Since 1992, WCS has led a marine wildlife ecology and conservation project in Argentine Tierra del Fuego. The project focuses on important marine predators, including rockhopper and Magellanic penguins and giant petrels. Other objectives include promoting responsible ecotourism activities and improving the management of coastal areas by reducing conflicts between different sectors.



To manage newly acquired lands in Chilean Tierra del Fuego, WCS is partnering with Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund (which donated the lands) in a formal alliance that is intended to last for three years. In planning for the conservation of these lands, sustainable development activities, including ecotourism, will be undertaken to support conservation objectives and additionally to provide benefits to local communities. We will cooperate with a distinguished advisory council to be selected and made up of a majority of Chilean citizens.



The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands. We do so through careful science, international 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 individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on Earth.