Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 16 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity.

Conserving and managing the vast wildlife aggregations, marine biodiversity, and fisheries that are sustained in coastal waters is a monumental task that few countries have the capacity to do on their own. WCS is responding by investing in ocean protection, sustainable fisheries, and marine species conservation across the waters of 23 countries and all five oceans where the need is greatest.

MADAGASCAR & WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Madagascar is remarkable. Many describe its forests and wildlife as magical, mystical, otherworldly, or just plain weird. The largest African island, it's a showcase of evolution, home to many species that are strikingly different, like the emblematic lemurs that are found nowhere else on Earth. Madagascar is also surrounded by the rich, productive waters of the Western Indian Ocean. Deep ocean currents and complex coastal habitats have created spectacular coral reefs that span the coastlines of Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Madagascar. These productive habitats, on land and at sea, are as important to global conservation as they are to the local communities that rely on them.