Wildlife Trust
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The term Wildlife Trust can be used in one of two senses to describe organisations concerned with wildlife:
Wildlife Trusts which are not part of the UK movement The Wildlife Trusts:
- in a specific sense, to refer to the Royal Society of Wildlife TrustsRoyal Society of Wildlife TrustsThe Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts or RSWT is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter to promote conservation and manage environmental funds...
in the United Kingdom, or one of its constituent members known as The Wildlife Trusts; a list of these can be found at that page. - in a more generic sense to refer to a charitable organisation whose aims relate to wildlife (usually wildlife conservation, but also education); a (very incomplete) list of these is below.
Wildlife Trusts which are not part of the UK movement The Wildlife Trusts:
- Wildlife Trust (US)Wildlife Trust (US)EcoHealth Alliance, formerly known as Wildlife Trust, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City working on conservation ecology and issues in the United States and around the world....
— a US-based organisation - Endangered Wildlife TrustEndangered Wildlife TrustThe Endangered Wildlife Trust is a South African environmental organisation for the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems in southern Africa....
- The Irish Wildlife Trust
- The Vincent Wildlife Trust
- The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (see http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/)
- Wildlife Trust of IndiaWildlife Trust of IndiaThe Wildlife Trust of India, is a non profit conservation organisation based in New Delhi, India. Its principal concerns are crisis management to prevent destruction of India's wildlife and the provision of quick, efficient aid to those areas that require it the most...
- Okavango People's Wildlife Trust (see http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~skjetnep/opwt/)
- Northmoor TrustNorthmoor TrustThe Northmoor Trust was set up in 1969 by the British engineer Sir Martin Wood to promote environmental conservation through land management, education and land science...