Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a non-profit conservation organization that saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. With one of the largest and longest-standing field conservation programs in the world, WCS works with governments, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities in more than 50 countries to support the conservation of over 27 million square kilometers of the highest ecological integrity areas across the world. These areas contain much of the world’s biodiversity and inherently store vast amounts of carbon, are more resilient to climate change, provide health benefits locally and globally, and their protection reduces the likelihood of future zoonotic pandemics. WCS helped pioneer and remains a leader in the One Health approach, conducting disease surveillance and ground-breaking scientific research at the health-environment nexus, and supporting countries to develop locally relevant and locally led wildlife health surveillance systems through WildHealthNet. To learn more visit wcs.org.