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

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