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Congratulations to Brazil and partners for bold leadership on tropical forest conservation with the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.
The #TFFF now has over $5B in confirmed sponsor country investment commitments, thanks to Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and France.
The #TFFF now has over $5B in confirmed sponsor country investment commitments, thanks to Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and France.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Congratulations to Brazil and partners for bold leadership on tropical forest conservation with the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.
The #TFFF now has over $5B in confirmed sponsor country investment commitments, thanks to Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and France.
The #TFFF now has over $5B in confirmed sponsor country investment commitments, thanks to Brazil, Indonesia, Norway and France.
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New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks with Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions.
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🎥: Byron Dilkes
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks with Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions.
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🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
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@fiu.bsky.social
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals.
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
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Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
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New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks, Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions
New York, NY (November 5, 2025) – A new study published today in Science Advances reveals widespread non-compliance with international trade protections for endangered sharks, showing that global wil...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals.
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
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TUNE IN: Join us at 6 pm ET live on Instagram and hear from WCS's @jonathanslaght.com on his new book, Tigers Between Empires.
🌏 Check out the book: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
🌏 Check out the book: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
TUNE IN: Join us at 6 pm ET live on Instagram and hear from WCS's @jonathanslaght.com on his new book, Tigers Between Empires.
🌏 Check out the book: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
🌏 Check out the book: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
‼️ Giant manta off the coast of New York and New Jersey. About 10 feet across. A team of WCS scientists from the New York Aquarium recently spotted it on a research trip to #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Help us protect the canyon: secure.wcs.org/campaign/hud...
🌎 Help us protect the canyon: secure.wcs.org/campaign/hud...
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‼️ Giant manta off the coast of New York and New Jersey. About 10 feet across. A team of WCS scientists from the New York Aquarium recently spotted it on a research trip to #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Help us protect the canyon: secure.wcs.org/campaign/hud...
🌎 Help us protect the canyon: secure.wcs.org/campaign/hud...
COMMENTARY: Don’t write off corals just yet, say Melissa Wright of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social. While many reefs are struggling, others still have the capacity to survive and adapt, our science shows.
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Vive la resilient: Don't write off our corals just yet
Dr Emily Darling argues that while warning the world of the decline in corals is vital, we shouldn't be writing them off just yet.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
COMMENTARY: Don’t write off corals just yet, say Melissa Wright of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social. While many reefs are struggling, others still have the capacity to survive and adapt, our science shows.
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It's #OneHealthDay! Protecting and restoring nature's integrity is essential to addressing today's polycrisis, which includes biodiversity loss, the climate emergency, and systemic health threats. @wcs.org
#OneHealth
#OneHealth
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's #OneHealthDay! Protecting and restoring nature's integrity is essential to addressing today's polycrisis, which includes biodiversity loss, the climate emergency, and systemic health threats. @wcs.org
#OneHealth
#OneHealth
On #NationalBisonDay, the bison offers a fitting lesson, writes WCS’s John Calvelli for the @nydailynews.com. One about “resilience, patience, and the possibility of second chances.”
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On this National Bison Day, look back to the Bronx Zoo
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we’ll see a familiar emblem everywhere — the bald eagle, wings outstretched, symbol of freedom and strength.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
On #NationalBisonDay, the bison offers a fitting lesson, writes WCS’s John Calvelli for the @nydailynews.com. One about “resilience, patience, and the possibility of second chances.”
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“Science is at the heart of WCS. It’s at the heart of my own identity as a scholar.”
Recently, we welcomed Adam Falk as our new WCS president and CEO. Hear from him on a new episode of #WCSWildAudio.
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Recently, we welcomed Adam Falk as our new WCS president and CEO. Hear from him on a new episode of #WCSWildAudio.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Science is at the heart of WCS. It’s at the heart of my own identity as a scholar.”
Recently, we welcomed Adam Falk as our new WCS president and CEO. Hear from him on a new episode of #WCSWildAudio.
🌎 🔊 apple.co/4nQLFUJ
Recently, we welcomed Adam Falk as our new WCS president and CEO. Hear from him on a new episode of #WCSWildAudio.
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NEWS: WCS and Gabon announce new partnership for protected area management.
