WCN is excited to announce that we have recently welcomed three new local conservation organizations to join our ever-growing Network of Conservation Partners. These three organizations are no strangers to WCN; they have appeared at our Wildlife Conservation Expo in the past, and as we’ve come to know them over the years, it became to clear to us that their vision, mission, and community-led programs are making exactly the kind of impact for endangered wildlife that we love to support.
Please join us in welcoming Misool Foundation, Proyecto Washu, and Seratu Aatai to the WCN family!
PIC (coral reef)
Misool Foundation, based in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, safeguards the most biodiverse reefs on Earth through the empowerment of local communities, providing a structure by which they are able to reclaim their traditional tenure of reefs. At the core of their operation is the belief that sustainable tourism and community-based conservation are mutually beneficial. They seek to demonstrate to local hosts, local government, and guests that sustainable tourism can provide a better life than logging, mining, or overfishing. The Misool Foundation team manages a suite of conservation programs which combine marine governance, waste management, community empowerment, and species conservation. They protect biodiverse marine environments while consistently delivering measurable conservation results.
Brown-headed spider monkey
The primary goal of Proyecto Washu, based in Ecuador, is to protect the habitat of one of the most endangered primate species in the world, the brown-headed spider monkey. These monkeys face immediate threats of habitat loss from cropland expansion, mining activities, and legal or illegal logging. To reduce the impact of these threats, Proyecto Washu works on scientific research, community-led development, ex-situ conservation, and sustainable environmental education. Proyecto Washu is certain that biodiversity conservation in highly diverse regions is directly linked to the quality of life of local communities and the appropriation of their territory. They believe that local communities are the ones who lose the most from deforestation, but they are also the ones who can gain the most from protecting the forest and the wildlife within.
Bornean elephant
“Seratu Aatai” means “solidarity” in Sungai, a Malaysian language founded around the Kinabatangan River. In keeping with this notion of establishing solidarity, Seratu Aatai was established in 2018 with one core mission: to create a society that is willing to and capable of taking responsibility to protect and coexist with Bornean elephants in Sabah, Malaysia. Seratu Aatai works with many different stakeholders involved in elephant conservation at the national, international, and communal levels to develop strategies for peaceful coexistence with elephants, all while balancing the needs of conservation with socio-economic benefits. By increasing protections and reducing elephant deaths, improving land connectivity, monitoring elephant population trends, and implementing effective management plans, Seratu Aatai is building more harmony between elephants and people.
Now that these three incredible organizations have officially joined WCN as Partners, they will receive expanded financial resources, tools, and services that they need to take their crucial work to the next level. As with all of WCN’s Partners, these three organizations have been carefully vetted by our Conservation Programs team, so you can donate to them with confidence that your generosity will make the biggest impact for wildlife in their hands.
We hope you’ll join us in supporting Misool Foundation, Proyecto Washu, and Seratu Aatai as they begin this promising new chapter as members of the WCN community.
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