Cross-site analysis

Conservation of large, wild ecosystems is the goal of the WCS Living Landscapes Program. By pursuing a common set of strategies and approaches across a globally distributed set of sites, the program promotes inter-site research and learning and develops models of conservation management that are broadly applicable.

We've identified three factors that constitute important wildlife conservation threats and opportunities at each of our core sites in Bolivia, Congo, Ecuador, Yellowstone, Adirondacks, Cambodia, Guatemala, Belize, Tanzania, Mongolia, Argentina, and Coastal Patagonia. These three factors - wildlife hunting, community management of wildlife, and wildlife conservation in the private sector, form the primary themes for cross-site action research, analysis, adaptive management, and communication of lessons learned.