices, both to global and localcommunities, embedded in the habitatbeing conserved. Many companies choosethis way of supporting WLT, particularlywhere it helps meet their Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR) policies and targets.

The strategy is to secure threatened habitatof high biodiversity value and othermeasures may also be used – eg:greenhouse gas emissions avoided ormitigated, water resources and qualitymaintained, soil erosion stabilised,community resources maintained.Maintaining and improving the quality ofthe site is a key element. These projects tendto be long-term commitments, andcurrently some 16,000 acres of forestedland are being protected through WLT’sEcosystems Services Programme,additionally thousands of acres havebeen reforested.

These projects are well-suited toconsolidating and sustaining activities inexisting WLT priority areas.

Paraguay Forest Conservation Project

WLT’sCarbonBalanced WLT’s Carbon Balanced programmeenables small to medium sizedcompanies (SMEs) and individuals tooffset greenhouse gas emissions. Theseare calculated and sufficient wooded habitatthat would otherwise have been deforestedis protected to keep an equivalent amountof carbon locked in the forest.

In 2012 two more properties weresecured under this programme, workingwith Nature and Culture International,Ecuador. At Numbami 531 acres waspurchased, connecting to PodocarpusNational Park, assisted by funds raised byThe Body Shop’s Wood Positive project(279 acres). At Laipuna 670 acres highlythreatened Tumbesian Dry Forest wasalso purchased.

Carbon Balanced Paper is a development of CarbonBalanced, undertaken exclusively with PaperlinX UK,collectively the UK’s largest commercial paper merchant.Project development compensates for emissions from theproduction process, from mill to merchant. In 2012income was used to secure land through Nature & Culture International, Ecuador,concentrated on Maycu in the Nangritza Valley. Three forested properties were securedin 2012, totalling 870 acres.

Forest restoration WLT supports forest restoration inprotected areas where clearance ordegradation has previously taken place, tofill gaps, create buffers or link up forestpatches. Around 145,000 trees wereplanted in 2012.

The final plantingsunder an agreementwith Scottish andSouthern Energy saw62,500 trees plantedin Ecuador and Brazil,and continuing forestrestoration is takingplace through TheBody Shop ‘WoodPositive’ project andWLT’s ‘Plant a Tree’ initiative WLT is alsoworking with Nature Kenya to facilitate theplanting of 35,000 trees.

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Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) is a leadingservice provider for offshore operations.It also has the CSR policy of offsettingthe greenhouse gas emissions thatcannot reasonably be reduced at source.

The Paraguay Forest ConservationProject, developed by WLT and GuyraParaguay, contributes to that aimby producing carbon credits that SPOretires against its emissions. The 20 yearproject also provides long-term supportfor conservation in the Atlantic Forest ofSan Rafael and in the Chaco-Pantanal.The Chaco-Pantanal component was

established in 2011, protecting 11,300acres of severely threatened woodlandbiodiversity in an area traditionally usedby the Yshir (or Chamacoco) people.The Yshir are not only fully involved inmanagement but also become co-owners.

A project of this size needs to beindependently certified under the VerifiedCarbon Standard (audited in 2012). It isalso certified under Climate, Communityand Biodiversity project design standardsto Gold Level, reflecting its exceptionalbenefits for biodiversity and localcommunities.

Saving biodiversity creativelyWLT’s Ecosystems Services programme & Carbon Balanced projects

Simon Bennett (right) General Manager for Sustainability with Swire Pacific Offshore, makes a site visit to review the work being carried out by WLT. While visiting the property he met with a neighbourwho introduced him to his pet peccary.


The fourth symposium for partners was heldat Kew Gardens and the focus of discussionsthis time related to the increasing pressureon land all over the world. Many criticallyimportant areas of biodiversity are occupiedby indigenous communities, close tosettlements of various sorts, or colonised bymarginalised societies. The intention of theSymposium was to bring together theexperience of our partners who had hadchallenging situations to deal with, andshare the positive and also negative aspects.

