Program areas at Wildlife Conservation Network
Wildlife programs - provide direct support to Wildlife Conservation partners, with a long-term commitment to endangered flagship species in over 40 countries. This support includes short-term and long-term grants to enhance wcn's field-based Conservation partners and associates' ability to save endangered species in the wild through programs such as reducing human-wildlife conflict, improving wildlife-friendly livestock, land and crop management, developing alternative livelihood programs, monitoring Wildlife, anti-poaching, building capacity in and around protected areas, providing community education for children and adults, and raising public awareness about Wildlife.
Public education and outreach - inform the public of Wildlife Conservation challenges and community-based solutions implemented by some of the world's most innovative and successful Wildlife conservationists through a series of annual Wildlife Conservation events (including the Wildlife Conservation expo), newsletters, and website.
Program support services - provide a wide variety of technical assistance and support services to maximize the long-term impacts of field-based Wildlife Conservation partners and associates by enhancing their organizational capacity. These services include student internships, graduate scholarship support, cross site exchanges, leadership development, infrastructural improvement, training workshops, and access to expert advice and short-term support (e.g. Building capacity to improve accounting, donor outreach and management, grant writing, use of technology, etc).