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The Women Ocean Guardians initiative is bringing the women on the front lines of conservation to decision-making processes. At #COP17Armenia, it generated new pledges from governments, says WCS’s Pamela Castillo. Read more: bit.ly/4jHfokq

A career in conservation can start in New York City. With the support of donors like Con Edison, the Gray Foundation, The Pinkerton Foundation, and the New York City Council, nearly 2,000 local young people access unique opportunities at our wildlife parks each year.

Saving wildlife is a vital part of meeting global biodiversity targets and goals, says WCS Mongolia Director Justine Shanti Alexander. At #COP17Armenia, the Government of Mongolia convened partners to protect the snow leopard and khulan.

Forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers, and oceans. Their degradation undermines our health long before the consequences appear in a hospital. The world has a chance to recognize this at #COP17Armenia. 🌏 Read more: wildlifeconservationsociety.medium.com/nature-is-he...

Nature Is Health Infrastructure

What CBD COP17 Must Deliver for People and the Planet

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Upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities at #COP17Armenia is essential. They are among the most effective custodians of nature, says WCS’s Sushil Raj. 🌏 Follow along: wcs.org/cbd

The ocean knows no borders. Neither should conservation. At #COP17Armenia, proud to help launch the Caribbean Biological Corridor 30x30 Plus Marine Action Plan. Moving from isolated marine protected areas into an ecologically connected regional seascape. 🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Progress is slow on the #30x30 goal of protecting 30% of the planet, but foundations have been laid over the last four years. 🌏 Takeaways from #COP17Armenia: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Protecting wildlife from disease is essential to achieving global biodiversity goals. Asia’s vanishing wild pigs are a stark warning. At #CBDCOP17, governments have an opportunity to make wildlife health a conservation priority. 🌏 www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...

How the Yerevan Biodiversity Conference Can Help Save Asia’s Vanishing Wild Pigs | Blog | Nature | PBS

A virus sweeping through Asia’s wild pigs threatens not only wild and domestic pigs but also tigers, farms, food security and Indigenous community

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‼️ BREAKING: UN launches negotiations of the first-ever agreement against environmental crime. A historic decision. We stand ready to contribute our experience and expertise to the process. Read more: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release... #UNTOCCOP13

From our New York zoos to the mountains of Mongolia, we are working to protect snow leopards. This #SnowLeopardDay, a glimpse of the “Ghost of the Mountains.” In the Gobi, our experts are tracking snow leopard movements to show the importance of a critical corridor. 🌏

Governments cannot successfully protect species, restore ecosystems, or conserve important natural areas if decisions about land and ocean use continue to ignore biodiversity, says a new paper co-authored by WCS. newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release... #COP17Armenia

“These are the people on the front line.” Financial resources for 30x30 need to reach the ground, WCS’s Madhu Rao, chair of the @iucnwcpa.bsky.social, tells @mongabay.com. Read the interview: news.mongabay.com/2026/10/iucn...

IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030

A park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived an ambush that killed colleagues. In Cambodia, mines and dams are pressing against land set aside for wildlife. In the Amazon, illegal miners...

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🎧 LISTEN: Multilateralism, says WCS’s Susan Lieberman, where people, governments, and cultures come together to act for the common good, is the only way we will save our biodiversity. #COP17Armenia New #WCSWildAudio: apple.co/4Bcc3Ah

NEWS: We are partnering with The Hershey Company to protect Nigeria's largest remaining rainforest and support cocoa farmers in Cross River State. $2.5M over 4 years will support deforestation-free cocoa, thriving communities, and wildlife conservation. bit.ly/4eBLpXx

A protected area on a map is not enough. As #COP17Armenia opens, we welcome a new IUCN report calling for ecological integrity to be central to conservation efforts. 🌏 Read our statement: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

WCS Welcomes New IUCN Report Calling for Ecological Integrity to Be at the Heart of Global Conservation Efforts

YEREVAN, ARMENIA, October 19, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today welcomed the release of a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) calling for ecolo...

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Planetary goals like 30x30 don’t happen all at once. They happen piece by piece, when communities lead the protection of the places they know best. #COP17Armenia is underway. Follow along: www.wcs.org/cbd 🌏

We now have an important new roadmap for conserving jaguars. New WCS-led research has produced a comprehensive map of how the iconic big cats move across the Americas. bit.ly/3VPtFBE 🌎

Next week is the start #CBDCOP17. It’s an opportunity to take stock of how governments are doing on the 2030 biodiversity targets. “Failure is not an option,” says WCS’s Susan Lieberman. 🌏 Follow along: wcs.org/cbd

Stacy Jupiter @stacyjupiter.bsky.social · 4w ago

There are just four years remaining to achieve the world’s 2030 biodiversity targets. Success must be measured by a fundamental question: Are the world’s commitments actually delivering results for biodiversity? Follow along during #CBDCOP17: www.wcs.org/cbd

Congrats to #Fiji for launching their National Plan for Coral Reef Conservation. A big milestone for the Coral Reef Rescue Initiative #CRRI and #OurReefsOurFuture campaign.

Wildlife Conservation Society@wcs.org · 4w ago

We applaud Fiji for launching its National Action Plan for Coral Reef Conservation at #PreCOP31. Science and partnership turned into action. 🙏 to @thegef.bsky.social and @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social for supporting this work.

Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 4w ago

20 American chestnut trees are cause for celebration at our Bronx Zoo, writes @nytimes.com. “This is so much more than planting trees to us,” said Craig Piper. Proud to partner with @nyrp.bsky.social and The American Chestnut Foundation on this effort. 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/n...

20 Chestnut Trees: A Cause for Celebration at the Bronx Zoo

American chestnut trees were wiped out more than a century ago. Now, new trees that are fungus-resistant are being planted at the zoo.

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100+ years after chestnut blight was first documented at WCS’s Bronx Zoo, American chestnuts are back. 20 hybrid trees are taking root at the zoo thanks to @nyrp.bsky.social and The American Chestnut Foundation—a powerful story of conservation and restoration. Read more: bit.ly/4hDCFRv

New genetic research strengthens the case for recognizing the Arabian Sea humpback whale as a distinct subspecies. The @wcs.org-led study finds these whales have followed their own evolutionary trajectory for tens of thousands of years. bit.ly/4hAq81l 🌍

Genetic Research Strengthens Case for Recognition of Arabian Sea Humpback Whale as a Distinct Subspecies

[Above photo: An Arabian Sea humpback whale breaches following interaction with another whale. Both whales had just been recorded singing before this shot. Along with the genetic evidence presented in...

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