Robert Baigrie is Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), building relationships that are able to generate transformational support for the organization’s highest priority initiatives. As a member of WCN’s senior leadership team, he works closely with the President and CEO across business and conservation pillars, with an immediate focus on the Africa Keystone Fund.

During the second quarter of 2026, Global Conservation in Mexico has worked alongside our partners CONANP, CONAPESCA, and SEMAR to deploy two Marine Monitor systems. And park rangers alongside fisheries officers have been working closely together to carry out marine and land patrols along the marine protected area.

The Sumatran orangutan population is steadily decreasing. The population has fallen by 19.5% since 2011, according to recent survey results published in a respected scientific journal. The current population stands at 11,694 individuals. At the same time, there are only an estimated 716 remaining Tapanuli orangutans, making their population a critically endangered species.

To help secure the future of this unique place, Global Conservation signed an agreement with the Myanmar Ministry of the Environment in 2018. This year, the Myanmar Department of Forestry will begin to deploy Global Park Defense in AKNP, and Global Conservation will work to have AKNP listed as a Natural and Cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In order to stop illicit palm oil plants and timber extraction, Global Conservation is supporting the construction of new guard posts, restoring forests through the Squa nursery program, and advancing law enforcement partnerships.

Successful arrests have marked a significant milestone in protecting Komodo NP. Intelligence-led enforcement efforts and collaboration with governmental agencies reflect a long-term commitment to dismantling the poaching network and bringing all perpetrators to justice.

Saving the Last Koalas is one of twelve films and a lever for a National Campaign to both Protect the GKNP and Stop all native logging in Australia.

Through enhanced patrols, technology deployment, expanded partnerships, key species protection, and community empowerment, multiple initiatives continued to support sustainable marine conservation across East Kalimantan and Maluku.

The Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award Goes to
ABC News Live with Global Conservation for Last Lands: South Africa

Funded by Global Conservation, For the Oceans Foundation has announced the successful completion of the first phase of the “Peace for the Pacific” Expedition, a scientific, monitoring, and marine documentation mission that covered more than 600 nautical miles throughout Costa Rica’s Eastern Tropical Pacific. PftP was developed by For the Oceans Foundation within the framework of the One Ocean Worldwide Coalition (OOWC).

Global Conservation and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Announce Historic $2 Million Grant for Wildlife Recovery of Lions, Rhinos, Elephants, Hippos, Hyenas, and Giraffes in Uganda’s National Parks

Global Conservation reports from Belize on the effectiveness of the 2025 enforcement and scientific adaptive management of Turneffe Atoll, the country’s largest Marine Protection Area (MPA).

While Bora Bora has been considered a prime destination for vacationing in one of the world's most beautiful island chains, decades of tourism, including sports fishing, and an explosion of non-native people moving there have left a significant number of reef systems dead or depleted. GC now collaborates with the French Polynesian government, researchers, locals, and more to save this local marine ecosystem.

During the month of May, Global Conservation, in collaboration with Panama’s National System of Protected Areas (SINAP), led a three-day training program for Panama National Park Rangers. More than 20 park ranger supervisors and field-level rangers from various Panamanian national parks attended. The training was designed to equip these supervisors and rangers with knowledge and skills they could pass along to other park rangers.