Holiday Present for Patagonia

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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has received a $1 million dollar grant from the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA). The grant—MCFA’s largest to date—will help protect of penguins, elephant seals, and other marine wildlife in southern Argentina, where WCS conducts conservation work.

Mr. Ryoichi Ueda, Chairman of MCFA joined President and CEO of WCS Dr. Steven E. Sanderson at the Bronx Zoo on December 12. During a tour of the zoo, Mr. Ueda visited a raucous flock of Magellanic penguins and other representative wildlife the grant will protect.

“We are proud and grateful that the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas chose to support WCS in our efforts to safeguard coastal Patagonia, a beautiful wildlife area of global importance,” said Dr. Sanderson. “The leadership of the Foundation will benefit humankind and demonstrate the power of private sector initiative in a world of global change.”

Mr. Ueda commented, “The Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas has supported the conservation work of the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York since 2003 and we are confident that they are well-qualified to lead conservation initiatives in Argentina’s Patagonia. WCS’s scientific expertise and commitment to local stakeholder engagement are guaranteed to help preserve Argentina’s magnificent natural heritage.”

The MCFA support is dedicated to several WCS projects, including the Sea & Sky Program.  This program is the first attempt to integrate research on individual species, biology, and entire ecosystems in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

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