More than 30 park rangers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname gathered in Lima to complete the final training and evaluation of the World Bank–led Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) Regional Park Rangers project. The innovative initiative seeks to strengthen skills to better equip rangers to respond to the complex and evolving challenges they face on the ground.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced the appointment of Stephen L. Ham as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, effective March 1, 2026.

A highly collaborative senior executive with more than 20 years of experience leading global philanthropy strategies, Ham will oversee WCS’s comprehensive fundraising efforts, advancing the organization’s mission to save wildlife and wild places worldwide. He currently serves as WCS’s Vice President of Individual Giving.