Part of Gabon’s new policy to diversify management models, foster innovative solutions for sustainable financing, and facilitate sharing of technical expertise with conservation partners.
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Part of Gabon’s new policy to diversify management models, foster innovative solutions for sustainable financing, and facilitate sharing of technical expertise with conservation partners.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEWS: WCS and Gabon announce new partnership for protected area management.
Part of Gabon’s new policy to diversify management models, foster innovative solutions for sustainable financing, and facilitate sharing of technical expertise with conservation partners.
🌍 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Part of Gabon’s new policy to diversify management models, foster innovative solutions for sustainable financing, and facilitate sharing of technical expertise with conservation partners.
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First review is in: WCS’s @jonathanslaght.com shines a “scientific-yet-soulful spotlight on one of the world’s most amazing creatures” in his new book, Tigers Between Empires.
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
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Review: A Minneapolis man and his ‘life-changing’ tiger encounters
Nonfiction: Jonathan C. Slaght’s “Tigers Between Empires” shines spotlight on endangered cats.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
First review is in: WCS’s @jonathanslaght.com shines a “scientific-yet-soulful spotlight on one of the world’s most amazing creatures” in his new book, Tigers Between Empires.
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
If shark and ray protections pass at the upcoming #CITESCOP20, our work will be just beginning.
Next step: helping countries implement these trade restrictions at the national and local level, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
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Next step: helping countries implement these trade restrictions at the national and local level, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.wcs.org/cites
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If shark and ray protections pass at the upcoming #CITESCOP20, our work will be just beginning.
Next step: helping countries implement these trade restrictions at the national and local level, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.wcs.org/cites
Next step: helping countries implement these trade restrictions at the national and local level, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.wcs.org/cites
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting matters for the conservation of sharks and rays. Listings from past events were proven difference makers, say WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social and Dana Tricarico. www.wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting matters for the conservation of sharks and rays. Listings from past events were proven difference makers, say WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social and Dana Tricarico. www.wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is set to launch at #COP30 in Brazil. We are proud to support it, to make this not just a success for Brazil but for the world, says WCS's Joe Walston. tfff.earth 🌎
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is set to launch at #COP30 in Brazil. We are proud to support it, to make this not just a success for Brazil but for the world, says WCS's Joe Walston. tfff.earth 🌎
International trade protections from CITES have proven valuable to helping sharks and rays in the past. The upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting is a major opportunity to make further progress, says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social. wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
International trade protections from CITES have proven valuable to helping sharks and rays in the past. The upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting is a major opportunity to make further progress, says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social. wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
Proud to collaborate with @cornellbirds.bsky.social on a project to develop cutting-edge bioacoustic technology to advance conservation monitoring in the Global South.
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
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Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology Awarded Bezos Earth Fund Grant to Advance Biodiversity Monitoring for Conservation
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics received a catalytic $1.8 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to help address global biodiversity decline through...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Proud to collaborate with @cornellbirds.bsky.social on a project to develop cutting-edge bioacoustic technology to advance conservation monitoring in the Global South.
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
Proud to be one of 15 global teams awarded funding through the @bezosearthfund.org’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge.
We’re advancing foundational AI models for coral reef monitoring and inviting divers and citizen scientists everywhere to join the effort.
🪸 bit.ly/4oxMguW
We’re advancing foundational AI models for coral reef monitoring and inviting divers and citizen scientists everywhere to join the effort.
🪸 bit.ly/4oxMguW
WCS Receives $2M Award from Bezos Earth Fund to Advance AI Solutions for Climate and Nature
New York, NY — October 23, 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been selected as one of fifteen global teams awarded funding through the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Gran...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Proud to be one of 15 global teams awarded funding through the @bezosearthfund.org’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge.
We’re advancing foundational AI models for coral reef monitoring and inviting divers and citizen scientists everywhere to join the effort.
🪸 bit.ly/4oxMguW
We’re advancing foundational AI models for coral reef monitoring and inviting divers and citizen scientists everywhere to join the effort.
