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Wildlife Conservation Society
Mission: "The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands . . . Through careful science, international conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks . . . Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale."
In China since: 1980
Annual China budget: $200,000
Number of staff: 6 national and expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Dr. Endi Zhang 张恩迪
China Programme Director
c/o East China Normal University
3663 Zhongshan Beilu, 3663 Zhongshan North Road
Shanghai 200062
Tel: +86 (0)21 6223 2361
Fax: +86 (0)21 6223 2361
International Contact:
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx
NY 10460
United States
Tel: +1 718 220 5197
Fax: +1 718 364 4275
Activities in Other Countries:
53 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin American, and North America
The Society was founded in 1895 under its original name, the New York Zoological Society. Over the years it has established, and continues to operate, five public zoos and aquariums in New York but, from the first, it also worked to conserve animals in the wild. In 1907 the Society began a successful project to re-introduce wild bison to protected areas in the United States. International conservation programmes began in earnest in the 1950s.
WCS’s early work in China led to the establishment of the Changtang Nature Reserve (羌塘自然保护区). In the 1990s the Society worked with the Kunming Institute of Zoology(中国科学院昆明动物研究所) on biodiversity conservation in Yunnan, while also developing an environmental education curriculum that has since been used in schools in Jiangxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shanghai, and Jilin.
More recently WCS cooperated with the Anhui Forestry Bureau and East China Normal University on a Chinese Alligator field survey. East China Normal University further collaborated, along with Jiangxi Forestry Bureau, on research into the distribution and viability of the endangered South China Sika Deer. WCS has also been initiating wildlife surveys in the Tibet Autonomous Region, with a view to establishing a protected area. In Shanghai, meanwhile, it has worked with the Save the Tiger Fund on a campaign to reduce consumer demand for Tiger animal products used in traditional Chinese medicine.
In 2003, WCS’ total income was USD 129 million. Around 29% of this came from US local and federal government grants, 27% from public donations and membership fees, and 24% from zoo entrance fees and visitor services. A total of USD 31.8 million was spent on international conservation programmes.
Links
http://www.wcschina.org
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