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A Caribbean flamingo hatchling takes its first tentative steps at the Bronx Zoo's Aquatic Bird Exhibit.
government & policy report / 3 WCS continues to cultivate and maintain relationships with New York City, New York State, U.S., European and multilateral policymakers in order to advance policy priorities and protect and grow vital funding for conservation and culture. Much of WCS’s success, at home and abroad, is due to our ability to gain access to leadership at all levels, build and strengthen partnerships, and increase public engagement through media outreach and action alerts. Thanks to these efforts, over the past few years WCS was largely able to keep its government funding priorities intact despite the continuing volatile economic climate. Nevertheless, the risk of more belt-tightening remains in the wake of new budget challenges brought about by Hurricane Sandy. That reality has made new and expanded domestic and particularly European funding streams all the more necessary to continue our mission. On the policy front, WCS continues to use its scientific expertise to inform decision makers at every level. We have worked in New York, Washington, and Brussels to protect endangered species such as sharks, jaguars and scarlet macaws, along with fragile landscapes like the National Petroleum Preserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that support critical habitat. WCS has been instrumental in engaging the U.S. State Department in stopping the illegal trade in wildlife. The common thread in every case is that decision makers now look to WCS as a leader on all facets of global conservation as our science impacts decisions that will have ripple effects for years to come. Global Conservation Funding In Fiscal Year 2012, we were able to restore U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for several WCS priority federal programs, including the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, the Andean Amazon, the Maya Biosphere Reserve, PREDICT, and Illegal Logging Enforcement. The report that accompanied the appropriations bill supported funding for wildlife programs in South Sudan and the Russian Far East, as well as great apes conservation in Africa and Indonesia. The president’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget, released in February, provided relatively level funding for our priority USAID programs but did not itemize that funding and failed to meet U.S. government commitments to the Global Environment Facility (GEF). After the House committee further reduced the U.S. contribution to GEF in May, the Senate committee voted to restore USAID Biodiversity funding and GEF funding to Fiscal Year 2012 levels. In September, President Obama signed into law a continuing resolution extending Fiscal Year 2012 funding levels through March 27, 2013, before which Congress will make decisions about how to spread the necessary cuts in spending. This year, WCS sent three online alerts advocating for funding for these important programs, generating more than 145,000 letters to Congress. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) Multinational Species Conservation Funds (Species Funds) program consists of five individual funds that support tigers, rhinos, Asian elephants, African elephants, great apes, and marine turtles. For Fiscal Year 2012, the Species Funds experienced a minor reduction in funding to $9.5 million, but fared well compared to the severe cuts experienced by domestic environmental programs. The Funds received a much-needed boost from sales of the new U.S. Save Vanishing Species semi-postal stamp, which raised an additional 37 government & policy report
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