## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2024 31 12 2024
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by** PLT **Registered charity number (if any)** 1172116
Para La Tierra, For the Earth
**Charity's principal address** 19a The Fairfield Farnham **Postcode GU9 8AJ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution (March 17[th] 2017, no amendments) Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Trustee selection methods charity trustees or by unanimous consent by written resolution, by existing (eg. appointed by, elected by) trustees.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The objects of the CIO are restricted to the following: a) to promote for the benefit of the public and visitors the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity of South America;
**Summary of the objects of the** b) to advance the scientific knowledge of and provide information **charity set out in its** regarding the biological territory of Paraguay for the public benefit by **governing document** supplying grants to undertake research; c) to advance the education of the public through the provision of opportunities to promote conservation of the natural environment; to promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by the
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preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment; d) to promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment e) to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment, and to promote study and research in these subjects, encouraging dissemination of results and outcomes to inform the public and policy makers at large; and f) to promote the conservation of endangered species of birds resident in the Laguna Blanca, Paraguay including the crowned solitary eagle, whitewinged nightjar and marsh seedeater, and vulnerable species that will become endangered if action is not taken. Upon appointment and establishment of the charity in March 2017, all Trustees reviewed the Charities Act and the Charities Regulations 2008, and took the guidance as to operation for public benefit into consideration when planning all 2024 activities. Object a) created a visitor centre and display museum in Pilar, Paraguay to promote the wildlife of the Ñeembucú Wetland Complex for local people and educate visitors about the reforestation with the Mbya Guarani indigenous people. Object b) grants were supplied to further biodiversity research in the field of ecology, to advance the scientific knowledge of and provide **Summary of the main** information regarding the biological territory of Paraguay for the public **activities undertaken for the** benefit, including funding for researchers and equipment including to **public benefit in relation to** continue research of species assemblage of medium and large mammals **these objects (include within** in the Atlantic Forest and studies of the health of the urban howler **this section the statutory** monkey population of Pilar and wildlife ectoparasites across the country. **declaration that trustees have** Object c) organisation of several trips to the Paraguayan Chaco, Atlantic **had regard to the guidance** Forest and Pantanal habitats for groups of environmental science **issued by the Charity** students to boost the educational value of the internship experience and **Commission on public** learn about local biodiversity of each distinct region. **benefit)** Object d) Continued the economically-beneficial reforestation programme with our main Mbya Guaraní indigenous partner community. Object e) continuing environmental education in indigenous schools. Visited 8 new indigenous communities to present a potential collaboration for 2025. Object f) we worked with the new owners of Agroforestal Rio Verde to assist with their documentation for proposing that the remaining Cerrado a protected area. We provided information from our study of the White Winged Nightjar (2013-2017) and from bird and mammal surveys throughout the 2010-2017 period.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Object a) **Summary of the main** Created a visitor centre in Pilar, Paraguay with a display museum with **achievements of the charity** specimens from the Ñeembucú Wetland Complex **during the year** Object b) The charity made grants to fund two field workers in Paraguay, one in parasitology and one in primatology and environmental education and also project supervision and management. The primatological researcher continued a reforestation programme in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest, worked with several rural schools and made new connections in indigenous communities across Itapúa department. The parasitology research presented his research (in Spanish) at an international conference in Ecuador, supervised 18 undergraduate and masters students and contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Object c) Four trips were undertaken by students from European and US universities, to the Gran Chaco and Atlantic Forest habitats and one trip to the Pantanal, allowing them access to little known and understudied habitats to help generate a passion for conserving threatened ecosystems.
Object d) An economically-beneficial reforestation programme was started with a partner Indigenous Mbya Guaraní community. This programme combines reforestation of important Atlantic Forest native tree species with planting of the (also native) yerba mate cash crop tree. The people will gain a sustainable income from the harvest of the leaves (used to make a very popular tea) while the Atlantic Forest regenerates on previously deforested land. In 2024, a further 5ha were replanted (10,000 saplings) and 22 families are now benefitting from the increased income. In total 12ha have been replanted (33,500 saplings).
