CLP at 40
On the latest WCS Wild Audio, as the Conservation Leadership Programme marks its anniversary, alumni share how the program has helped them become conservation leaders.
ListenAvian Influenza
It may take a century before a Southern elephant seal colony, hit by an epidemic, returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new WCS co-authored study. The virus killed almost all newborn pups and an unknown number of adults.
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2024 WCS Impact Report
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Conserves habitat for
~40%
of Earth’s biodiversity and promotes sustainable resource management
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360+
protected areas WCS helped create since our founding, which help maintain regional stability
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3.5M
visitors to our zoos and aquarium in 2023
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440+
local partner organizations, which help us deliver efficient, impactful aid
In the news
Boost for Macaws
“By increasing fledgling survival rates and supplementing the wild population, our work has helped stabilize numbers in key nesting areas,” says WCS’s Rony García-Anleu.
Extinct Species Revived, Sort Of
“Sometimes we get too distracted by the newness of something and forget that what we have already on Earth at the moment is the most remarkable assemblage of species the world has ever seen,” said WCS’s Joe Walston.
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