William Conway

William Conway

Biography

William Conway is a senior conservationist for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Until 1999, he served as the organization's president and general director. Conway has played a leading role in the redeployment of zoological gardens and aquariums as environmental science and proactive conservation centers. He led the development of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Accreditation Program, was the father of the its Species Survival Program for the propagation of vanishing species, and is now turning to direct preservation of wildlife in nature and is chairman of its Field Conservation Committee.

Under Dr. Conway's guidance, the Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park has developed such groundbreaking educational wildlife exhibits as JungleWorld, World of Birds, Wild Asia, World of Darkness, Baboon Reserve, and Congo Gorilla Forest, as well as the redevelopment of the Central Park and other wildlife centers.

During Dr. Conway's directorship, WCS became the world's leading non-governmental scientific conservation organization, currently operating nearly 300 training, park development, and conservation research and promotion projects in less developed countries. He personally oversaw field projects in South America's Southern Cone, and helped foster the development of a dozen wildlife reserves, national monuments, and parks while contributing to wildlife conservation and park development in East Africa and elsewhere.

Conway has authored more than 200 articles and reports in ecology and wildlife conservation, conservation education, ornithology, and wild animal care propagation, and has served on the boards of many conservation organizations .

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