The results, through full and frankdiscussions, were exceptional, and it wasgenerally agreed that all too commonlydiscussions and published literature on thesubject only dealt with successes, and that

learning from failure was often even moreproductive. It was also very clear thatsuccess was generally achieved throughdirect involvement with the variouscommunities. By working patiently andidentifying shared interests and commonobjectives it was generally possible to reachan agreement that would both conservebiodiversity, and also fulfil some of theaspirations of the communities involved.

Based on the outcome of the discussionsWLT feels more confident about goingahead with projects that involve landpurchase where there are territorial claims byindigenous groups. This was demonstratedlater in the year with the success of theMisiones purchase, see page 6. Withincreasing pressure on land all over theworld, the fresh ideas and new approachesdiscussed can be used to conserve some ofthe last remaining wild places.


An Alliance for Conservation:Saving land and wildlife also depends on people

A symposium for our overseas project partners Kew Gardens, London. 31 January-3 February, 2012

Alberto Yanosky, ExecutiveDirector, Guyra Paraguay talksabout issues faced in his country

Top: Alberto Yanosky (Guyra Paraguay). AboveL-R: Lou Jost (Fundación EcoMinga, Ecuador),Edilberto Romero (Programme for Belize), SandeepTiwari (Wildlife Trust of India), Patrick Shawa(Wildlife & Environmental Conservation Society ofZambia), Roberto Pedraza (GESG, Mexico),Nicholas Locke (REGUA, Brazil) and right: BibianaSucre (Provita, Venezuela).

Participants from, or guests of, WLT programmepartners not shown here: Margarita Mbywangi(Ache Community, Paraguay), Marco Cerezo(FUNDAECO, Guatemala), Guillermo Harris

(Fundación Patagonia Natural), Lina Daza and NateSkinner (Fundación ProAves, Colombia), ZoltanWaliczky (Fundación Jocotoco, Ecuador), RaquelLocke (REGUA, Brazil), Eric Horstman (FundaciónPro-Bosque, Ecuador), Felipe Serrano (Nature andCulture International, Ecuador), Rangku Sangma(Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, India),Harjinder Kler (HUTAN, Malaysian Borneo), CynthiaOng (LEAP Spiral, Malaysian Borneo), RubenKhatchatryan and Manuk Manukyan (Foundationfor the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets,Armenia), Marc Hoogeslag and Liliana JaureguiBordones (IUCN NL).

Bringing together our overseasproject partners is one of the highlightsof my professional life. Day-to-dayactivities in the office can be relentlesswith always the same strings that bind:a combination of not enough time andnot enough money to face the dauntingnumber of threats facing the last wildplaces. For me all that changes in an

instant: as soon as I see a room full ofkey decision makers from our overseaspartners I know why we put so muchenergy, emotion and hours into the day-on-day effort. Seeing their vibrancy,expertise and commitment andlistening to what could be achieved, Iknow that it IS possible to change theworld, that together we can save at

least some of our natural habitats andtheir species. Their united knowledgeand passion isn't only contagious it isthe real stuff from the professionalsworking in the frontline ofconservation. If there is a single driverto the Trust this is what it is.

WLT’s overseas project partners have agreed that, if possible,WLT should host meetings every 18 months or so for them toexchange knowledge and discuss solutions to problems they faceworking in their own countries

Greetings fromVenezuelaI join with all participants inthanking WLT for giving usan opportunity to attendand for the amazingdiscussions and ideas at the symposium. It was atremendously enriching week for me. Being thereto share with people from all over the world thathave so much knowledge and experience on theissues that I want to help solve in my owncountry was just an incredible opportunity. I feltvery encouraged and learned a lot from all ofyou. I agree, it would be great if we could sharemore and more often. Abrazos a todos,Bibiana (Sucre)Coordinadora Programa BioGente, Provita

Representatives of WLT’s overseas partners and indigenouscommunities attending the symposium held in UK

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Land purchase for conservation hasalways been a key focus for both WLTand our operational partner IUCNNational Committee of the Netherlands(IUCN NL) with whom we work closelythrough their 'Small Grants for thePurchase of Nature Programme'.

In Latin America where legislation makes itrelatively easy for NGOs to purchase landoutright this is usually the best option, butin Asia (and Africa) land purchase is oftennot possible, because of land title or sheercost. So other strategies are need to secureprotection for threatened ecosystems.

