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COP17 Put Forth a Clearer Picture of the Biodiversity Crisis—but Not the Ambition to Solve It

At the final plenary of CBD CoP17, Astrid Schomaker, CBD Executive Secretary, consults with H.E. Hambardzum Matevosyan, ...
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Wildlife Conservation Society Board of Trustees Awards Gold Medal To Dr. John G. Robinson for Extraordinary Contributions to Global Conservation

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Board of Trustees has awarded the WCS Gold Medal to Dr. John G. Robinson, recognizing ...
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WCS Warns UN Biodiversity Conference (CoP17) Risks Delivering More Process, Not Progress, on Climate and Biodiversity Synergy

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) delegation is deeply concerned governments at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD CoP17) will resort to more process and not progress on integrating the world's ...
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Taking on Sobering Findings at the UN Biodiversity Conference

Governments are meeting today on 30x30 Action Day at an inflection point. The first week of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Armenia is an opportunity to review the sobering findings of the Conventio ...
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WCS Welcomes Landmark UN Decision to Launch Negotiations of the First-ever International Agreement against Environmental Crime

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) welcomes the landmark adoption of Resolution L.4 at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ...
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WCS and Hershey Launch Landmark Partnership to Protect Forest and Endangered Species and Improve Livelihoods in Key Nigerian Cocoa-Producing Area

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and The Hershey Company today announced a new partnership to protect one of Africa's ...
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New Study Maps Jaguar Corridors Across the Americas

BRONX, NY, (October 15, 2026) — A new study published in the journal Ecosphere has produced a comprehensive map of how jaguars move across the Americas, identifying previously unrecognized wildlife ...
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WCS: Success at CBD CoP17 Must Be Measured by Results for Nature

BRONX, NY, October 12, 2026 — With just four years remaining to meet the world’s 2030 biodiversity targets, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says success at the upcoming UN Biodiversity ...
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American Chestnut Trees, Functionally Extinct in the Wild, Return to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo for the First Time in More Than a Century

BRONX, NY (Oct. 5, 2026) — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo today welcomed 20 hybrid American chestnut trees, donated by New York Restoration Project (NYRP) in partnership with The ...
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Bronx Zoo Debuts New Snow Leopard Cub, Member of Elusive Species Threatened with Extinction

BRONX, N.Y. — September 30, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is debuting a new female snow leopard cub, born May 31, 2026 to parents Dari and Moutig. The cub is doing well after ...
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Genetic Research Strengthens Case for Recognition of Arabian Sea Humpback Whale as a Distinct Subspecies

Muscat, Sultanate Of Oman & Bronx, NY (September 28, 2026)—New genetic research has provided compelling evidence that the Arabian Sea humpback whale represents a distinct evolutionary lineage, ...
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UWA and Wildlife Conservation Society Sign 10-Year Conservation Management Partnership for Ishasha in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Protected Area

Kampala, Uganda, September 8, 2026—Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have signed a 10-year agreement establishing a Conservation Management Partnership (CMP) ...