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