The autumn symposium broughttogether 17 conservation managers from12 countries in Asia, to enable an exchangeof knowledge on developing and managingprojects that involve securing land forbiodiversity, other than through direct landpurchase. The symposium was entitled:Securing Land for Conservation in Asia:Opportunities, Pitfalls & Alternatives.

Buying timeThe symposium providedvaluable insight andsuggestions of ways tosecure land and attendeeswere keen to stress that itwas often necessary toexplain to donors that evena lease for 10 years could be instrumental inensuring long term protection. A short termlease can reduce the immediate threat and‘buy time’ while other strategies andrelationships can be built. Flexiblity, openmindedness and dialogue with people onthe ground was vital to success.

The outcome showed that whencomparing this symposium to the five eventspreviously organised by WLT and IUCN NL,Latin American NGOs are a few steps aheadin developing mechanisms for sustainablefunding of reserve management costs. Thebenefits of knowledge exchange betweenNGOs from both continents were highlighted.

Autumn symposium for Asian partners Held at Swire Marine Training Centre, Singapore and site visit to EndauRompin National Park, Malaysia

23-28 September 2012

World Land Trust & IUCN NL thank Swire Pacific Offshore fortheir support and generous contributions towards the twosymposia held in 2012, and for their on-going commitment towildlife conservation. Special thanks go to Simon Bennett, LydiaPavlova and Mariah Abdullah of SPO for their assistance inorganising the Asian meeting and their contribution to its success.

Argentina: Fundación PatagoniaNatural

Exec Director:José María Musmeci

Fundación Naturaleza para elFuturo

Exec Director: Luis CastelliFundación Biodiversidad,Argentina

President: Obdulio MenghiArmenia: Foundation for thePreservation of Wildlife & Cultural Assets

Director: Ruben KhachatryanBelize: Programme for Belize

Exec Director: Edilberto RomeroBolivia: Asociación Armonía

Exec Director: Bennett HennesseyBrazil: Fundação de Proteção àNatureza O Boticário

Exec Director: Maria de Lourdes Nunes

Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu Project Director: Nicholas Locke

Chile: Fundación MelimoyuPresident: Carlos Cuevas Cueto

Colombia: ProAvesExec Director: Alonso Quevedo

Ecuador: Fundación JocotocoExec Director: Rocío Merino Utreras

Fundación Pro-BosqueExec Director: Eric von Horstman

Fundación EcoMinga Exec Director: Javier Robayo

Nature and Culture InternationalDirector (Ecuador):Renzo Paladines

Guatemala: Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación

General Director: Marco CerezoHonduras: Ecological Association of

San Marcos Ocotepeque Exec Director: Víctor Saravia O

India: Wildlife Trust of IndiaExec Director: Vivek Menon

Kenya: Nature KenyaExec Director: Paul Matiku

Malaysia: HUTANCo-Directors: Isabelle Lackman & Marc Ancrenaz

LEAP SpiralExec Director: Cynthia Ong

Mexico: Grupo EcológicoSierra Gorda

Technical Officer:Roberto Pedraza Ruiz

Paraguay: Guyra ParaguayExec Director: Alberto Yanosky

Philippines: Philippine Reef & Rainforest ConservationFoundation

Project Director:Gerardo L Ledesma

Tanzania: Wildlife ConservationSociety of Tanzania

Acting CEO: Paul NnyitiVenezuela: Asociación Civil Provita

President: Franklin RojasZambia: Wildlife & EnvironmentalConservation Society of Zambia

Acting Director: Patrick Shawa

Institutional Partners:BirdLife InternationalIUCN National Committee of theNetherlands:WLT Contact: Marc HoogeslagAcciónatura

Director: Francesc Giro

World Land Trust - US 25 Horner Street, Warrenton, VA 20186 USAEmail: [email protected]

