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MAPUTO, Mozambique | August 02, 2021

Mozambique President Visits Niassa Special Reserve to Assist in Collaring Elephant

To Celebrate World Ranger Day on July 31st, President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi joined conservationists in the Niassa Special Reserve (NSR) to place a new GPS collar on an elephant nicknamed “Mr. President,” which in 2018 received its first collar from President Nyusi.

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CALABAR, Nigeria | July 14, 2021

Last Chance for Nigeria’s Endangered Elephants: Can a National Elephant Action Plan Help Save Them?

Twenty participants from the National Park Service, Federal Department of Forestry, State Governments and NGOs attended a two-day workshop in Abuja from 23-24 June to identify sites where elephants are still found in Nigeria, as well as their status and threats.

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PARIS, France | July 08, 2021

WCS and the French Agency for Development Launch New Partnership Agreement to Fight Interlinked Crises of Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change and Global Health

WCS and the French Development Agency (AFD) launched a renewed partnership agreement committing to share expertise and efforts to fight the interlinked crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and global health.

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NEW YORK, NY | June 21, 2021

WCS Statement on G-7 Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, UK

The Wildlife Conservation Society's statement in regards to the G-7 meeting in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, UK.

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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo | June 09, 2021

New Study Offers Hope for Critically Endangered Gorillas in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has updated the global population estimate for the Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) – the world’s largest gorilla subspecies– to 6,800 individuals from a previous global estimate of 3,800 individuals.

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NEW YORK, NY | June 08, 2021

WCS Launches New 10-Year Strategy to Save Imperiled Sharks and Rays

On World Oceans Day, WCS is launching a new 10-year strategy to save the oceans’ remaining sharks and rays in 10 unique shark hotspots around the world.

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MAROANTSETRA, Madagascar | May 13, 2021

How widespread is lemur and fossa meat consumption?

A new study by WCS looks at the prevalence of human consumption of lemur and fossa (Madagascar’s largest predator) in villages within and around Makira Natural Park, northeastern Madagascar, providing up-to-date estimates of the percentage of households who eat meat from these protected species.

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BONN, Germany | May 06, 2021

Hoofed Migration: New Science Study Chronicles World’s Great Overland Mammal Migrations

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) along with an international team of more than 90 scientists and conservationists have created the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN treaty.

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NEW YORK, NY | April 21, 2021

WCS Statement on Eve of Earth Day 2021

The following statement was issued today by the Wildlife Conservation Society on the eve of Earth Day 2021 and the Biden-Harris Leaders Summit on Climate, April 22 and 23.

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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo | April 19, 2021

Who is Selling and Trafficking Africa’s Wild Meat?

A new study classifies different types of wildlife traffickers and sellers in two of Central Africa’s growing urban centers, providing new insight into the poorly understood urban illegal wildlife trade

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