2023 brought many successes, such as meeting our goals of connecting priority habitats and maintaining forests within WLT-backed reserves for a third year running. We met five of the nine Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set out in our Strategic Plan.

One 2025 target had even already been previously achieved in 2022, when we surpassed the goal of working with 36 active partners. That number grew again with five new partners in 2023, taking us to a total of 52. We received reports of 1,368 species recorded in 2023 by our partners that had not previously been found within WLT-supported project areas, 22 of which are globally threatened1.

As multiple plans were finalised for 2024, we are confident that WLT is on track to meet its strategic goals. The ambitious challenge our goals present reflects WLTs commitment to increase our impact beyond what is comfortable and strive for far- reaching change. Because of the generosity and conviction of our supporters, the following pages will show an array of projects securing and restoring land to save some of the most rare and vulnerable habitats on the planet.

Total priority land saved

In 2023, WLT saved 152,205 ha of priority land, 74,987 ha (49%) of which was funded solely by WLT. A further 87,034 ha was co-funded and 184 ha leveraged. Though we did not meet our KPI for 2023, as with the previous year, WLT is engaged in supporting several land acquisitions that have a time-lag between raising and committing funding to a partner, and the land then being legally acquired and counting towards the KPI. We have a pipeline of committed acquisitions which means we remain confident of meeting our 2025 target.