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Photo: Snow Leopard Trust EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot –MARCH 2018 Snow Leopard Trust
Supported 2016 and 2017 By EAZA member Parc Zoologique Doue-la-Fontaine, Kolmarden Zoo, Nordens Ark, Banham Zoo, Marwell Wildlife, Le Parc des Felins and Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle EAZA Conservation Category Conservation research, Habitats, Species and Populations, Conservation Research, Conservation Education and Capacity building Habitat Rocky areas, Grasslands
Little is known about the Snow leopards which are critically endangered and their global population has declined under 4,000 individuals. Snow Leopard Trust undertakes several conservation and research activities such as; GPS- collaring and tracking of young and adult individuals is performed in Mongolia to investigate the reproductive patterns (e.g. birth rates, sex ratios, litter sizes, cub survival) and population dynamics of the Countries where Snow Leopard Trust is active - China, India, species. Economic alternatives are developed Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Pakistan, Google Maps (2018) with the local population to improve community life in harmony with nature conservation. A fully functional in situ research facility / educational center dedicated to the species is being established to receive graduate and post-doctoral students, visiting scholars, zoo staff. Transboundary conservation partnerships are developed between China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Great news for the emblematic Asian species!
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Supported since 2014 By EAZA member Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes EAZA Conservation Category Conservation research Habitat Forest
Since 2014, Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes has been supporting the conservation of Binturong (Acrtictis binturong) through the Arctictis binturong conservation Association. Very little research has been done on binturongs. We lack knowledge about their distribution, status of populations, genetics, and behaviour in their natural environment. Palawan is a very interesting place to study binturongs, first of all because it is the only island in Philippines were they occur and secondly because it is a subspecies very different from other populations. The association developed a research project aims to increase the knowledge on Palawan binturongs through field surveys and ecological studies in South Asia, using camera traps and radio- tracking.
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Photo: IUCN SSC Saola Working Group
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Conservation of the elusive Saola
Supported since 2015 By EAZA member Wroclaw Zoo EAZA Conservation Category Habitats, Species and Populations Habitat Forest
Since 2015, Wroclaw Zoo has been supporting the conservation of the elusive Saola through the Saola Working Group, a part of the Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. This primitive wild cattle species is endemic to the Annamite mountain (Vietnam and Lao PDR) and on the verge of extinction. The Saola Working Group implements all components in a One Plan Approach: protection of Saola in nature, mentoring and capacity building, partnership building and conservation breeding. The project is planning to build a rescue center for Saola in Bach Ma National Park with the aim of receiving and breeding animals for reintroduction.
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PICA – Pallas’s Cat International Conservation Alliance
Supported since 2015 By EAZA members Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Nordens Ark, Snow Leopard Trust EAZA Conservation Category Research, Species and Populations, Awareness Raising and Capacity Building Habitat Steppe
The RZSS formed the Pallas’s cat International Conservation Alliance (PICA) with Nordens Ark Zoo and the Snow leopard trust in 2015 to further develop conservation and research efforts for Pallas’s Cat. It is the first global conservation project for the species and aims to improve knowledge of distribution and monitoring techniques, increase knowledge on basic ecology to aid targeted conservation plans, raise awareness and conservation capacity and design strategies for a global conservation plan. With two of the three Area of Tibetan Plateau, Google Maps (2017) founding partners being zoological collections and the ongoing support of PICA by numerous International zoos from Japan, North America and Europe the project prides itself, as one of many elements, on connecting ex-situ and in- situ conservation and research efforts. With activities including camera trapping research and analysis, threat surveys, education campaigns, field support projects and strategic conservation planning with the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group PICA is implementing a multi-functional approach. With both a status review and the first global conservation action planning workshop coming in 2018 PICA is set to continue in developing targeted strategies to a id Pallas’s cat conservation.