Object e) We hosted Pilar’s first Howler Monkey Festival to promote the conservation of the urban population of black and gold howler monkeys in the city. We visited several rural and indigenous schools in Itapúa department and schools in Pilar delivering lessons in environmental education.
Object f) The new management of AgroForestal Rio Verde, that owns the Cerrado habitat where the white winged nightjar is found, is applying for protected status for the remaining Cerrado on the property. We provided information from our historical data on the critical areas for the species and other endangered species found within the area.
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## **Section E Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
•
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
•
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
•
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.|A Reserves Policy was written and accepted by Trustees in October
2018. The same policy was reviewed and updated in September 2022 to
reflect changes in CAF bank fees back to £5 from £8 per month that
started in mid 2022.
The reserves that we have set aside provide financial stability and the
means for the development of our principal activities; i.e. providing
funding for biological research in Paraguay. Considering we have no
employees or other strict financial obligations, next year we intend to
maintain our reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to £150 to
cover the £5 monthly Charities Aid Foundation bank fees for 12 months,
as well as additional CAF bank fees and charges for transactions. In
2024 we intend to use the reserves at a rate of £5 per month, plus
additional transaction fees.
The Trustees annually review the amount of reserves that are required to
ensure that they are adequate to fulfil continuing obligations.
There were £17237.89 in cash funds held in the charities CAF bank
account at the end of 2024.|
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||A total of £12,347.47 entered the charity’s account.
The charity received £11,053.53 in private donations (including £250
from the Cupar Rotary Club for the Atlantic Forest Reforestation
Programme).
The charity received £1250 in grants – from the Primate Society of Great
Britain to build a sustainable tree nursery in the partner Mbya Guaraní
indigenous community (work will be undertaken in 2025).
The charity is registered with Amazon Smile and Easy Fundraising, which
together raised a total of £18.32 in 2024.
The charity received £25.64 in interest.
No investments were made.
All expenditure in 2024 supported the key objectives of the charity.|
**Section F Other optional information**
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## **Section G Declaration** ~~ee~~
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**|**Signature(s)**||
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|**Full name(s)**|**Full name(s)**Karina Atkinson|David Atkinson|
|**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc) **|**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
Trustee|Trustee|
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|**Date**29/01/2025|29/01/2025||
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|||**Para La Tierra - For The Earth (PLT)**|**Para La Tierra - For The Earth (PLT)**|**Para La Tierra - For The Earth (PLT)**|||**1172116**|**1172116**|**1172116**||||
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|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||**CC16a**|
||**For the period**
**from**
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~~ee ~~|||12/31/2024
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**|||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Donations||**11,098**||||**-**|||**11**|**11,098**||**8,598**|
|Grants||**-**||**1,250**||**-**|||**1**|**1,250**||**6,903**|
|Fundraising||||||**-**|||**-**|**-**|||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**11,098**||**1,250**||**-**|||**12,348**|**12,348**||**15,501**|
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**_Total receipts_ 11,098**
**1,250**
**-**
**12,348**
**15,501**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|CAF bank account fees||**60**||**-**||**-**|||**60**|**60**||**60**|
|Grants||**12,979**||**-**||**-**|||**12**|**12,979**||**10,845**|
|Equipment Donations||**406**||||**-**|||**406**|**406**||**1,157**|
|Bank Transfer Fees||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**12**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
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|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**13,445**||**-**||**-**|||**13**|**13,445**||**12,074**|
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total payments_ 13,445**
**-**
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**13,445**
**12,074**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 2,347**
**1,250**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**7,810**
**10,525**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 5,463**
**11,775**
**-**
~~=SSSS~~|||||||||**- 1**
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**18**
**17**|**- 1,097**
**-**
**18,335**
**17,238**||**3,427**
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**14,909**
**18,336**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Held in CAF account
**5,463**
**11,775**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,463**
**11,775**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
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||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|(agree balances with receipts and payments|OK|OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~ee~~||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~ie~~||||||
||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**|**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Signature
Print Name
Karina Atkinson
10/29/2025
Date of
approval
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David Atkinson
1012912025