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Contrary to popular thought, the world is still an unexplored place, the very future existence of which depends on humanity’s capacity to document and describe it. GWC is committed to novel, innovative exploration of the planet’s most threatened and unknown wildlife and wildlands. GWC conducts field expeditions the planet’s most biologically important and threatened areas. The objective is to define which sites and species within these areas are priorities for conservation. Once defined, GWC works with local, regional, and international partners to ensure these sites and species are conserved in perpetuity. The inaugural expedition took place in southwest Cambodia, a relatively unexplored area of high biological importance. GWC teamed up with partners to bring together a team of skilled biologists, from the U.S. and Cambodia, to survey the remaining wildlife and their habitats. We worked with several international organizations, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, Conservation International, the World Wildlife Fund, Fauna & Flora International, IUCN — the World Conservation Union, Wildlife Alliance, and Frontier. In addition, we collaborated with the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry Administration. Currently, we are planning other expeditions around the world, including to the Greater Xe Sap Area in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. |
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The foundation of the modern conservation movement was developed over the last few decades, but the roots were borne beginning in ancient Greece and through the nineteenth century by early naturalists and explorers, from Aristotle and Pliny, to Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, John James Audubon, and Sir Alfred Russel Wallace. We work as the new generation of scientists to carry forward this legacy, made even more urgent in our need to protect the natural world.
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