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Dear all,
Thanks for visiting our 'alternative' wedding list. As you know, we don't feel we would like to ask for any wedding presents, and we would far rather that our guests made a donation to charity instead (and in fact we're hoping that if enough is raised here we will get a forestry reserve in Ecuador named after us... a wonderful wedding present I'm sure you'll agree).
In this case, our charity of choice, as many of you will already know from our running exploits, is the World Land Trust. With Sir David Attenborough as its Patron, the WLT aims to permanently preserve and restore the world's rainforests (and other vital woodlands). Their work has massive significance in reducing the impact of global warming on all our lives, and in maintaining the habitats of many endangered species of plants and animals. It may also have further value! For instance, did you realise that if many of the once plentiful mangrove swamps in South East Asia and India had not been chopped down, they might have dramatically reduced the number of casualties resulting from the Tsunami by absorbing and dissipating the waves? The WLT are looking into ways that they might be able to help with regenerating these mangroves to prevent such a wide-scale disaster in the future. It's not just about trees either. The WLT help create jobs in all the areas where they operate. They only have a small operation in Britain which means that far more of the money gets right to the heart of matters than is the case with some charities. The WLT establish projects at local level to maintain and restore the rain forests. These bring much needed investment to the area and assist with the development of sustainable income programmes for the local communities involved.
Has it been successful? Well, to date, the World Land Trust has managed to preserve 300,000 acres of rainforest throughout South America, South East Asia and India. For more details about their work, please see here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/index.htm and here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/mission.htm
We do hope that you will feel able to make a donation instead of getting us a wedding present.
We really look forward to seeing you on 8th October. David and Rachel.
Thanks for visiting our 'alternative' wedding list. As you know, we don't feel we would like to ask for any wedding presents, and we would far rather that our guests made a donation to charity instead (and in fact we're hoping that if enough is raised here we will get a forestry reserve in Ecuador named after us... a wonderful wedding present I'm sure you'll agree).
In this case, our charity of choice, as many of you will already know from our running exploits, is the World Land Trust. With Sir David Attenborough as its Patron, the WLT aims to permanently preserve and restore the world's rainforests (and other vital woodlands). Their work has massive significance in reducing the impact of global warming on all our lives, and in maintaining the habitats of many endangered species of plants and animals. It may also have further value! For instance, did you realise that if many of the once plentiful mangrove swamps in South East Asia and India had not been chopped down, they might have dramatically reduced the number of casualties resulting from the Tsunami by absorbing and dissipating the waves? The WLT are looking into ways that they might be able to help with regenerating these mangroves to prevent such a wide-scale disaster in the future. It's not just about trees either. The WLT help create jobs in all the areas where they operate. They only have a small operation in Britain which means that far more of the money gets right to the heart of matters than is the case with some charities. The WLT establish projects at local level to maintain and restore the rain forests. These bring much needed investment to the area and assist with the development of sustainable income programmes for the local communities involved.
Has it been successful? Well, to date, the World Land Trust has managed to preserve 300,000 acres of rainforest throughout South America, South East Asia and India. For more details about their work, please see here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/index.htm and here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/mission.htm
We do hope that you will feel able to make a donation instead of getting us a wedding present.
We really look forward to seeing you on 8th October. David and Rachel.