Our lastest newsletter is from January - March 2010. It contains the following:

From the director

Trust wins £300,000 Darwin funding for natural environment

The St Helena National Trust has been awarded £300,000 by the Darwin Initiative for a new 3 year project that will help to protect St Helena’s internationally important biodiversity...

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Mapping a new future for the Trust

The National Trust has been in existence since 2002. During that time there have been some impressive achievements – including the planting of over 10,000 trees at the Millennium Forest – along with some of the challenges that are associated with trying to operate on a small depopulating island with few sources of funding...

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Good news as Wirebird numbers increase

The 2010 Wirebird census count undertaken by the National Trust has shown a welcome increase of almost a quarter compared to last year. The fieldwork was carried out in January by Wirebird Conservation Officer Eddie Duff and a small team of dedicated volunteers...

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Race to save the Bastard Gumwood continues

Conservationists on St Helena are continuing to work flat out to save what is believed to be the last living Bastard Gumwood tree (Commidendrum rotundifolium) in the world, which will go extinct unless urgent action is taken...

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Trust helps to reopen High Knoll fort

There was good news for High Knoll as the National Trust and the Government successfully worked together to reopen the fort to the public again...

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Banks collapse highlights St Helena’s crumbling heritage

The news is less good at Banks Platform, where the last remaining section of this historic fortification is under threat after recent heavy seas tore away a large chunk of the wall. The impressive stone arch, and the fine cobbling work behind it, are now on the verge of being lost forever...

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