WCS is calling for ambitious outcomes at CBD CoP16, including decisions that demonstrate political will to tackle our interlinked planetary crises through the KM-GBF. Biodiversity: Parties incorporate ...

WCS has the largest and longest-standing field conservation program in the world The home of WCS, the Bronx Zoo, is the largest urban zoo in the United States.

Water pollution flows from many sources. It includes domestic and industrial wastewater and sewage, sediment runoff from deforestation and land-clearing, chemicals and fertilisers from agricultural ...

Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our time, with devastating impacts for people and biodiversity across the globe. WCS’s Forest and Climate Change Program works on innovative ...

WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I STAND FOR WILDLIFE, and STAND FOR WILDLIFE are service marks of Wildlife Conservation Society. The Wildlife Conservation Society is a nonprofit, tax-exempt ...

Right now, WCS conservationists are working on the ground around the world to save some of the most spectacular and imperiled wildlife on the planet. We need your help to continue this important work.

1905: The American Bison Society formed in New York at the Bronx Zoo to begin efforts to reverse the impending extinction of the American bison. Bronx Zoo Director William T. Hornaday served as the ...

Welcome! The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is committed to fair, open, and ethical practices to procure the goods and services required for its global operations, in order to comply with ...

How will we get there? WCS is implementing conservation programs all over the world to mitigate the impacts of CO2 emissions, and help affected people adapt to climate change: We are protecting large ...

The ‘30x30’ target to conserve at least 30 percent of lands and oceans by 2030 is historic and it’s time to work together on implementation. “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is a ...

All eyes are on Colombia during the UN Biodiversity Conference. CBD CoP16 is a chance to evaluate how far we’ve come since a historic 2022 global agreement on biodiversity.

Motion-sensor cameras provide us unparalleled snapshots from the wild, including this footage of a critically endangered black-crested macaque clicking at a camera on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi ...