In Papua New Guinea, Indigenous Peoples are strong environmental stewards, holding customary tenure over 97% of the land and coastal waters. This past year, we helped communities there triple marine protected area coverage. Read about it in the 2024 #WCSImpact Report: https://lnkd.in/ema4Wm2P
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LISTEN: Why is it important to protect high integrity or healthy forests? HIFOR, a new initiative, provides a novel approach to compensate invaluable nature and its protectors for the services they provide. For #WCSWildAudio, we spoke to WCS's Tom Evans and Ashley Camhi, Ph.D. about it ahead of #ClimateWeekNYC. https://t.co/vaD2jBiwkJ
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Calling all conservation historians: Today we launched a new digital Department of Tropical Research (DTR) Film Collection. https://bit.ly/3zA37tf 64 historical reels are now publicly available, capturing a unique record of WCS’s DTR expeditions from the 1920s through the 1960s. Here is testing of the Bathysphere submersible in 1932.
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“If people can start thinking more compassionately about animals, that can lead to inspiration to act.” WCS's Joel Berger on the One Wild World podcast: https://lnkd.in/ePkTzQCT
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One month left to apply for the 2025 Conservation Leadership Programme Team Awards. This is a great opportunity for early career conservationists. Check the eligibility requirements below and apply today!
⏰WOW time flies! The deadline for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is in just ONE month! In this video, CLP staff Karla G. Hernandez-Aguilar outlines guidance on our eligibility criteria to help you with your application (English translation below). You can also visit our website where you can find more resources and information on how to apply: https://lnkd.in/ddeyv8B [English translation]: "Hi, my name is Karla Hernandez-Aguilar and I am the CLP Programme Officer at BirdLife International. Together with my colleagues at CLP, we are delighted to invite all early career conservation leaders from around the world to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards. As a CLP applicant, you might have the chance to gain a grant of up to 15,000 USD plus specialised training and unique mentorship opportunities. But – before applying it is important to check if your proposal is eligible! To be eligible you need to consider the following: • First, your project must focus on the conservation of at least one globally threatened species classified as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the #IUCNRedList. • Second, your project must take place in one of the eligible countries and last between 3 and 12 months. • Third, your team should consist of at least three people – and all of them must be nationals of the country where the project is taking place- although one team member can be a non-national but this needs to be well justified in your application. • Fourth, all team members must be at the beginning of their careers, this means they need to have no more than five years’ of experience working in conservation. • Lastly, your project must be new rather than part of an ongoing project and go beyond academic research. We’re really looking forward to receiving your applications - but before you apply, please visit our website where you will be able to find useful resources to check if you are eligible. On behalf of the CLP Team we wish you all the best and don’t forget to submit your application by the 18 October!" #WeAreCLP
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New report on emerging forest finance mechanisms includes discussion of HIFOR, an initiative developed by WCS, including Ashley Camhi, Ph.D. and Tom Evans, with technical partners to mobilize finance specifically for the protection of high-integrity tropical forests. ⬇
Just launched! New report on emerging forest finance mechanisms 🌳 The Forest Declaration Assessment is excited to share our latest report which dives into the landscape of innovative finance instruments designed to advance global forest objectives. It explores emerging tools that blend funding sources, reduce investor risks, and enhance access for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local communities (LCs). Short on time? Here’s what you should know: ➡️ Forests are crucial to Earth's ecosystems and economic health but remain underfunded in climate mitigation efforts. ➡️ There's an urgent need to shift finance away from harmful activities and increase funding for forest-positive initiatives. ➡️ Public funds alone can't close the investment gap in nature and forests—private sector engagement is essential. ➡️ From bonds and IP & LC funds to national forest funds and debt reduction instruments, each finance mechanism has its own pros and cons. However, when combined, they can help bridge the growing forest finance gap. 🔗 Discover how new and existing finance instruments are being mobilized to protect, restore, and sustainably manage our forests – read the full report: https://lnkd.in/enxSWgEd
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Ahead of Climate Week, WCS’s Daniel Zarin lays out 4 things we must do to address the climate crisis. “The question at hand is whether we have the wherewithal to change our fate.” https://lnkd.in/ek8_2qDQ #ClimateWeekNYC #climatecrisis
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Thanks to you and all of our partners worldwide, we are making a positive impact for people and wildlife. One highlight: tigers rebounding across Asia. Also, in Papua New Guinea, we helped communities triple marine protected area coverage nationally. This and more in the new 2024 #WCSImpact Report: bit.ly/3PDxe8A
2024 WCS Impact Report
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Happy 10th anniversary to Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP)! We're proud to be founding partners in this initiative. SNAPP facilitates teams of experts from a diversity of disciplines convening around specific global challenges at the intersection of conservation and human well-being.
🎉🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of SNAPP! 🎉🎉 Over the past decade, we've been dedicated to providing evidence-based solutions for specific global challenges at the intersection of conservation and human well-being. We couldn’t have reached this milestone without the ongoing support of our incredible partners The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society and our board of directors, working groups, and team members. Thank you all! 🌟 To read more about our some the projects we are proud to have been a part of through our working groups check out our latest blog (authored by our very own Miranda Wolfe): https://lnkd.in/e5mB8TJa
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Tanzania’s Ruaha Katavi landscape has East Africa’s largest #elephant population plus #lions, wild dogs, vultures and more. Over the past decade, our conservation efforts with the government have brought ivory poaching under control. New aerial surveys of #wildlife and patterns of illegal logging, mining and grazing will provide a much-needed update within 19 protected areas and intervening community wildlife corridor, for improved management of the landscape. Stay tuned for more.
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