WLT End Of Year Highlights - 2020

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JANUARY

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22/01/2020

17/02/2020

Win for WLT partner CSFI as Belize signs off 70,000-acre protected corridor for Jaguar, Tapir and others.

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WLT staff thank supporters for their continued backing in the face of 2020’s stark challenges

Campaign led by WLT patron Steve Backshall funds 200-plus-acre extension of Rio Zuñac reserve in Ecuador

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Finnish metal band Nightwish helps partner GESG purchase and protect salamander haven in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda

MAY

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28/04/2020

18/05/2020

WLT’s appeal to save Colombias’ Barbacoas forest fully raised, allowing partner FBC to secure 642 acres of manatee, tapir habitat

Camera-trap pictures of Jaguar, American Black Bear and Puma illustrate success of conservation work by partner GESG

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08/06/2020

Conservation work by WLT partners NCP and NCI unlocks source of sustainable income for Peru’s COVID-hit families

Support from WLT donors helps partners contain fires in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize amid early signs of tough season in 2020

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JULY 11/07/2020

30/06/2020 Partner AERF scatters seeds of hope after protecting India’s sacred groves, the home of ‘forest farmer’ hornbills

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Support from WLT donors funds Fundación Jocotoco’s planting of 30,000 native trees in Ecuador’s Buenaventura reserve

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Extremely rare glass frog rediscovered in Eduador following conservation work by partner Fundación EcoMinga

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140 rare parrot chicks reach maturity in Venezuela thanks to the dedication of COVID-facing Provita rangers

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NOVEMBER Over 52,000 protected acres formally declared in Zambia as Action Fund backers join forces with partner Kasanka Trust

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Major win in Vietnam as government grants highest protection to ‘climate powerhouse’ Khe Nuoc Trong forests

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25/09/2020

Elephant corridor created by partner WTI with help from WLT donors shown to be ‘win-win’ for people and planet

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14/09/2020

WLT supporters unlock safer future for Cameroon’s great apes as #FutureForGorillas appeal hits target

Staggering backing from WLT supporters sees #SaveTheChocó appeal hit target within two weeks, a win for a natural wonder of Ecuador

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Action Fund backers allow REGUA to protect 167.5 vital acres of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest reserve

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25/11/2020

2,222,247 acres directly saved by WLT partners and supporters since 1989, an area the size of Cyprus

Discovery of entire new genus of rodents highlights vital importance of Fundación EcoMinga's conservation work

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