🪸 bit.ly/4oxMguW
It's #InternationalSnowLeopardDay. Last month, WCS teams and partners from across High Asia gathered in Mongolia, one of the snow leopard’s strongholds, to shape a shared vision for the next decade of conservation. Today, we honor this effort to protect the snow leopard across this landscape. 🌏
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's #InternationalSnowLeopardDay. Last month, WCS teams and partners from across High Asia gathered in Mongolia, one of the snow leopard’s strongholds, to shape a shared vision for the next decade of conservation. Today, we honor this effort to protect the snow leopard across this landscape. 🌏
NEWS: New @blueactionfund.org project launches to secure a “sustho sagor” (healthy ocean) for Bangladesh.
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
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$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
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New Blue Action Fund Project Launches to Secure a
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (Oct. 23, 2025) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WorldFish have received a $5.5 million grant from the Blue Action Fund to launch Sustho Sagor (“Healthy Ocean”), a landm...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEWS: New @blueactionfund.org project launches to secure a “sustho sagor” (healthy ocean) for Bangladesh.
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
The health sector must integrate nature into the growing climate and health movement, say Neil Vora and WCS's @cwalzer.bsky.social. Without doing so, they argue, the movement will fail to meet its mandate to save lives.
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Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis
Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The health sector must integrate nature into the growing climate and health movement, say Neil Vora and WCS's @cwalzer.bsky.social. Without doing so, they argue, the movement will fail to meet its mandate to save lives.
🌍 www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
🌍 www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
📢 Calling all early-career conservationists: Applications are open for the Conservation Leadership Programme 2026 Future Conservationist Awards! ⬇️
CLP has opened its 2026 Team Awards!
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Calling all early-career conservationists: Applications are open for the Conservation Leadership Programme 2026 Future Conservationist Awards! ⬇️
🪸 Yesterday, we shared a story from Fiji that shows coral resilience is real.
It also raises a question: Where else can reefs survive and recover in a rapidly warming world? 🌏
It also raises a question: Where else can reefs survive and recover in a rapidly warming world? 🌏
We are standing at a tipping point, but also at the edge of a powerful opportunity #ForCoral.
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Fiji’s Coral Reefs Show Remarkable Recovery After Category 5 Cyclone
SUVA, FIJI, October 21, 2025 - A new study led by WCS, University of the South Pacific, and partners has found that coral reefs in Fiji showed remarkable resilience after being battered by Category 5 ...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🪸 Yesterday, we shared a story from Fiji that shows coral resilience is real.
It also raises a question: Where else can reefs survive and recover in a rapidly warming world? 🌏
It also raises a question: Where else can reefs survive and recover in a rapidly warming world? 🌏
We are standing at a tipping point, but also at the edge of a powerful opportunity #ForCoral.
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Fiji’s Coral Reefs Show Remarkable Recovery After Category 5 Cyclone
SUVA, FIJI, October 21, 2025 - A new study led by WCS, University of the South Pacific, and partners has found that coral reefs in Fiji showed remarkable resilience after being battered by Category 5 ...
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We are standing at a tipping point, but also at the edge of a powerful opportunity #ForCoral.
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Synthetic biology shows promise for helping species. The decision at last week’s #IUCNcongress to endorse case-by-case decision-making on it was important, writes WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
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Synthetic biology gets IUCN nod as possible nature defender | Context by TRF
First global policy on synthetic biology paves way for states to decide whether to use this tool to preserve biodiversity, nature
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October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Synthetic biology shows promise for helping species. The decision at last week’s #IUCNcongress to endorse case-by-case decision-making on it was important, writes WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.
🌍 www.context.news/nature/opini...
🌍 www.context.news/nature/opini...
At #IUCNcongress, WCS's Madhu Rao was re-elected as Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas.
In this role, Rao has strengthened the global protected area workforce, integrated One Health principles, developed strategies for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and more.
In this role, Rao has strengthened the global protected area workforce, integrated One Health principles, developed strategies for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and more.
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
At #IUCNcongress, WCS's Madhu Rao was re-elected as Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas.
In this role, Rao has strengthened the global protected area workforce, integrated One Health principles, developed strategies for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and more.
In this role, Rao has strengthened the global protected area workforce, integrated One Health principles, developed strategies for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and more.