Wildlife Conservation Society

NEWS: #ArtificialIntelligence helped a WCS-led scientific team confirm the location of previously-unmapped high marine #biodiversity areas along Mozambique’s extensive coastline. This technology enabled WCS, conservation partners, and the government to accelerate progress by highlighting #coral reef hotspots for further investigation. "These areas have the potential to become Key Biodiversity Areas or future protected areas, prioritized for protection and improved management," said WCS's Hugo Costa. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dNQTU-Fg

The upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference will be an important moment to evaluate progress on the Global Biodiversity Framework that was adopted in 2022, says WCS's Dr. Susan Lieberman. ?? We are calling for ambitious outcomes: wcs.org/cbd-cop16 #CBDCoP16 #CoP16Colombia #KMGBF

It was a great evening at the Central Park Zoo yesterday, as our team, with partners Ronald McDonald House New York and New York City Public Schools, hosted our 2nd Dream Night. It's an inclusive and educational cost-free evening for children with special healthcare needs and disabilities. The guests had the zoo to themselves along with keeper chats, animals encounters, and more. #education

We officially completed our 2024 aerial survey in the Greater Ruaha Katavi Landscape in #Tanzania. For four weeks, the WCS Tanzania team and our partners flew across the vast landscape using three aircrafts, collecting and documenting data and information on wildlife numbers and the animals' distribution in this landscape. We have been carrying out aerial surveys every three years here. This is the third of those aerial surveys. It's important for us to see the status of animals in the area, for more targeted #conservation approaches, as a measure of the impact of our work, and for informing decision makers.?We look forward to sharing the findings of this survey once they're released by our partner the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute.

"An undercurrent of joy." Sir David Attenborough responds to his visit to Cambridge where he discussed the transformational work of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI). Sir David spoke with experts from across the CCI partnership about the ground-breaking results that are being achieved through innovative, collaborative projects. At WCS, we are proud to be among the CCI partners. https://bit.ly/4dnWojZ

With Environmental Defense Fund, we've released a pricing strategies guide for countries to optimize #carbon market finance. The guide aims to help countries navigate uncertainties in markets to maximize carbon revenues while achieving #climate responsibilities. https://lnkd.in/eUJddSn2

A key aspect of the Wildlife Conservation Society #hifor Initiative are our pilots. These large, high integrity tropical forests have the highest biodiversity in the world. Watch the video to learn about our initial pilots in Republic of Congo and Brazil. #naturefinance #nature #biodiversity #sustainableinvesting

Plans this Friday? Special thanks to our Bronx neighbors, the New York Yankees, for helping us celebrate the Bronx Zoo’s 125th anniversary! When you purchase a special ticket for Friday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, $5 will benefit the Bronx Zoo and help advance our mission. Tickets: https://lnkd.in/eAdbiCAR

All ape species are listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered?on the IUCN Red List. Infectious diseases represent a major threat to their survival, says a new book from Arcus Foundation and Cambridge University Press & Assessment. State of the Apes, Volume V,?focuses on health and features several WCS co-authors. It includes the urgent need to adopt a #OneHealth approach.? ? “Ape populations no longer reside in remote strongholds, away from human interaction,” says a chapter co-authored by WCS’s Christian Walzer. “As ape health declines, the need to intervene at the individual, population, and ecosystem levels thus becomes more acute.” ? Read it online:?https://lnkd.in/eqCM_eWF

"HIFOR represents a shift away from a world in which our global economies are free riders on the essential services that nature provides—including for climate regulation and biodiversity conservation—toward a world in which bearing the costs of maintaining that essential natural infrastructure is part of the economic mainstream,” said WCS's Daniel Zarin at last night's brand launch event. Learn more: hifor.org #ClimateWeekNYC