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Calabar, Nigeria | March 11, 2020

A New Hope for the World’s Most Endangered Gorilla

The EU announced a four-year, two million euro initiative to protect the Cross River Gorilla – the world’s most endangered great ape – and secure the Cross River National Park, while promoting sustainable livelihoods for communities that live adjacent to the gorilla’s forest home.

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New York, N.Y. | March 05, 2020

WCS Climate Adaptation Fund Awards $2.7 Million to 13 U.S. Conservation Projects Implementing Approaches to Help Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced 13 new grants to nonprofit organizations implementing on-the-ground, science-driven projects that will help wildlife and ecosystems adapt to climate change.

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | March 04, 2020

WCS Partners with Ecosia to Plant 900,000 Trees in Tanzania

WCS and the non-profit search engine Ecosia announced today a massive effort to replant some 900,000 trees in degraded landscapes in Tanzania.

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New York, N.Y. | March 03, 2020

World Wildlife Day Remarks by WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper

The following are excerpts of remarks given today by WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper at the Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2020, on the theme of “Sustaining all life on earth.”

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New York, N.Y. | February 24, 2020

WCS Climate Adaptation Fund Announces Request for Proposals for Nature-Based Climate Adaptation Projects

Through its Climate Adaptation Fund, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is soliciting proposals from nonprofit conservation organizations implementing new methods that help wildlife adapt to the rapidly-shifting environmental conditions brought about by climate change.

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GANDHINAGAR, India | February 20, 2020

Jaguars Receive Further Protection Under Convention of Migratory Species

The jaguar proposal for Appendix I and II was approved by consensus at the CMS CoP 13 in India today.

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New York, N.Y. | February 20, 2020

Current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity is Failing, Scientist Says in Journal Nature

Prioritizing and tracking the protection of countries’ ecosystems – from wetlands to reefs to forests and more – is critical to protecting Earth’s biodiversity.

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New York, N.Y. | February 13, 2020

A Cheat Sheet for the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS CoP13)

The 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS CoP13) is taking place in Gandhinagar, India, from February 15 to 22, 2020.

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New York, N.Y. | February 12, 2020

Blowing Up Biodiversity Offsetting: Scientists Propose New “Target-Based” Approach

A team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), University of Queensland, and a dozen other organizations has developed a new alternative to “biodiversity offsetting” where compensation is provided to achieve an outcome of “no net loss” of biodiversity from development projects.

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NEW YORK, New York | February 05, 2020

PIGS IN TROUBLE: Scientists Document Collapse of Central America's White-Lipped Peccary

White-lipped peccaries have declined by as much as 87 percent to 90 percent from their historical range in Central America, signaling a population collapse of a key species in the region, according to a study published recently in the journal Biological Conservation.

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