Wildlife Conservation Society ANNUAL REPORT 2010
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Wildlife Conservation Society ANNUAL REPORT 2010 SAVING WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES W67802.indd 1 1/14/11 11:58 [ COVER ] A humpback whale [ INSIDE COVER ] Josie, an Amur breaches off Gabon’s coast, one tiger, is one six cubs born at of the major breeding and calving the Bronx Zoo in 2010. The two areas in the Southern Hemisphere. litters consisted of three Amur For almost two decades, WCS tigers and three Malayan tigers. conservationists have been Four of the cubs (Josie, Julian, studying and helping to protect Pepino, and Claiborne) received these whales off Madagascar names in honor of WCS supporters. and in the Gulf of Guinea on the [ BACK COVER ] Inspired by the western coast of Africa. bioluminescence of the ocean, the future Ocean Wonders building (a rendering shown here) will glow softly at night. ANNUAL REPORT 2010 The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth. table OF COntents 3 President /CEO & Chair Letter 4 Trustees & Committees Chapter 1 8 Q&A: Jon Forrest Dohlin 10 WCS 2010 Review: Achievements in Conservation Chapter 2 12 The 2010 WCS Story Chapter 3 24 Q&A: Richard Tshombe 26 2010 Financial Report Chapter 4 32 Q&A: Melissa Nelson 34 Photo Album Chapter 5 42 Policy Report Chapter 6 46 Q&A: Steve Zack 48 Projects in the Field & Parks Chapter 7 62 Q&A: Rachel Graham 64 Contributors Chapter 8 74 Supporting Governments Chapter 9 78 Wildlife Heritage Circle Chapter 10 82 Q&A: Anak Pattanavibool 84 WCS Staff Chapter 11 96 Publications Chapter 12 100 Q&A: Bárbara Saavedra 102 WCS by the Numbers Chapter 13 [ Left ] Ward Woods and Steven Sanderson within the Tropic Zone at Central Park Zoo. deaR FRiends, This year our annual report focuses on To succeed as conservationists, we must the least-known bird in the world. That “connectivity” in wildlife conservation. For enable people to connect to wild nature, discovery is connected to our work with most conservationists, connectivity means ensure that wildlife can connect to what the poor, isolated herders of northeastern providing pathways for wildlife to move remains of fragmented habitats, and inspire Afghanistan, who are totally reliant on from one landscape or habitat to another. people to care about conservation as they their natural resources for survival. In In some cases, such as wildebeest or forest develop their personal and economic Tanzania, WCS is working side-by-side elephants, gains in human connectivity futures. And we have to connect that with the national government to create through roads and other infrastructure prodigious effort to a changing climate, the first authoritative national elephant development mean diminished connectivity which presents even more challenges. strategy, which will focus on solving the for wildlife. Our mission is to enable There is no time to waste. issues of habitat connectivity. Tanzania, wildlife to thrive, even in the context of This year, we launched the New York which has a remarkable commitment to 3 an expanding human footprint of infra- Seascape marine program, which concen- protected areas, counts on all of us to structure and economic growth. Everyone trates for the first time on 15,000 square connect the many challenges of great agrees that a way must be found to marry miles of the New York Bight, from biodiversity to great human need. Other ter et the interests of economic progress where Cape May to Montauk. This biodiverse examples abound. L R poor people and wildlife coincide. seascape has witnessed the passage Finally, in the official communiqué of ai Connectivity has another meaning for of Giovanni da Verrazano and Henry the Convention on Biological Diversity urbanites throughout the world—and, since Hudson and turned back the attempts of that concluded at the end of October, the & C H O 2007, the world has been officially more the Mayflower to reach the mouth of the global community connected biodiversity E urban than rural (50.6 percent urban in 2010). Hudson River. It is a critical part of the to human development. The final aspect /C In New York and around the globe, the U.S. Atlantic shore, cleaved by the under- of this year’s focus on connectivity will be primordial connection between wild nature water Hudson Canyon, the largest ocean a plan of work to connect those revelations esident and human communities has been lost, only canyon on the eastern seaboard. The to concerted global action to protect PR to return as human irritation with wildlife New York Seascape will protect the wildlife and wild places. “pests.” Whether it’s deer or coyotes in the 300-plus species in the New York Bight. suburbs, raccoons in New York City, or More importantly, perhaps, it will re-connect marabou storks in Kampala, Uganda, we us to this great ocean environment that Ward Woods urbanites have little patience for wildlife