WCWildlife Conservation International
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About Wildlife Conservation International
Orangutans, Asian elephants, and tigers need more than rescue. They need protected rainforest, safer habitats, and communities equipped to live alongside wildlife. Wildlife Conservation International supports that work across Southeast Asia, from legal forest protection and patrols to animal rehabilitation and sustainable livelihoods. In 2024-25, its funding helped protect 12,564 wild orangutans and supported 27,850 people from rainforest communities.
Wildlife Conservation International works across the full conservation picture: protecting rainforest, supporting wildlife patrols, rescuing and releasing displaced animals, and helping forest communities build sustainable livelihoods. Its work also addresses the specific pressure elephants and people can place on one another, while supporting tiger habitat protection and anti-poaching patrols.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Legally Protect Forest
Securing legal protection for high-conservation-value forests through land protection, advocacy, scientific expertise, legal support, and community representation.
Secure, Restore and Patrol Habitat
Purchasing, leasing, managing, and restoring rainforest habitat, while supporting Wildlife Protection Units that patrol and safeguard ecosystems.
Rescue, Rehabilitate and Release
Rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing displaced or ex-captive orangutans, elephants, and tigers into protected habitats.
Elephant Conflict Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods
Reducing conflict between elephants and people while supporting sustainable livelihoods.
Tiger Habitat Protection and Anti-Poaching
Protecting tigers through rainforest habitat protection and anti-poaching patrols.
Forest Community Education and Empowerment
Supporting forest communities through engagement, education, stronger women’s leadership, and sustainable livelihoods.
About this work
Mission
To ensure the survival of all orangutan species, Asian elephants, and tigers in their natural habitat, promote the welfare of individuals within rainforest ecosystems, and empower the forest communities who live alongside them.
Who they serve
Critically endangered orangutans, Asian elephants, and tigers, along with forest communities and people who live alongside wildlife in rainforest regions.
Their impact
- WCI contributed USD$4.3 million to conservation projects across Southeast Asia in 2024-25.
- Funding in 2024-25 ensured the ongoing protection of 12,564 wild orangutans.
- Programs supported 27,850 people from rainforest communities in 2024-25.
- Supporters contributed a further USD$4.2 million to conservation projects in 2024-25, bringing total contributions since 1998 to more than USD$43 million.
How your donation helps
- Securing and restoring rainforest habitat for orangutans, elephants, and tigers.
- Rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing displaced or ex-captive wildlife.
- Supporting Wildlife Protection Units and anti-poaching patrols.
- Reducing elephant-human conflict.
- Supporting sustainable livelihoods in forest communities.
- Providing community education and strengthening women’s leadership.
- Supporting land protection, legal cases, scientific advice, and forest community representation.
In their words
“Conservation is the ‘wisdom of love in action’.”, Leif Cocks OAM, Founder
Grant support
$31,500 from 2 funders · through 2025 (IRS 990 records).
- Oechsle Family Foundation Inc — $10,000 (2025)Hutan-Kinabatangan Orangutan conservation program
- Reid Burns Foundation — $12,000 (2024)Singkil Peat Swamp project
- Reid Burns Foundation — $1,500 (2024)Sponsor a scholarship for 2024
- Reid Burns Foundation — $8,000 (2023)Singkil Peat Swamp Project
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Wildlife Conservation International has shared.
Current needs
- Support for rainforest habitat protection and restoration.
- Support for wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release.
- Support for anti-poaching patrols and Wildlife Protection Units.
- Support for forest community education, women’s leadership, and sustainable livelihoods.
Recognition & press
Press & mentions
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What are Wildlife Conservation International’s main conservation projects?
Its work focuses on orangutans, elephants, and tigers. Projects protect and restore habitat, rescue and release wildlife, reduce conflict between elephants and people, support anti-poaching patrols, and work with forest communities.
How does the organization support rainforest communities?
WCI supports people who live alongside wildlife through community engagement, education, stronger women’s leadership, and sustainable livelihood programs.
How does WCI protect wildlife habitat?
WCI helps secure legal protection for forests, purchases or leases land, restores degraded forest fragments, and supports Wildlife Protection Units that patrol and safeguard habitat.
Where does Wildlife Conservation International carry out its conservation work?
Its conservation projects operate across Southeast Asia, including rainforest regions in Borneo and Sumatra.
How does WCI measure its conservation work?
Its Impact Measurement Framework tracks progress, helps identify what works and what needs improvement, and includes input from forest communities, conservation teams, and project partners.
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