Participants: (L-R) Andrew Sebastian(Malaysian Nature Society); Bou Vorsak (BirdlifeCambodia); Jonathan Eames (BirdlifeIndochina); Li Shengzhi (Shanshui ConservationCentre, China); Roman Kaskarov (UzbekistanSociety for the Protection of Birds); Myint Aung(Friends of Wildlife, Myanmar); Quyen Vu(Education for Nature, Vietnam); Roger Wilson,Mary Tibbett, Kirsty Burgess, (all WLT); MarcHoogeslag (IUCN NL); Olga Klimanova(Association for the Conservation of Biodiversityof Kazakhstan); Vivek Menon (Wildlife Trust ofIndia); Cynthia Ong (Land EmpowermentAnimals People, Malaysian Borneo); Pham TuanAnh (Viet Nature Conservation Centre); GrigorJanoyan (Foundation for the Preservation ofWildlife and Cultural Assets, Armenia); MarcySummers (Alliance for Tompotika, Sulawesi);Dian Agista (Burung Indonesia); Balu Perumal(Malaysian Nature Society).

Participants not pictured above: IsabelleLackman (HUTAN, Malaysian Borneo); Belindade la Paz (Haribon Foundation, Philippines);Vinayagan Dharmarajah (Nature SocietySingapore/Birdlife Asia).

WLT works with 26 overseas project partners:

WLT has been supporting the Foundationfor the Preservation of Wildlife and CulturalAssets, (FPWC) in Armenia since 2010 and,together with IUCN Netherlands were ableto fund the lease and protection of a 2,075acre reserve next to the 60,000 acreKhosrov National Park now known as theCaucasian Wildlfie Refuge (CWR).

Illegal hunting has been reduced in theCWR and signs of the critically threatenedCaucasian Leopard were recorded in 2012.


Incoming Resources Incoming resources from generated funds:Voluntary income

Donations and gifts 528,748 398,091 773,871 1,700,710 1,535,257Legacies - - 7,000 7,000 15,968Grants - - - - 87,035

Activities for generating fundsSales 13,289 - - 13,289 8,653

Investment income 11,320 - - 11,320 9,802Incoming resources from charitable activities: - -

Contracts 723,632 - - 723,632 1,475,538Other incoming resources - - - - 1,373

Total Incoming Resources 1,276,989 398,091 780,871 2,455,951 3,133,626

Resources ExpendedCosts of generating funds:

Costs of generating voluntary income 266,086 1,070 10,415 277,571 247,483Costs of trading operations 2,446 - - 2,446 (88)

Costs of charitable activitiesProject expenditure 730,672 155,373 893,302 1,779,347 2,392,693Other costs 307,423 16,390 161 323,974 348,574

Governance costs 48,883 - - 48,883 26,787

Total Resources Expended 1,355,510 172,833 903,878 2,432,221 3,015,449

Net incoming/(outgoing) resourcesand net income/(expenditure) (78,521) 225,258 (123,007) 23,730 118,177before transfers between fundsTransfers between funds 30,254 (133,828) 103,574 - -Net incoming/(outgoing) resourcesand net income/(expenditure) (48,267) 91,430 (19,433) 23,730 118,177before unrealised gains/(losses)

Gains/(losses) on revaluation and disposal of assets 22,219 - - 22,219 (10,003)

Net incoming/(outgoing) resourcesand net income/(expenditure) (26,048) 91,430 (19,433) 45,949 108,174

Reconciliation of fundsTotal funds brought forward 234,065 240,164 921,921 1,396,150 1,287,976

Total funds carried forward 208,017 331,594 902,488 1,442,099 1,396,150

RestrictedFunds

£

DesignatedFunds

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GeneralFunds

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2011Total

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2012Total

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£3,500,000

£3,000,000

£2,500,000

£2,000,000

£1,500,000

£1,000,000

£500,000

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The World Land Trust’s full accountsare available on the website of theCharity Commissionhttp://www.charity-commission.gov.ukThis site also shows publishedaccounts for all other charities so thatdetailed comparisons can be made.

