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The World Land Trust (formerly the World Wide Land Conservation Trust) is a UK-based nonprofit environmental organization established in 1989. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage This is a list of environmental organizations. See also Environmental organization Intergovernmental organizations International organizations Its primary aims are to ensure conservation of plants, animals and natural communities in areas at risk. For this purpose, it privately funds the purchase of large tracts of land by local NGO's for the purposes of protecting it, in a fashion similar to the Nature Conservancy by making use of land trusts. The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable Environmental organization working to preserve the Plants, Animals, and natural communities A land trust is an agreement whereby one party (the trustee agrees to hold ownership of a piece of real property for the benefit of another party (the beneficiary The organization also seeks to help in-situ conservation measures by providing training, capital and equipment for environmental stewardship in economically backward areas. In-situ conservation means "on-site conservation " It is the process of protecting an endangered Plant or Animal Species The World Land Trust also offers to offset the carbon emissions of individuals and businesses[1]. A carbon offset is a financial instrument representing a reduction in Greenhouse gas emissions It is affiliated to the World Conservation Union. Along with the WCU, it co-organized the first symposium on private nature reserves for conservation, named Land Purchase as an Intervention Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation in 2006. The noted environmentalist John Burton is the CEO of the Trust. John A Burton is a co-founder of the nonprofit Environmental organization World Land Trust, and has been its CEO since it was founded as

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A short history

The World Land Trust (originally the World Wide Land Conservation Trust) came into being in 1989 when the Programme for Belize was launched to raise money to privately buy land in Belize to protect tropical rain forests. The Programme for Belize is the first project undertaken by the World Land Trust, in 1989 Belize (bəˈliːz formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. Tropical rainforests are generally found near the Equator. They are common in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central The core of the trust was a $ 10,000 bequest from the Massachusetts Audubon Society to John Burton, for the purposes of setting up an office in the United Kingdom for the trust in January 1989. The Massachusetts Audubon Society founded in 1896 and headquartered in Lincoln Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "Protecting the nature of Massachusetts An initial appeal was made in the BBC Wildlife magazine in April 1989 and was followed up by a fundraiser by noted naturalists Gerald Durrell and his wife Lee Durrell (who were co-founders of the Trust along with CEO John Burton) at the London Butterfly House in May 1989 when the Durrells formally declared the Trust open. A fundraiser is an Event or campaign whose primary purpose is to raise money for a cause Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper Lee McGeorge Durrell (nee Wilson (b September 7 1949) is a naturalist, Author, Zookeeper The London Butterfly House was a visitor attraction in Brentford where the public could view butterflies, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians The Trust then went on to help purchase and conserve land in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries like Patagonia in Argentina . Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. They have since expanded operations to Asia, and even sponsor a project locally in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The trust often works in close association with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is a conservation organisation with a mission to save species from Extinction. Noted patrons over the years have included Sir David Attenborough, David Bellamy and David Gower. Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born 8 May 1926 in London, England David J Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English Botanist, Author, broadcaster, and environmental David Ivon Gower, OBE (born April 1, 1957) is a retired Cricket player and current cricket broadcaster Other high profile supporters of the Trust include Ken Livingstone, Bill Oddie, Chris Packham and Mark Carwardine.

A partner organization, World Land Trust - US [formerly World Parks Endowment] was also created in 1989, and like WLT is a non-profit organization that funds local organizations to buy land and protect rainforests and other critical habitats in the tropics. The World Land Trust-US (formerly World Parks Endowment is a US-based nonprofit Environmental organization established in 1989 and in 2006 affiliated with World Both organizations are dedicated to minimizing their costs in order to allow donated funds to flow to real habitat conservation projects on the ground. Most land purchases are made at an average of only $100 an acre. Since its founding, WLT-US has saved over 700,000 acres (2,800 km²) of land -- 62,500 acres (253 km²) purchased outright and over 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) created as governmental protected areas.

The Trust manages a Diploma course with the University of East Anglia (Norwich) The Trust manges several websites, all of which have links to the main site: www. History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund worldlandtrust. org. The Trust also intiated a unique support from writers, authors, photographers and illustrators, which involves Public Lending Rights, PLR's. A Public Lending Right program compensates authors for the potential loss of sales from their works being available in public libraries.

The Trust recently supported a major fundraising initiative organised by ELEPHANT FAMILY, which raised over £150,000 at an event held in London's Hyde park, in September 2007. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner

List of projects

Central America

Asia

Europe

Previous projects

External links

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