Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts

The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts or RSWT is a registered charity,[1] incorporated by Royal Charter to promote conservation and manage environmental funds. It is based at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.

The RSWT was previously known by the names Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves and Royal Society for Nature Conservation.

History

The forerunner of the RSWT, the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, was established by Charles Rothschild in 1912. It aimed initially to draw up a list of the country's best wildlife sites with a view to purchase for protection as nature reserves, and by 1915 it had drawn up a list of 284, known as Rothschild Reserves.[2]

The Wildlife Trusts

Main article: The Wildlife Trusts

RSWT is the umbrella organisation for the 47 independently funded and managed local wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom. As such, the society trades as and is commonly known by the name The Wildlife Trusts.

See The Wildlife Trusts for details of the history of RSWT.

Other activities

RSWT operates a separate grants unit which administers a number of funds.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, Registered Charity no. 207238 at the Charity Commission
  2. ↑ "The Rothschild Reserves". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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