Total Incoming Resources

Total Resources Expended

Five-Year Comparison of Incoming Resources & Resources Expended

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Summary Consolidated Statement ofFinancial Activities for the year ended31 December 2012


2012


RestrictedFunds

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UnrestrictedFunds

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2011Total

£

2012Total

£Fixed AssetsTangible assets 422,690 75,000 497,690 489,717 Investments 235,771 - 235,771 208,112

658,461 75,000 733,461 697,829

Current AssetsStock 3,699 - 3,699 3,097Debtors 1,116,094 119,673 1,235,767 1,361,089Cash at bank and in hand 105,042 719,295 824,337 1,425,072

1,224,835 838,968 2,063,803 2,789,258

Current LiabilitiesCreditors: Amounts falling due within one year 988,598 11,480 1,000,078 1,179,868

Net Current Assets 236,237 827,488 1,063,725 1,609,390

Total Assets less Current Liabilities 894,698 902,488 1,797,186 2,307,219Liabilities: Amounts falling due after one year 355,087 - 355,087 428,319Provisions for liabilities and charges - - - 482,750

Net Assets 539,611 902,488 1,442,099 1,396,150

Fund BalancesUnrestricted funds 155,719 - 155,719 203,986Designated funds 331,594 - 331,594 240,164Revaluation reserve 52,298 - 52,298 30,079

539,611 - 539,611 474,229

Restricted funds - 902,488 902,488 921,921

Total funds 539,611 902,488 1,442,099 1,396,150

Trustees’ Statement

The accounts set out on pages 12 to 13 are a summary of information extracted from the full audited accounts. The summarisedaccounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. A copy ofthe full audited accounts is available from World Land Trust, Blyth House, Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8AB. The fullaudited accounts were approved by the Trustees on 6 June 2013 and have been submitted to the Charity Commission.Rohini Finch M ArchibaldTrustee, 2013 Hon Treasurer

Independent Auditor’s Statement to the Trustees of World Land TrustWe have examined the summarised financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 set out on pages 12 and 13.

Respective Responsibilities of the Trustees and AuditorThe Trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom lawand the recommendations of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements with the full annualfinancial statements and Trustees’ Annual Report.We also read other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications of our report if we becomeaware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

OpinionIn our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ AnnualReport of World Land Trust for the year ended 31 December 2012.

LOVEWELL BLAKE LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory AuditorBankside 300, Peachman WayBroadland Business Park, Norwich NR7 0LB6 June 2013

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Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2012


With thanks to supportersin 2012


Donations and grants of £1,500 or moreTrusts, foundationsand schoolsNina Abrams Trust FundErnest Kleinwort Charitable TrustGenerations Charitable TrustKilverstone Wildlife Charity TrustNetherlands Commission for IUCNPeter Smith Charitable Trust for

NatureReed FoundationThe Charlotte Heber-Percy

Charitable TrustThe Golden Bottle TrustThe Stewart Law FoundationWorld Land Trust-US

SupportersMr Albertino AbelaMr Nicholas AitchisonMr Ian ArmitageMs Karen BoonMrs Becky BrodMr Kevin BrownMr Chris CopemanMr Kevin CoxDr Cian DorrMr Robert FinchMr Brian GazeMr Robert GilesMr Jonathan GillettMrs J M GladwynMr David GossipDr T W GrinstedMr John J H HainesMr Pär HjelmquistDr Peter KeillerMrs Jenny KingslandMr Julian LaidlerMs Natalie LindsayMr Johan MeylaertsDr Andrew W OsborneMs Adela PicklesMs Anne RedstonDr Richard ScorerMrs Dorothy SimmsMr John SmartDr James SmithMrs Helen SmithDr James M StevensonMr J SulstonProfessor Manfred SumperMr Stephen WalshMrs Olga WhiteDr Edmund WillisMrs Victoria Wormsley

Legacies & In memorydonationsKeith N CampbellIn memory of Professor

Dafydd Stephens

FundraisersMr Roger AusterMs Maxine ChanCB Richard EllisMaster Freddie JamisonMr Kristian Landmark

Companies, includingthose choosing to CarbonBalance their unavoidablecarbon emissions ABO Ltdadam&eveDDBAPHArtillery Architecture & Interior

Design LtdBettys & Taylors Group LtdBIAZABibby Line Group LtdBirdfindersBrightstream Call Assist LtdCalypso Soft DrinksCharles Russell LLPChessington World of Adventures

