The Principles

The principles behind our actions are reflected in the institutional collective vision.

  • TO UNDERSTAND the imperatives of wildlife and wild places and the impacts of human society on their future

  • TO CONSERVE wildlife and wild places throughout Indonesia

  • TO INFORM people about nature and its importance of life on Earth and to humanity’s self-definition

  • TO INSPIRE people to care about nature and to aspire to its conservation

  • TO SHAPE the public discourse on conservation

  • TO ENGAGE in wise, scientific, professional and caring stewardship of nature

  • TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT adaptive and innovative solutions to conservation problems by melding the expertise of institution and fieldbased sciences

  • TO REDEFINE the interrelationships of people and wildlife

WCS Strategies

  • Site-based conservation

  • Research

  • Training and capacity-building

  • New model development

  • Informing policy

  • Linking zoo-based and field-based conservation