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Photo: Francois Louw EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot –October 2017
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds
Supported since 2000 By EAZA member Artis Zoo EAZA Conservation Category Conservation education and Capacity building, Species and Populations Habitat Marine Coastal, Marine Intertidal
ARTIS coordinates the African penguin EEP and has been supporting the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) with their educational projects which consist of lessons, arts-and-crafts and storytelling about seabirds and the marine environment. SANCCOB has treated nearly 100 000 seabirds since 1968 and through the Chick Bolstering Project (CBP), SANCCOB and its project partners rescue ill, injured and abandoned African penguin chicks and rehabilitate the birds. The project is recognized globally as one of the most successful conservation initiatives to reverse the decline of the endangered species.
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Photo: Ana Besugo EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – September 2017
Conservation of sea turtles
Supported since 2013 By EAZA member Oceanário de Lisboa EAZA Conservation Category Conservation education and Capacity building, Species and Populations Habitat Marine Oceanic, Marine Intertidal, Marine Coastal
São Tomé and Príncipe is an archipelago located in West Africa where five species of marine turtle occur, being a nesting area for four of them: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) uses the archipelago exclusively as part of its oceanic habitat. Oceanário's support began in 2013 and the results have been extremely positive to date and local education initiatives have been promoted; local community members have been integrated in the team; and scientific and technical support has been provided to all stakeholders, partners and local governmental institutions.
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Photo: Chimpanzee Conservation Center EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – August 2017
Projet Primates France Supported since 2008 By EAZA member Zoo le Pal EAZA Conservation Category Conservation education and Capacity building, Species and Populations Habitat Forest
Created in 2008 by Zoo Le Pal, the ‘Le Pal Nature Foundation’ has the vocation to ‘conserve the biodiversity all over the world’ and supports conservation projects in France and abroad. One of these projects is ‘Projet Primates France’, which develops educational programs to alert the public about the risk of the disappearance of different primate species. They also assist the “Chimpanzee Conservation Center”, a chimpanzee sanctuary and rehabilitation project in Guinea, West Africa. The center rehabilitates and cares for rescued chimpanzees who have been captured to be sold as pets after their mothers were killed for bush meat. The ultimate goal is to release these animals back into the wild.
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Photo: Kristiaan Daout EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – June 2017
BioBrasil Supported since 2001 By EAZA member Antwerp Zoo EAZA Conservation Category Research, Habitats, Habitat Forest, Artificial - Terrestrial
Project BioBrasil was launched in 2001 by the Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation, with the aim of contributing to the long-term survival of Golden-headed lion tamarins (GHLTs) in Brazil. The objective of the project is to contribute to the development and implementation of a science-based conservation action plan for the species, in collaboration with all key stakeholders. In addition to conservation research and assisting the development of an action plan, BioBrasil is running an environmental education program with local communities, to strengthen them as key stakeholders, and encourage participation in the elaboration and implementation of future conservation plans.
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Photo: Rob Doolard EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – May 2017
Mobiles for Gorillas Supported since 2016 By EAZA member Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo Partners Wildlife Conservation Society EAZA Conservation Category Research, Habitats Habitat Forest
Since 2016, Rotterdam Zoo (The Netherlands) has been calling all their visitors, schools and local businesses to hand in their old mobile phones to help recycle col-tan, a mineral used in many electronics like mobile phones and laptops. The mining for this mineral in countries like the Republic of Congo, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo causes the destruction and loss of habitat for gorillas and Google Maps (2017) many other species. Rotterdam Zoo is invested in the conservation of gorillas and raises awareness for the gorilla sub-species affected most by the col-tan mining, the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). They also to raise funds and link their conservation action to the gorilla sub-species they have in their own care, the western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). The funds raised support the Mbeli Bai Study - the longest running study on the social organization, life history and demographics of this species in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (NNNP) (Republic of Congo).