& ZooCSG WastemanDRABecoigoEnterprise PlantsEurojerseyEuromonitor InternationalGemfieldsGoodlife Foods LtdGreen MobileGrowth Technology LtdHeal the EarthHoneys Real Dog FoodHumble Bundle IncIan Smith Office Products GroupIpsen Pharma SASKAMA PublishingKingfisher PressKingsbury Watermill Museum/

The Waffle HouseLovehoney Maidenhead AquaticsMaryvale FarmsMedia Bounty

MGPA (Europe) LtdMiko Coffee NV (Puro Brand)NaturetrekNikwax Ltd/PáramoNoble HouseOcean Ovation IncentivesPaperlinX (Howard Smith Paper

Group, The Paper Company &Robert Horne)

Rainforest CafeSalon Success LtdSchool of Movement MedicineSecure IT Recycling LtdSeotaiji FandomStafford Railway Building SocietySwire Pacific Offshore OperationsTeam AquaTechnoportTGI Friday’s LtdThe Body Shop InternationalThe MallThe Travelling NaturalistTravel RepublicTreadzTucan TravelVirtual Publishing House LtdVW Heritage Parts CentreWebmart LtdWildlife Travel

Individuals andorganisations givinggenerous assistanceAlder Carr FarmDr Simon BarnesMr Luis CastelliMs Lily ColeMr Lee Dingain & Ms Rachel WallsMr Dan FreemanMr Edward HoareDr Harriet JonesNature Picture LibraryOrrickMiss Jane PointerMrs Sally SeeleyShutterstockMr Dominic SpracklenPrince Andrew and Princess

Alexandra von PreussenMr Matthew Wetmore/Halesworth

Arts FestivalUnited Bank of CarbonWinchester School of ArtsMr Crispin Zeeman

WLT Ambassadors in 2012Ms Diane Abela (Consultant,

Gurr Johns) Mr David Back (MD, Artillery

Architecture)Mr Nick Brown (CEO, Nikwax)Mr John Bullivant (CEO, Ocean)Mr Nick Caunter (Director, APH)Ms Rosie Cate (Lecturer, Winchester

School of Art)Ms Nicola Davies (Author)Field Marshall Sir John Chapple Mr Robert Finch (The Vitol Group)Ms Jo Finch (Trainee Solicitor,

Reed Smith)Mr Jo Gipps (former Director,

Bristol Zoo Garden)Ms Alex Gregory-Peake (MD, Auric)Ms Anna Haber (Director of Global

Marketing, Gemfields)Mr Tony Hawks (Writer and

Broadcaster)Ms Su Ingle (Consultant, Media

Training and CommunicationsSkills)

Mr Chris Jenkins (MD, EnterprisePlants)

Mr Dominic Jones (Dominic JonesJewellery)

Mr Jonny Lu (Art Director)Sir Michael Marshall (Marshall of

Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd) Mr Bill Oddie (Broadcaster and

Conservationist)Mr Chris Roche (Commercial

Director, Travel Republic)Professor Renton Righelato (Former

WLT Chairman)Mr Lewis Smith (Journalist)Mr Andrew Squire (Artist)Mr Mark Sparrow (Curator of

Horticulture & Botany, Chester Zoo)

Ms Ashleigh Stirling (PromotionsManager, Vanity Fair)

Mr S J Teasdale (Art Director)Ms Emma Tozer (Director,

Media Bounty)

Green Parakeets(Aratinga

holochlora), SierraGorda Reserve,

Mexico. © RobertoPedraza

Young Pygmy Owls(Glaucidium brasilianum),Sierra Gorda reserve,Mexico © Roberto Pedraza

Green Ink: Thank you to all our Green Ink authors,artists, translators and editors who have donated thePublic Lending Rights in their books to WLT.

And thank you to everyone who contributed to our work in 2012


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BIAZA Zoos’supportBritish and IrishAssociation of Zoosand Aquariums(BIAZA) have beensupporting WLT since 2006 and previouslyraised £124,000 towards the purchase of1,651 acres of Atlantic Rainforest at theREGUA reserve in Brazil. In July 2012 welaunched a new fundraising initiative forthe BIAZA Keepers for the Wildprogramme working through WLT. BIAZAmembers will be supporting rangers inBrazil, as well as Borneo, Armenia, Mexicoand Zambia.

