Wildlife Conservation Society

Published in Our Ocean, Our Future

·Mar 11

East Los Colorados Archipelago, Cuba

By Stephen Martinelli | March 10, 2023 Last week at Our Ocean 2023 in Panama, WCS announced the launch of the 30x30 Ocean Accelerator to advance the historic goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. As part of our launch, we’re highlighting a few of the…

Cuba

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Cuba

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Published in One Planet, One Health, One Future

·Mar 3

Wildlife Health Surveillance in Laos Demonstrates One Health in Action

By Emily Denstedt | March 10, 2023 For those of us working in conservation, public health, or veterinary medicine, you may have heard or used the term “One Health.” And if you haven’t yet, you will soon. The World Health Organization’s One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has defined One…

One Health

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One Health

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Mar 3

One Intern’s Dive into Community-Based Conservation

By Emily Bernal | March 2, 2023 In 2021, I had an undergraduate college experience that afforded me an opportunity to travel the globe. Whereas in “normal times” a student like me might trade her computer for a backpack and passport for new experiences in a far-flung part of the…

Indigenous People

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One Intern’s Dive into Community-Based Conservation

Indigenous People

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Dec 21, 2022

Advancing Community-Led Conservation Through Social Safeguards

By Kasper Agger | December 21, 2022 Mwamagembe, with a population of 6,500 inhabitants, comes across as a perfectly normal village in rural Tanzania. A dusty road runs through the village, lined with simple one-story buildings and a few restaurants where food is cooked on the open fire. Life is…

Wildlife

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Advancing Community-Led Conservation Through Social Safeguards

Wildlife

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Dec 5, 2022

WCS Conservation Hero: Sulemani Mohamed/Tanzania

December 5, 2022 Sulemani Mohamed loves sharks. While most people fear the apex predators, they are a “keystone species” — an animal that helps define and maintain entire marine ecosystems. …

Tanzania

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Tanzania

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Dec 2, 2022

WCS Conservation Hero: Shabani Mkwavila/Tanzania

December 2, 2022 Shabani Mkwavila is a personable person. Fittingly, he landed a tourism job at Mafia Island Marine Park right out of college. At the time, a staff shortage in the Tanzanian marine protected area allowed Shabani to work as an honorary park ranger. …

Tanzania

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Tanzania

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Dec 2, 2022

WCS Conservation Hero: Dorje Jyal/China

December 2, 2022 Dorje Jyal was born and raised in a rural Tibetan community. “All the memories I have about my childhood are the stories between nature, humans, and wildlife. I still remember when I was around five, my grandparents showed me all these wild animals and taught me math…

Conservation

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Conservation

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Dec 1, 2022

WCS Conservation Hero: Ina Nisrina/Indonesia

December 1, 2022 OnDecember 26th, 2004, a deadly tsunami hit Indonesia — ravaging Aceh and sparking Ina Nisrina’s conservation journey. …

Indonesia

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Indonesia

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Published in Communities for Conservation

·Dec 1, 2022

WCS Conservation Hero: Rodrigo Munzenmayer/Chile

December 1, 2022 Growing up, Rodrigo Munzenmayer thought nature was something that happened in places other than Tierra del Fuego. His eyes were not yet opened to the beautiful birds that inhabited his home or the lush landscapes that bordered the island. …

Conservation

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Conservation

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Nov 22, 2022

Keeping an Eye on the Elusive Matamata Turtle

Government of Peru’s Proposal to Protect the Matamata Accepted at CITES CoP19 — By Yovana Murillo | November 22, 2022 Many conservationists who work to protect matamata freshwater turtles found in the Amazon have never even seen one in the wild. There are two species of matamata turtles, and both are good at camouflaging themselves in streams, rivers and lakes; they look like…

Environment

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Keeping an Eye on the Elusive Matamata Turtle

Environment

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