Destruction of environments like tropical forest is the leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. The World Land Trust (WLT) works with local partners to purchase and safeguard these key habitats, which perform vital services to the ecosystem. One of the most important for a stable climate is carbon storage and sequestration. Others include water purification and storage, local weather regulation and shelter for pollinating insects.

Your donation will help protect the Nangaritza Valley in Ecuador - an important watershed-protecting forest in the Podocarpus-El Condor Biosphere Reserve, which contains some of the highest levels of plant and animal diversity in the world. Thank you!