Who’s Who at WLT

PatronsSir David Attenborough OM CH, FRSDavid Gower OBE, Chris Packham

Honorary PresidentDr Gerard A Bertrand

TrusteesMyles Archibald (Hon Treasurer), Sir Kenneth Carlisle, Gil Child, Rohini Finch(Chair of Trustees), Simon Lyster, BrucePearson, Jonathan Self, Dr Nigel Simpson, Andrew von Preussen

Council MembersDr Simon Barnes, Dr Diana Bell, MarkCarwardine, Kevin Cox, Dr Lee Durrell,Willem Ferwerda, Alistair Gammell, RobertGiles, Mark Leaney, Alan Martin, Bill Oddie,Iain Orr, Richard Porter, Elaine Shaughnessy,Mark Stanley Price, Sue Wells

Chief ExecutiveJohn A Burton

WLT News productionEditor Viv BurtonPrint Kingfisher Press LtdDesign www.wearedrab.net

This Three-toed Sloth(Bradypus variegatus)is regularly seen on

the REGUA reserve inthe Atlantic Rainforest

of Brazil

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Bethan John, former Writer/Editor with WLTdecided to swap Suffolk with Latin Americato spend 16 months travelling throughoutCentral and South America to volunteer withWLT partners.

Her adventure began in October 2012and she has been writing regular blogs forour website on her experiences working withpartners. Her first port of call was with GESGin Sierra Gorda, Mexico, followed by a stintwith Programme for Belize and then on toGuatemala.

When asked about her favourite project,three months into her trip she replied:

“I could never choose a favourite - they've

all been really special for different reasons.I was very impressed by FUNDAECO(Guatemala) and spent the longest time inthe office so got to know the staff, but themost breath-taking landscape was SierraGorda in Mexico. The best wildlife sightingswere in Belize, and I really enjoyed meetingranger Pablo from Provita (Venezuela) - he'ssuch a character and seems a lovely person!Lots more people to meet too!”

Read Beth’s own website:www.wildlandscreative.com and herRoving Reporter blogs for WLT in theNews section of our website:www.worldlandtrust.org

WLT CEO,John BurtonreceivesHonoraryDoctoratefromUniversityCampusSuffolk

John collected his award made by theUniversities of East Anglia and Essex,bestowed by the Provost and ChiefExecutive, Professor Mike Saks, on23 October. The award was in recognitionof John’s career as a life-long naturalist andleader in the conservation movement.

WLT Writer/Editor, Bethan John,leaves for South America, tovolunteer with WLT project partners.The photograph shows her on a trekto Machu Picchu in Peru.

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Printing donated by Kingfisher Press Ltd.Paper donated by Howard Smith Paper Group

By using Carbon Balanced Paper through the WorldLand Trust publications in 2012 we have saved2691kgs of Carbon and preserved 226.04 sqm ofcritically threatened tropical forest.

WLT staff member swaps Suffolk for Latin America

Cover picture: All the images on the cover depictpeople and wildlife found on WLT-funded reserves.They show top L-R: Nigel Simpson (Flora andlandscape, Fundación Jococoto (FJ) TapichalacaReserve, Ecuador); Nigel Simpson (Golden-headedQuetzal, FJ Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador); Centre:HUTAN (Orang-utan, Malaysian Borneo); YanacochaHummingbird, Nigel Simpson (FJ Yanacocha Reserve,Ecuador); HUTAN (Berjaya Elahan, WLT Keeper of theWild with HUTAN in Borneo); Bottom Row:Fundación EcoMinga (Luis Recalde, WLT Keeper of theWild with Fundación EcoMinga, measuring a snake);Vasily Koval/Shutterstock.com (Caucasian Leopard,known to occur in the Caucasian Wildlife Sanctuary inArmenia. This leopard was not photographed in thesanctuary).

