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The Nigeria Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society: Saving Wildlife and Wild Places in Nigeria.
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π¨ Job Alert: WCS Nigeria is hiring a Program Manager! π 2-year contract (renewable) π Travel: 30β40% π© Apply by May 27, 2025 π§ Send CV & cover letter to: [email protected] π‘ Females strongly encouraged to apply! #ConservationJobs #NowHiring #NigeriaJobs


The new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement endorses the reality that human contact with live wildlife must be regulated or curbed to help prevent pathogen spillovers, write WCS experts for Mongabay. news.mongabay.com/2025/05/why-whβ¦


Happy world endangered species day! Today, we in WCS Nigeria π unite with children and the globe to champion the preservation of endangered species, wildlife, and wild habitats, recognizing that their survival is fundamental to the sustainability of our planet and us.





HEC is the #1 threat to elephants in Nigeria. With support from EU in Nigeria πͺπΊπ³π¬, a new method using locally-made cannons - "bangers" is being introduced to scare elephants away from farmlands β protecting crops vital for local livelihoods, and protecting Nigeriaβs last elephants.

π Itβs the 40th anniversary of Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP). There are few more effective investments in conservation, says Joe Walston, than to empower and accelerate the next generation of conservation leaders from all parts of the globe. Learn more: bit.ly/4jxmNis



Exciting New Chapter! β¨ We are delighted to announce an exciting new chapter for WCS Nigeria ππ Imong Inaoyom assumed the role of Country Director for WCS Nigeria , making him the first Nigerian Country Director, from June 1, 2025 Congratulations! #leadership #conservation


This is terrible news. Large wilderness areas quickly become centres of insecurity if poorly protected. National Park Service-Nigeria Africa Nature Investors Foundation West African Conservation Network (WACN) Environment Ministry NCF


On 17/18 June, Africa Nature Investors Foundation & WCS Nigeria π supported a workshop in hosted by Environment Ministry and National Park Service-Nigeria for Nigerian stakeholders to prepare for a 2nd Nigeria-Cameroon meeting on establishing transboundary protected areas (see map below) to be held in Douala later this year.


AIβs latest trick? Decoding the language of elephants, writes The Observer. WCS, a partner of Cornell University, employs the four Congolese researchers working for Elephant Listening Project @ The Cornell Lab in NouabalΓ©-Ndoki National Park on this work. observer.co.uk/news/science-tβ¦