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Photo: Kolmarden EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – February 2017
Project Ngulia Supported since 2014 By EAZA member Kolmarden Wildlife Park Partners Linkoping University (Sweden), Stimson Center (USA) EAZA Conservation Category Fundraising, Species and Populations Habitat Savanna
Kolmarden Wildlife Park is being used as a test-site for Project Ngulia, a pilot project in the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, Kenya, that implements an innovative, cost-effective and bottom-up technological platform. The goal is to digitalize the workflow of the rangers and provide super-eyes and super-ears to the rangers by modern sensor technology, a solution that can also be scaled and replicated in other protected areas. The sensor technology that has been tested in Kolmarden includes thermal cameras, radar, drones, microphone arrays and radio detectors. This has been tested and will be long-term evaluated at Kolmarden before implemented in the field. The Ngulia project is funded by Kolmarden fundraising foundation (KIS).
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Photo: Petr Čolas EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – January 2017
Return of the Golden eagle
Supported since 2006 By EAZA member Ostrava Zoo Partners ZO ČSOP Nový Jičín (Ekocentre) EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations Habitat Forest
Since 2006, Ostrava Zoo has been supporting the “Return of the Golden eagle” project. The objective is to return the locally extinct Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) to the Moravskoslezské Beskydy area in the Czech Republic and create a stable nesting population which connects to the existing populations in the Carpathes. Using the fact that the second chick of a Golden eagle nest is always killed by its older sibling or parent (cainism), a number of these individuals were carefully selected and translocated from Slovakia to a rescue centre for release. By 2013, the first successful nesting of Golden eagles was recorded in the Czech Republic after more than 100 years!
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Credits: Marineland EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – December 2016
The Monk Seal Conservation Programme
Supported since 2011 By EAZA member Marineland Antibes Partners CBD Habitat Foundation, Parques Reunidos Foundation EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations, Conservation Education and Capacity building Habitat Marine Coastal
Since 2011, EAZA member Marineland (through their Fondation Marineland) is supporting The Monk Seal Conservation Programme as part of the Action Plan for Conservation of the Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Atlantic (CMS/UNEP). The Programme aims to protect and promote the recovery of the Mediterranean Monk Seal colony on the coast of Cap Blanc Peninsula in Mauritania. Next to creating a visitor’s center and delivering environmental education (with schools), training and sensitization courses, the initiative identifies and protects breeding caves and their surrounding areas and has created the Seal Coast Reserve.
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Credits: Chester Zoo EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – November 2016 Flutter back - the return of the large heath butterfly
Supported since 2012 By EAZA member Chester Zoo Partners Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT), Lancashire Environmental Fund EAZA Conservation Category Habitats, Species and Populations Habitat Grasslands, Wetlands
The large heath (Coenonympha tullia) is an internationally endangered butterfly which has suffered a 50% decline in the UK over the last 30 years. Since 2012, Chester Zoo has worked with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) to restore the species to Heysham Moss, where it hadn’t previously been seen for over 100 years. While LWT undertook restoration work at Heysham to ensure the habitat would be suitable for the butterflies, Chester Zoo began a carefully managed captive-rearing programme in 2013. Over the past three years, more than 300 adult butterflies have been released onto Heysham Moss, and their full life cycle has now successfully been completed in the wild. The population of large heath butterflies will now be monitored up until 2020 to assess the sustainability of the reintroduction programme.
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Photo: Bears in Mind EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – October 2016
Bears in Romania
Supported since 2006 By EAZA member Bears in Mind (formerly Alertis) EAZA Conservation Category Research Habitat Forest
EAZA Associate Member Bears in Mind (formerly Alertis) has supported the bear research and conservation activities by Milvus Group since 2006. Within this project various conservation initiatives are developed and research carried out in order to better understand and protect brown bears in Romania. One of the key objectives of this project is to improve the social acceptance of bears, which is a challenge in Romania. Ongoing education, information campaigns but also research are carried out on a local and national level. The final objective of this project is to secure suitable bear habitat (Natura2000 sites) under the EU Habitat Directive. Six new protected areas have been designated so far.
