Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.wcs.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWCS
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Founded
1895 New York NY USA
History
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Save wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and management of urban wildlife parks.
Events
5 past events available with paid subscription only.Structure
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Signatory to: T-XT0682 - Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope - Saiga Tatarica Tatarica. Links indicated by: E-XJ0377 - Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF); E-XC3899 - International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
- Accredited by: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Accredited by: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC)
- Member of: Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP)
- Member of: International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
- Partner of: Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Participates in: J-XJ8921 - Code REDD; F-XJ5936 - Global Island Partnership (GLISPA); B-XJ6767 - Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO); E-XJ9699 - Global Tiger Initiative (GTI).
Links indicated by: F-XF0462 - Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (ACAL); F-XF2063 - African Wildlife Foundation (AWF); G-XF4956 - Bears in Mind; G-XG5120 - Earth Share; European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (Intergroup); E-XE4454 - Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP); F-XF5430 - International Society for Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest (ISPTR); C-XC2621 - International Technical Association of Tropical Timber (ATIBT); G-XM5139 - Ivory For Elephants (IFE); G-XJ6938 - Leuser International Foundation (LIF); G-XM6793 - marinecultures.org; G-XN4993 - Outreach International; G-XJ7303 - Panthera; F-XM7475 - Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN); G-XM6800 - Synchronicity Earth; G-XM7225 - Wildlife Conservation Global; F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
- Member of: Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG)
- Member of: GEF CSO Network (GCN)
- Member of: Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA)
- Member of: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)
- Member of: High Seas Alliance (HSA)
- Member of: InsideNGO
- Member of: International Tiger Coalition (ITC)
- Member of: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
- Member of: NetHope
- Member of: The ICCF Group(Conservation Council)
- Member of: World Heritage Watch (WHW)
- Partner of: Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP)(as Associate partner)
- Partner of: Elephant Protection Initiative Foundation (EPI Foundation)
- Partner of: Fondation Segré
- Partner of: Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA)
- Partner of: Wetlands International
- Instrumental in setting up: Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group (MFG)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XG0466
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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