World Land Trust funding

WLT supports projects that conserve threatened areas of land with high biodiversity value through the creation or expansion of protected reserves, restoration of degraded habitats, and conservation focused management of these areas. WLT prioritises countries with high biodiversity levels but which have the fewest resources. WLT funding aims to create long-term and sustainable support for on-the-ground conservation activities, including land acquisition, protected area creation, reserve protection and ecosystem restoration. The main project activities supported by WLT are the creation of protected areas and the protection and restoration of threatened habitats. Project activities may include land acquisition through a range of mechanisms including land purchase, leases, community reserves and protection status declaration (gazetting). As well as supporting the establishment of protected areas, WLT also supports habitat protection activities (e.g. rangers and patrols); habitat restoration; community support projects; research and monitoring; and conservation investments. These latter activities are unlikely to be funded separately and would only be considered if they are part of a wider conservation project with the creation or expansion of reserves as the main objective. All WLT funded projects need to have clear benefits, and no net negative impact to biodiversity, communities and climate.