WCS Annual Report 2012 - Wildlife Conservation Society

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Credits
WRITER AND EDITOR: Nat Moss
DESIGNER: Neha Motipara, Two Chairs Consulting Inc.
CONTRIBUTING DESIGNER: Marissa Hodges
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Julie Larsen Maher
COPY EDITOR: Jackie Kane
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS: Mary Dixon
PRINTER: Monroe Litho
With deep appreciation to the many contributors to this publication, including: Kelly Keenan
Aylward, Eliza Berry, Patti Calabrese, Sandra Comte, John Delaney, Mary Deyns Brandão,
Steve Fairchild, Nilda Ferrer, Josh Ginsberg, Carolyn Gray, Luke Groskin, Danielle LaBruna,
Michelle Midea Lanci, Sara Marinello, Tiffany Reiser-Jacobson, Gail Sheldon, Laura
Stolzenthaler, Stephen Sautner, Gillian Schumacher, Pat Thomas, Chip Weiskotten, Libby
Whitney, Helen Yi
30%
Cert no. SCS-COC-00635
68 lbs waterborne waste not created
9,963 gallons wastewater fl ow saved
1,102 lbs solid waste not generated
2,170 lbs net greenhouse gases prevented
16,612,995 BTUs of energy not consumed
PHOTO CREDITS
cover: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; inside cover: Mark W. Atkinson/WCS AHEAD Program;
page 2 (left to right): Rolando Santos, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 3 (left to right):
Tim McClanahan/WCS, Ian Nichols, Stacy Jupiter/WCS; page 6: Julie Larsen Maher/
WCS; page 8 (left to right): Julie Larsen Maher/WCS, ©WCS, WCS Thailand; page 9 (left
to right): Stacy Jupiter/WCS, Steve Zack/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 10: Julie
Larsen Maher/WCS; page 13: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 14:Julie Larsen Maher/
WCS; page 17: Carolina Marull/WCS; page 18: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 19: Jeff
Burrell/WCS; page 20: WCS Asia Program; page 23: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; pages
24-25: Mark Packila/WCS; pages 26-28 (8): Julie Larsen Maher /WCS; page 34: ©Tun
Shaung; pages 35-36, 38 (3): Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 40: Office of U.S. Rep. José
Serrano; page 41: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 42: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 43:
U.S. Department of State; pages 44-46 (3): Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 48-49: Caleb
McClennen/WCS; page 50: Judith Wolfe/WCS; page 53: JNPC/DWNP/Panthera/WCS-
Malaysia; page 57: Owen Hoffman@Patrick McMullen (1), Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (2-8,
12-13), Jason Green Photography (9), Owen Hoffman@Patrick McMullen (10-11); pages
58-58: Steve Zack/WCS; pages 60-61: Judith Hamilton; page 62: J. Maaz/WCS; page 63:
Rachel Graham/WCS; page 64: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; pages 67 & 68: Julie Larsen
Maher/WCS; page 71: J. Goodrich/WCS; page 75 & 76-77: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS;
pages 78-79: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 81: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; page 82: Julie
Larsen Maher/WCS; page 85: WCS Pakistan; page 87: ©Julie Larsen Maher; page 88:
Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; pages 90-91: Andrew Dunn/WCS Nigeria; page 93: Julie Larsen
Maher/WCS; page 94 (clockwise from top right): Graham Harris, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS,
Joe Walston/WCS, Susan Chin, Nalini Mohan/WCS; page 95 (clockwise from top right): J.
Burrell/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS (2), Marcelo Romano/WCS, Tim McClanahan/WCS,
Cristián Samper, Julie Larsen Maher/WCS; back cover: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS.
Recommended Form of Bequest 2012
The Trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Society recommend that, for estate planning
purposes, members and friends consider the following language for use in their wills:
For information on how you can support the Wildlife
Conservation Society, please call our Global Resources
Division at 718-220-5090. A copy of this annual
report may be obtained by writing to the Office of
the Chairman, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300
Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460. In addition,
a copy of WCS’s annual filing with the Charities
Bureau of the Office of the New York State Attorney
General may be obtained by writing to the Charities
Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office,
3rd Floor, 120 Broadway, New York, New York 10271.
“To the Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”), a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization
incorporated in the state of New York in 1895, having as its principal address 2300
Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460, I hereby give and bequeath
to be
used as determined by WCS for the general purposes of WCS.”
In order to help WCS avoid future administration costs, we suggest that the following
paragraph be added to any restrictions imposed on a bequest: “If at some future time, in
the judgment of the Trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Society, it is no longer practical
to use the income and/or principal of this bequest for the purposes intended, the Trustees
have the right to use the income and/or principal for whatever purposes they deem necessary
and most closely in accord with the intent described herein.”
If you wish to discuss the language of your bequest and other planned giving options, please
contact the Office of Planned Giving at 718-741-1632.