WCS is issuing the following statements concerning the new EU Global Health Strategy - Better Health for All in a Changing World.

WCS EU has issued the following statement from Dr. Janice Weatherley-Singh, Director, EU Strategic Relations:

The European Union will support WCS’s Five Great Forests initiative, a successful collaboration to protect Mesoamerica’s five largest forests—the last remaining intact forests from Mexico to Colombia critical to the region’s people, culture, biodiversity, economic health, and resilience to climate change.

In the coming weeks, the European Commission is set to make a momentous decision about the fate of the world’s forests.

The EU took a giant step today toward eliminating wildlife trafficking which is threatening species worldwide.

BRUSSELS (26 November, 2015) – Conservation and animal welfare groups are welcoming the European Commission’s announcement of a new report that will inform the EU’s strategy to save Africa’s unique wildlife and ecosystems.