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global community dedicated to wildlife conservation. Expo features presentations on the latest work from WCN's
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fundraising model to identify entrepreneurial conservationists and projects and give them the support they need to effectively run their programs. WCN brings donors together with field conservationists to develop personal relationships and allow donors to see how their support is making an impact for
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WCN hosts a semi-annual event, the
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Local people are wildlife’s true stewards, so to support conservationists from within these communities, WCN launched its
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Pangolins are hunted for their scales, body parts, and meat, making them the most illegally trafficked mammals on Earth. All eight species of pangolins are dangerously close to extinction. To prevent pangolins from vanishing, WCN and Save
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For local conservationists who are already established as leaders and are looking to expand their skills, WCN established its Career
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In 2021, WCN began working in North
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and the ECF remains committed to ending it. The ECF has also expanded its strategies to address other threats to elephants by supporting projects that promote human-elephant coexistence and protect elephant landscapes, giving elephants the space to survive and recover.
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WCN's Wildlife Funds tackle the diverse range of challenges that certain species face in a way that a single field organization could not. These Funds invest in projects from many organizations to protect species across the entirety of their habitats.
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Organizations supported by the RRF include the Frankfurt Zoological Society, the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance, Tsavo Trust, Wildlife ACT, Save the Rhino Trust Namibia, and the International Rhino Foundation, to name a few.
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organization that protects endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists in the field who promote coexistence between wildlife and people. WCN does this by providing its partners with capital, strategic
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In 2005, WCN started providing solar electric systems such as solar water pumps, cookers, lighting, hot water and water purification systems to its partner projects in South America, Africa and Asia.
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