World Land Trust

Who we are

World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats.

Working through a network of partner organisations around the world, WLT funds the creation of reserves and provides permanent protection for habitats and wildlife. Partnerships are developed with established and highly respected local organisations who engage support and commitment among the local community.

Founded in 1989, our mission is to help people across the world protect and restore their land to safeguard biodiversity and the climate.

World Land Trust has funded the protection of 2,833,674 acres of threatened habitat.  We believe that by protecting land, acre by acre, we are taking the best action to ensure a future for wildlife.

Our culture and values

WLT will always approach every situation in a positive way to find and communicate solutions, operating and communicating with honesty, remaining focused on our mission, and working in a supportive way with our staff, Partners and supporters

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

At World Land Trust we are committed to inclusion and respect to our employees, those who support us, and those whom we support.   

We treat everyone with respect and have particular regard for the ‘protected characteristics’ under the Equality Act 2010: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.   

We have a zero-tolerance policy towards discriminatory language or actions that could create a hostile environment and we do not accept behaviour that amounts to harassment or exclusion of any individual.