WCN is proud to announce the addition of three organizations to our international community of community-led Conservation Companions:
- Misool Basis works to safeguard probably the most biodiverse reefs on Earth by means of the empowerment of native communities in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
- Proyecto Washu, primarily based in Ecuador, is targeted on defending the habitat of one of the crucial endangered primate species on the earth, the brown-headed spider monkey.
- Seratu Aatai works to create a society that’s keen and capable of shield and coexist with Bornean elephants in Sabah, Malaysia.
Members of the WCN Associate Community obtain in-depth and ongoing help within the type of monetary assets, instruments and coaching, and advisory companies. As a matchmaker between native organizations and philanthropic donors around the globe, WCN ensures 100% of designated donations to organizations within the accomplice community go on to the sector with no overhead eliminated.
“Trusting and supporting community-based conservationists is crucial to tackling a few of the hardest problems with as we speak and tomorrow—starting from local weather change and biodiversity loss to financial improvement,” stated Dr. JG Collomb, CEO of WCN. “With a confirmed monitor file of driving conservation impression by means of group engagement, Misool Basis, Proyecto Washu and Seratu Aatai are pure additions to our Associate Community. We’re proud to welcome these new Companions into the WCN household and supply the backing they should break new floor in community-led conservation.”
Flourishing coral reefs within the Misool Marine Reserve.
Working on the intersection of sustainable tourism and community-based conservation, Misool Basis supplies a construction for native communities to reclaim their conventional tenure of reefs in Indonesia.
“Thriving coral reefs are important for marine conservation,” stated Virly Yuriken, Chairperson of Misool Basis. “Coral supplies properties to the smallest and largest marine animals, whereas supporting meals safety and financial improvement for coastal communities. The help of WCN will permit us to advance our conservation work in Raja Ampat and safeguard the way forward for these various marine ecosystems. We’re honored to affix the WCN Associate Community and look ahead to collaborating with Companions throughout the Community, united by our widespread purpose to guard endangered wildlife.”
A brown-headed spider monkey in Ecuador.
Proyecto Washu works on scientific analysis, community-led improvement, ex-situ conservation and sustainable environmental training to advance the safety of brown-headed spider monkeys in Ecuador.
“We’re very pleased that the brown-headed spider monkeys are becoming a member of the Community,” stated Felipe Alfonso-Cortes and Nathalia Fuentes, Co-Administrators of Proyecto Washu. “Partnering with WCN offers us hope for the longer term, permitting us to do many issues that we solely dreamed of earlier than. For the primary time, we don’t really feel alone on the highway to creating our conservation targets a actuality.”
Bornean elephants in Malaysia.
Established in 2018, Seratu Aatai works with a variety of stakeholders in Malaysia on the nationwide, worldwide and communal ranges to develop methods for peaceable human-elephant coexistence, whereas balancing the wants of conservation with socioeconomic advantages.
“Turning into a WCN Associate is a major milestone for Seratu Aatai, a transparent signal that our dedication to saving wild Bornean elephants is on the precise trajectory,” stated Dr. Farina Othman, Founder and Director of Seratu Aatai. “The Associate Community is not only an expert affiliation however a supply of power, recommendation and help. I’m wanting to be taught from the collective knowledge of the WCN group, community with profitable conservationists, and contribute to a shared imaginative and prescient of community-led wildlife preservation.”
These newest additions deliver the overall variety of WCN’s Conservation Companions to 25 organizations defending over 70 totally different focal species. We’re so proud to welcome Misool Basis, Proyecto Washu, and Seratu Aatai into our Community, and excited to see all that we are able to accomplish to guard a wider vary of wildlife.
Autor David Vasquez