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Calimani and Gurghiului mountains, Romania Google Maps (2016)
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Photo: Nature Reserve and Wildlife Park Goldau EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – September 2016
Reintroduction of European tree frogs
Supported since 2007 By EAZA member Nature Reserve and Wildlife Park Goldau EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations Habitat Wetlands
Although globally not threatened, the European tree frog, Hyla arborea, is losing ground in Central Europe. In Switzerland, the species is rated “Endangered” and became even locally extinct in the 20th century. As a reaction, Nature Reserve and Wildlife Park Goldau is executing and supporting European tree frog reeintroduction projects in Northern Switzerland. This involves offering quarantine facilities, veterinary care, population analyses, breeding and release of larvae and sub adult frogs into restored habitats. Nature Reserve and Wildlife Park Goldau is supporting partners with planning, expertise as well as population monitoring. The Zoo’s education unit offers amphibian- workshops and daily talks in order to motivate the community to actively support amphibian conservation. Lake of Lauerz, Switzerland - Google Maps (2016)
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Photo: Jorge Mederos EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – August 2016 Canopy Collserola, Spain
Supported since 2009 By EAZA member Barcelona Zoo Partners Barcelona Natural History Museum EAZA Conservation Category Research, Habitats Habitat Forest
Studying the abundance and diversity of animal and plant species can be essential in determining the health status of any ecosystem. The results of these types of studies can form an important basis for successful forestry management planning and protection, both in terms of its general state as well as the species present. Often invertebrate species such as insects and spiders are used as "bio-indicators". Since 2009 Barcelona Zoo, through the Barcelona Zoo Foundation, is supporting a long-term monitoring study of this most diverse and predominant animal group at different levels of canopy in the recently established Serra de Collserola Nature Park. This area is of great importance as it is one of the biggest metropolitan parks in the world and as it acts as a "lung" for the city of Barcelona. The results can be used to design ideal management plans that preserve Barcelona's lungs and the natural heritage for future generations. Serra de Collserola Natural Park, Spain - Google Maps (2016)
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Photo: Guenter Blutke EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – July 2016
International park Lower Oder Valley (Germany - Poland)
Supported since 1995 By EAZA member Zoo Berlin Partners Verein der Freunde des Deutsch-Polnischen Europa-Nationalparks Unteres Odertal EAZA Conservation Category Habitats Habitat Wetland, Grassland, Shrub land
Shortly after the opening of the European borders in 1990, German and Polish conservationists came together to create an international park in the Oder River Valley. Zoo Berlin is a partner of this project since the beginning. Together with the surrounding protected areas the international Lower Oder Valley Park covers around 117,000 hectares and is especially well- known for its many bird species; 160 species of breeding birds have been counted on the German side of the International Park alone, and 50 mammals, 6 reptiles, 11 amphibious and 49 fish species in addition to that. It is imperative for the Berlin Zoo to evolve and take care of this wealth for future generations and for the sake of nature itself through Zoo Stiftung Berlin.
Oder River Valley, Germany - Google Maps (2016)
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Photo: Marwell Wildlife EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – June 2016
Eelmoor Marsh
Supported since 1996 By EAZA member Marwell Wildlife Partners QinetiQ EAZA Conservation Category Habitats Habitat Wetlands
Eelmoor Marsh Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a relic of the extensive lowland heaths which once stretched out across North-west Europe. Today around 14% of the total area of this habitat in Europe exists across the southern regions of England. Twenty years ago Marwell Wildlife partnered up with the landowners, QinetiQ, to bring about the restoration of the protected area and reinstate the natural ecological processes so important to heathland biodiversity. Eelmoor is now host to over 400 species of conservation concern, including 11 species of orchid, six species of insectivorous plant, over a third of Britain’s dragonfly and damselfly species and nearly half of its butterfly species.
