The International Wildlife Conservation Society ( The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is the world's largest nonprofit, nongovernmental wildlife conservation organization, founded in 1895 and headquartered in New York City to protect wildlife and their habitats. In the 1980s, the WCS began its work in China, and gradually launched the Western Qiangtang Conservation Project, the Northeast Tiger Conservation Project, the Reptile Project, and the South China Wildlife Trade Project, and established the China Border Wildlife Defender Award.