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WCS Cambodia Marks 20 Years of Wildlife Conservation Successes
WCS Cambodia has celebrated its 20th Anniversary, highlighting wildlife conservation advances. 
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It’s Not ‘One Size Fits All’ as the World’s Countries Strive to Halt the Depletion of Natural Ecosystems

A new study published this week in Natural Ecology and Evolution concludes each of the world’s countries have their own unique, urgent roles to play to halt any further depletion of natural ecosystems as there is only 50 percent of Earth’s nature remaining.

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The following statement was issued by Sara Marinello, WCS Vice President for Government & Community Affairs:

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2019 Ends With Good News For Great Apes: Mountain Gorillas Increasing in Numbers
The following statement was released by Simon Nampindo, WCS Uganda Country Director:
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Ice Jubilee Added to Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Holiday Lights is underway at the Bronx Zoo and the beloved holiday tradition is introducing the Ice Jubilee to the holiday light show that will include an Ice Bar for adults as well as a giant ice throne and slide for the perfect seasonal photo-op. Ice Jubilee festivities will run from December 20 to 31 (except Dec. 24 and 25). Holiday revelers can take photos siting upon an oversized throne made completely of ice or take a ride down the 20-foot ice slide. Visitors over 21 years old can take a ...
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WCS and Partners in City Nature Challenge Contest Receive Urban Intervention Program Award
WCS’s Bolivia Program and the Institute of Ecology have won an Urban Intervention Program Award, a prestigious honor with national recognition for their online efforts to connect the country’s urban population with nature, specifically by enlisting residents of La Paz in research and conservation actions important for urban wildlife habitats and diversity.
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The following statement was issued by Sara Marinello, WCS Vice President for Government & Community Affairs: "The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauds New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing into law a bill that will ban the sale within New York State of parts of any species that are classified as ‘Vulnerable.’ "We commend New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright and Senator Monica Martinez for championing this important legislation. "With many species around the w...
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A New Cloud Platform Unveils the Most Diverse Camera Trap Database in the World
Today, conservation organizations released over 4.5 million camera trap records as a part of Wildlife Insights, a groundbreaking cloud platform that provides vital, near real-time information about the wildlife populations across the globe.
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Major Arcadia Fund Grant to WCS Advances Global Conservation of Nature Strongholds
A major new $20 million, four-year grant from Arcadia—a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin—will powerfully advance the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) efforts to save Earth’s most biodiverse protected but vulnerable wilderness areas.
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Mesoamerica Commits to Protect its Five Great Forests as Part of Region’s Climate Action Plan During UN Conference in Madrid

At COP25, for the first time, the eight countries of Central America presented their regional climate action plan, which commits to protect Mesoamerica’s five great forests as part of the natural solution to the climate crisis. This ambitious initiative aims to bring together the agricultural and environmental sectors to restore and conserve 10 million hectares of forests and degraded land by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality in the agricultural and forest sector by 2040.

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