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Photo: Zoobotanico Jerez EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – May 2016
Ex-situ reproductive programme of Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain
Supported since 2002 By EAZA member Zoobotánico de Jerez Partners Life+ Iberlince Project, Consejería de Medio Ambiente (Regional Government) Junta de Andalucia EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations Habitat Shrub land
In March 2016 “Mosto”, a young male Iberian lynx born last year in Zoobotánico Jerez, was released in “Montes de Toledo” one of the reintroduction areas selected by the “Iberlince Life Project” that tries to recover the populations of one of the most endangered felid on the world. This is the very first release of a zoo-born Iberian lynx. The animal carries a GPS/GSM collar that allow to track his movement and until now remains in the release area. Zoobotánico Jerez is keeping a breeding couple off- exhibit.
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Photo: Attica Zoological Gardens EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – April 2016
Conservation of the African chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus) in Greece
Supported since 2014 By EAZA member Attica Zoological Gardens Partners Zoological Department Athens University, The Greek Herpetological Society EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations, Conservation Education and Capacity Building Habitat Wetlands, Dunes, Shrub land
Attica Zoological Park in Athens, through its non-profit organization "Pelargos" and under the auspices of the Zoological Department of Athens University and the scientific support of the Greek Herpetological Society, is implementing a conservation and breeding programme for the locally "critically endangered" African chameleon species (Chamaeleo africanus). Attica Zoological Park has also developed a full educational package adopted by all local municipalities and school teachers. It will be used by all schoolchildren in the area for years to come, hopefully abolishing ignorance about the species and developing the new generation into the Chamaeleon's future local guardians.
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Photo: Michal Erez EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – March 2016
Conservation of the Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Israel
Supported since 1998 By EAZA member The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens Partner Israel Nature and Parks Authority EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations Habitat Rocky areas, Desert, Savannah and many others
Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) are among the largest birds of prey in Israel but less than 40 wild nesting pairs are left, as opposed to nearly 1,000 before the establishment of the state. Vultures are critically important to natural ecosystems because they dispose of the carcasses of dead animals and neutralize the spread of potentially lethal diseases including anthrax, rabies and cholera. Established in 1998, the National Center for Raptor Egg Incubation at the Jerusalem Zoo aims to increase breeding capabilities by ensuring optimal results. After several years of running a successful protocol and new breeding colony has been established at the Carmel Mountain, where the species stopped nesting decades ago. Mount Carmel, Israel - Google Maps (2016)
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Photo: www.fledermausschutz.ch EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – January 2016
Foundation for Bat Conservation in Switzerland
Supported since 1998 By EAZA member Zoo Zurich Managing organisation Bat Conservation Foundation EAZA Conservation Category Habitat, Species and Populations, Conservation Education and Capacity Building Habitat Grasslands, Forest, Shrub land and Artificial - Terrestrial
There are 30 bat species in Switzerland and half of them are considered endangered or critically endangered and therefore protected by law. Zoo Zurich supports the bat conservation in Switzerland through the Bat Conservation Foundation since 1998. It involves offering facilities for their conservation work on behalf of the Swiss federation throughout the country as well as for their educational purposes. Together with the Zurich Animal Protection Association and the Bat Conservation Foundation, Zoo Zurich runs the Bat Helpline and the Emergency Bat Care Centre for injured and weak bats, which are released after full recovery as quickly as possible.
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Photo: Zoodyssée EAZA Conservation Database Snapshot – December 2015 Reintroduction of European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Savoie region, France
Supported since 2008 By EAZA member Zoodyssée Managing organisation Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels Savoie EAZA Conservation Category Species and Populations Habitat Wetlands
For many years, Zoodyssée has succeeded in reproducing the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis). This discrete turtle has faced a decrease in its population due to the combination of different factors: habitat loss, road casualties and competition with the red-eared slider. When CEN Savoie started an in situ conservation in 2008, Zoodyssée were the first to volunteer for breeding this species. The breeding facilities and techniques have been enhanced so as to increase the number that can be reintroduced. Up to 2015 more than 110 animals have been reintroduced in the Savoie region!
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