has sustained New York for four centuries. Chair intrusions. We coastal city dwellers have also Further afield, our program in the lost connection with our near-shore seascapes, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan Steven Sanderson turning our backs on the world’s oceans, discovered the breeding grounds of the President and CEO which are the wellspring of great port cities. large-billed reed warbler, portrayed as trustees & coMMITTEES BOARD OF TRUstees Rubén Díaz, Jr. David T Schiff (as of October 31, 2010) Bronx Borough President Mrs. Warren L. Schwerin Marty Markowitz Walter C. Sedgwick Officers Brooklyn Borough President Caroline N. Sidnam Ward W. Woods Dr. Steven E. Sanderson Andrew H. Tisch 1 Chair of the Board President and CEO, Wildlife Roselinde Torres David T Schiff Conservation Society Ward W. Woods Chairman Emeritus Barbara Hrbek Zucker Edith McBean Trustees Vice Chair Frederick W. Beinecke Life Trustees Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee Eleanor Briggs Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman 5 Vice Chair Gilbert Butler Robert G. Goelet Brian J. Heidtke C. Diane Christensen Howard Phipps, Jr. Treasurer Jonathan L. Cohen Julian H. Robertson, Jr. tees it Andrew H. Tisch Katherine L. Dolan Mrs. Leonard N. Stern M Secretary Thomas Dan Friedkin Mrs. Richard B. Tweedy OM C W.B. McKeown Bradley L. Goldberg & Deputy Secretary Paul A. Gould Honorary Trustees Jonathan D. Green Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. stees Ex Officio Trustees Antonia M. Grumbach Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. RU Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg Judith H. Hamilton William E. Flaherty T Mayor of the City of New York Brian J. Heidtke John R. Hearst, Jr. John C. Liu John N. Irwin III Robert Wood Johnson IV Comptroller of the City of New York Hamilton E. James James M. Large, Jr. Christine Quinn Richard L. Kauffman Eugene R. McGrath Speaker, New York City Council Anita L. Keefe Frederick A. Melhado Adrian Benepe Edith McBean Dr. Judith P. Sulzberger Commissioner, Department of Ambrose K. Monell Sue Van de Bovenkamp [ OPPOSITE ] Flaco the Parks and Recreation, City of Katharina Otto-Bernstein Richard A. Voell eagle owl resides in the New York Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee E. Lisk Wyckoff, Jr. Temperate Territory at Dr. Kate D. Levin H. Merritt Paulson III the Central Park Zoo. Commissioner, Department of Ogden Phipps II Cultural Affairs, City of New York Alejandro Santo Domingo [ ABOVE ] WCS’s Board of Trustees at a meeting at the Bronx Zoo in June. COMMittees Buildings & Grounds Global Conservation Subcommittee Subcommittee Executive Committee Caroline N. Sidnam, Chair C. Diane Christensen, Co-Chair Ward W. Woods, Chair Jonathan D. Green Edith McBean, Co-Chair Frederick W. Beinecke Andrew H. Tisch Frederick W. Beinecke C. Diane Christensen Barbara Hrbek Zucker Eleanor Briggs Brian J. Heidtke, ex officio Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Gilbert Butler John N. Irwin III, ex officio Ward W. Woods, ex officio Thomas Dan Friedkin Edith McBean, ex officio Bradley L. Goldberg Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee, ex officio Investment Subcommittee Judith H. Hamilton Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Paul A. Gould, Chair Richard L. Kauffman Walter C. Sedgwick, ex officio Gilbert Butler Ambrose K. Monell Andrew H. Tisch, ex officio Bradley L. Goldberg H. Merritt Paulson III John N. Irwin III Ogden Phipps II Audit Committee Richard L. Kauffman Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Jonathan D. Green, Chair George W. Siguler + Ward W. Woods, ex officio Bradley L. Goldberg Brian J. Heidtke, ex officio Antonia M. Grumbach Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Living Institutions & Education Ambrose K. Monell Ward W. Woods, ex officio Subcommittee Katherine L. Dolan, Chair Committee on Trustees Human Resources & Brian J. Heidtke John N. Irwin III, Chair Compensation Committee John N. Irwin III C. Diane Christensen Jonathan L. Cohen, Chair Hamilton E. James Jonathan L. Cohen Antonia M. Grumbach Anita L. Keefe Antonia M. Grumbach John N. Irwin III Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee Walter C. Sedgwick David T Schiff David T Schiff Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Andrew H. Tisch Virginia Schwerin Ward W. Woods, ex officio Roselinde Torres Barbara Hrbek Zucker Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Steven E. Sanderson, ex officio Development & External Ward W. Woods, ex officio Ward W. Woods, ex officio Relations Committee Judith H. Hamilton, Chair Program Committee Global Health Subcommittee Anita L. Keefe Walter C. Sedgwick, Chair Ambrose K. Monell, Chair 7 Edith McBean Frederick W. Beinecke Paul A. Gould Mrs. Gordon B. Pattee Jonathan D. Green Brian J. Heidtke Ogden Phipps II Brian J. Heidtke Anita L. Keefe tees it David T Schiff John N.