Our Work - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
We Stand for Wildlife. Our goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, habitat for around 50% of the world’s biodiversity and a wide range of charismatic megafauna. WCS uses science to discover and understand the natural world. This knowledge helps us engage and inspire decision-makers, communities, and ...
Saving Wildlife and Wild Places - WCS.org
A new initiative spearheaded by the Republic of Mozambique’s President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi aims to reverse deforestation of the Miombo and promote sustainable resource development. The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
About Us - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
The challenges are greater than ever, but with the focus, dedication, and passion of a committed staff—combined with a unique mixture of field, zoo, and aquarium expertise—WCS will continue to set the bar for science, conservation action, and education that has driven our success in protecting wildlife and wild places for over a century.
WCS Impact Report - WCS.org
WCS will help nations significantly scale up conservation impact, supporting the creation of at least 50 new protected and conserved areas in the next 5 years, preserving millions of km 2 of tropical forests, peatlands, grasslands, oceans, and other key ecosystems. Tropical Forests. Protect 2.5 million km 2 of some of the world’s high ...
Our WCS 2030 Strategy - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
The WCS 2030 Strategy is our answer to these questions. With this new strategy, we will build on WCS’s strengths and experience over the past 125 years and take advantage of new opportunities to deliver our mission and vision. We will link our work more explicitly to the global policy agenda, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals ...
Education - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. Every year, we reach millions of people through visits to our five parks in New York City, outreach activities, and education programs for children, teens, and families.
Protect - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
Protect. WCS protects the last wild places on Earth in 14 of the world's most important terrestrial and marine regions across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. We do so because they are intact, biodiverse, most resilient to climate change, and home to large and iconic wildlife species across their geographic range.
The Americas - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
The Americas. From the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, WCS has played a unique role in conservation in the western hemisphere for more than a century. We have led pioneering field studies of iconic species such as jaguars, wolverines, whales, and penguins, and saved bison from extinction by restocking the Western Plains with animals bred at the ...
Climate Crisis - WCS.org - Wildlife Conservation Society
Our scientists have created innovative and powerful solutions for addressing and managing the impacts of climate change in every region where we work. Our science drives: Ecosystem-based adaptive management and disaster risk reduction in the tropical Pacific Islands. Leading-edge techniques for mapping ecosystem vulnerability to climate change.
Saving Wildlife and Wild Places - WCS.org
Conserves habitat for ~50%. of Earth’s biodiversity. 350+ protected areas WCS helped create since our founding . 3.5M. visitors to our zoos and aquarium in 2022