Photo credits: Page 2: above: Ellie Kurttz, below:Nigel Simpson (White-necked Jacobin); page 2 topL-R: WLT, BBC; David Bebber (elephants); Page 3 and4 Roberto Pedraza Ruiz (forest and Jaguarundi), WLT;Page 5 WLT; Page 6 Roland Seitre (Orang-utan); WTI(tiger); Page 7: ProAves (forest and frog), RobertoPedrazo Ruiz (cactus), Luis Recalde/FundacionEcominga (snake); Page 14 Roberto Pedrazo Ruiz; Page15 (top) UCS, below: www.wildlandscreative.com;back page: (top) Puro Coffee (below) WLT.


In 2012 your support enabled WLT tocomplete the purchase and protectionof the Laguna Grande-Sarstún Reserve.

The reserve safeguards 1,668 acresof tropical forest and a system oflagoons considered to be one of themost threatened habitats in theCaribbean Guatemala region. This landpurchase affords greater protection to awhole region as the Belizean side of theriver is already a national park.

UK wildlife tour operator, Naturetrek hasbeen supporting WLT since 2007 anddonated over £120,000 up to 2012.Funds were used to purchase 420 acres ofcritically threatened cloud forest withFundación EcoMinga in Ecuador. Thisimportant area of forest is adjacent toCerro Candelaria Reserve, a reservepurchased with funds donated by Purocoffee (see right). Together theseprotected areas contribute towards thewider goal – a landscape scale wildlifecorridor connecting two vitally importantEcuadorian National Parks: Sangay andLos Llanganates.

www.worldlandtrust.org

A big “Thank you” to all our corporate supportersCorporate donations can leverage new support and contribute towards awider goal: wildlife corridors that connect national parks

OrganicFairtradeCoffee helpssave land and wildlifePuro donates 2 per cent of turnover to WLTand have, so far, funded land purchase inEcuador (including the Cerro CandelariaReserve), in Colombia (the Golden PoisonFrog Reserve), in Brazil (with REGUA), inand Malaysian Borneo (with HUTAN). Purohas also funded the webcam at FundaciónJocotoco’s Buenaventura reserve in Ecuador,and Keeper of the Wild (Luis Recalde) withFundación EcoMinga.

WLT has had tremendous success in raising funds tosave habitat. But our overseas project partners, inwhom the ownership of the land is vested, have thetask of protecting the reserves and their wildlife.

Protecting all this land puts a strain on our partnerorganisations. The Keepers of the Wild ranger programme helpsrelieve this strain and enables them to better protect theirreserves. In 2012 WLT was able to fund 22 Keepers of the Wildwith our overseas project partners.

To fund land purchase andprotection for future generationswe rely on your generous response.Sometimes we can achieve rapid landpurchase results and other times itcan take longer to complete. Onoccasion it calls for a whole range ofpolitical, negotiating, legal andeconomic skills and patience. Oncethe land is secured we rely on peoplelike Ricardo in Guatemala and otherKeepers of the Wild to ensure thefuture of the wild world in ‘their’reserves.

Please support our work in anyway you can – by becoming a Friend,or ‘buying’ acres, supporting specialappeals and donating to Plant a Treeor Keepers of the Wild.

A legacy to the World Land Trustwill go to the very heart of where itis most needed and create a livinglegacy. Thank you.

Spotlight on GuatemalaReserve ranger: Ricardo Coc CaalCountry: GuatemalaPartner organisation:

Fundación Para El Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación (FUNDAECO)

Pristine lagoons sweep through themangrove and tropical forest habitat of theLaguna Grande-Sarstún Reserve in theCaribbean Guatemala region.

Ranger Ricardo works with local peopleto protect the reserve’s forests which arehome to five big cat species, visitingdolphins and manatees, River Otters, andthe Mexican Black Howler Monkey.

Ricardo said: “I start each day in thereserve listening to the roars of the“Saraguate” or Howler Monkey.Saraguate are in danger because of forestloss; I feel proud because I take care of aplace where they can still live and roar.”

WLT-funded Keeper of the Wild,Ricardo Coc Caal (right) with MarcoCerezo, General Director ofFUNDAECO in Guatemala.


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