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WCS Impact Platform: The Global Recovery of Nature Starts Here
WCS works in over 50 countries to save wildlife and wild places
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WCS GLOBAL
With the largest and longest-standing field conservation program in the world, WCS works with governments, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities in more than 56 countries to support the conservation of over 20 million square kilometers of the highest ecological integrity areas in Nature’s Strongholds across the globe.
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Together, we have the greatest opportunity for impact.
WCS works across the full spectrum of conservation, in preventing the loss of, and in protecting and restoring, nature. We do this because the solutions to the most imminent threats to our own survival – climate change, biodiversity collapse, and zoonotic pandemics - lie in intact nature.
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Our Global Impact
WCS Impact Platform
Discover WCS's global impact within our portfolio of Nature's Strongholds using our interactive Impact Platform
Global Scale
Working in over 50 countries, supporting 27 million square kilometres of the highest ecological integrity areas.
Data-driven
Our fieldwork is driven by data, as we thoughtfully push the boundaries of science and innovation.
Partners
Working with governments, local partners and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to ensure equitable, just, and durable conservation
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Our Global News
Latest news from our global portfolio of Nature's Strongholds
15 February 2023
Your Strategy Needs a Story
Harvard Business Review
19 May 2023
From forest to table: Inside the world's 'bushmeat' problem
National Geographic
30 May 2023
Building Trust for Equitable, Just, and Durable Conservation
PBS Nature
20 April 2023
Extinct' lion spotted in Chad national park
BBC
24 January 2023
Watch: Drone video captures the world’s largest hatching of baby turtles
Fox News Weather
2 February 2023
The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it?
Mongabay
26 January 2023
First Report of Rare Cat Discovered on Mt. Everest
National Geographic
6 January 2023
The turtle moms that ‘talk’ to their eggs before they hatch
Washington Post
25 July 2023
"We must never assume that a healthy planet is automatic"
Mongabay
11 July 2023
Peril & Promise: Wildlife Conservation Society
Metro Focus
11 July 2023
Several shark species are facing extinction. Here’s how you can help.
CNN
10 August 2023
Humpback whale photographed swimming in front of New York City skyline
CBS News
12 June 2023
Sea otter finds new home in Brooklyn
NY 1
13 August 2023
After Queens Shark Bite, Drones Buzz Over Unfazed Beachgoers
The New York Times
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