Annual Report 2016
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Annual Report 2016 CONTENTS Diversity is our business..........................................................2 Nordens Ark..............................................................................3 Animal collection census 2016..............................................6 National conservation work.................................6 International conservation work.......................15 Ecopark/Farm - wild & domestic animals......18 Behind the scenes.................................................24 Animal inventory..................................................26 Administration report...........................................................32 Income statement...................................................................40 Balance sheet...........................................................................41 Cach flow analysis..................................................................43 Accounting and valuation principles and notes...............44 Audit report.............................................................................52 Board of directors, auditors and staff 2016.......................54 Partners and memberships...................................................55 SINCERE THANKS to our sponsors Elanders Sverige S.A. and In collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology Arctic Paper AB who have paid for the printing and paper of this Elanders has developed a climate calculator that takes into year’s annual report. English translation: Christopher Godfrey account the entire life cycle of printed matter when calculating (cgwp.co.uk/) & Sara Malm. Cover image: Lesser white-fronted greenhouse gas emissions (Carbon Footprint). Using these goose Anser erythropus Photo: Christer Larsson. Paper: Cover climate calculations Elanders can now offer to climate neutralise Arctic Silk+(250 g/m2 ), insert Munken Polar 120g/m2 . your printed matter by investing in certified emission reductions in UN approved CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) projects.White (130 g/m2). DIVERSITY IS OUR BUSINESS After nearly two years at Nordens Ark, I now have a deeper two endangered species; green toads vs grass snake, Eurasian understanding of all the exciting and vital activities we’re eagle-owl vs peregrine falcon, sea eagle vs osprey, to name engaged in. For one thing, the conservation efforts beyond but a few. the park’s boundaries have made a strong impression on me. I’ve had the privilege of meeting brilliant and hardworking As for the public side of Nordens Ark, 2016 was yet another enthusiasts in our extensive network, from the rainforests record year, and now we’re opening up the front part of the of Costa Rica to tigerland in the Russian Far East. They are manor as a welcoming meeting place for both our long- often working in conditions we can scarcely imagine back distance and local visitors. The decision at the start of the here in the sheltered and comfortable society we have the year to take back control of the conference and hotel areas good fortune to live in. of the business was an important part of integrating the foundation’s multi-faceted activities and boosting the sense The winter visit to the most northerly part of the Amur of belonging among all our wonderful employees. tiger’s homeland, encompassing Anuisky National Park, was an extremely cold and highly memorable experience. For Further afield, there was more positive news during the many years, Nordens Ark and the WWF have worked here year. The EU has now evaluated the binding directive that together with the Russian nature conservation agency, and regulates Europe’s zoos and which is a part of the EU’s will continue to do so. We met representatives from nature implementation of the UN Convention on Biological conservation and game management, as well as politicians Diversity (CBD). The zoo directive, which in Sweden is in Khabarovsk. The project’s biologists are working applied through the nature protection regulation, provides together with the local population on game conservation, through its link to the CBD an important formal mandate environmental monitoring and conflict management – to the zoo industry while also setting high standards for frequently necessary where people and large predators are all the conservation, animal welfare and public education living side by side. With the aid of GPS technology, camera initiatives in which we’re involved. For Nordens Ark, the traps and tracking, an inventory of the region’s tigers is being evaluation’s positive views of the function of the directive compiled, and the situation is looking cautiously hopeful. and its beneficial effects represent further evidence that we Local tiger numbers are now on the rise and the tigers are are a role model among zoo parks. spreading slowly northwards again. Highlight of the trip were the visits to isolated field stations, after lengthy cross- Turning to our staff, the work on organisational country snowscooter journeys, with the unique hospitality change continued in the course of 2016. Our scien- and care of our Russian hosts. tific leader, Claes Andrén, retired. In the close on 40 years that I have known Claes, he has been a Applied nature conservation isn’t an exact science. Success mentor and a continual source of inspiration. requires not just professional competence but perseverance His inexhaustible enthusiasm and biological and effective collaboration and communication. Even the curiosity will be reflected in the fine nature films most structured and well-thought-through project plan, he’s continuing to produce – as a hyperactive with reasonable goals and timeframes, may need to be senior. Finally, the Friends of Nordens Ark are revised along the way. However, the National Action Plans and continue to be an outstanding resource for established for several of the Red Listed native species us – not least financially. The voluntary impetus that Nordens Ark works with provide good guidance. The they provide is a prerequisite for the continuing biology itself is often the least of our worries, but unforeseen, development of Nordens Ark. random events can occasionally have dramatic consequences for small populations. And sometimes conservation Mats Höggren conflicts can arise, with associated uncertainties, between CEO Nordens Ark 2 NORDENS ARK Nordens Ark lies on Åby manor beside the Åby fjord, 20 km from Smögen and Kungshamn on route 171, about 120 km north of Gothenburg. The manor was mentioned as early as the 1300s, but rock carvings and ancient remains show that the farm has roots much further back. The present buildings date mainly from the 1700s and 1800s. Nordens Ark Foundation is a non-profit foundation which is responsible for Nordens Ark. Nordens Ark Foundation owns Åby manor, which covers 400 hectares. Through its activities, Nordens Ark Foundation seeks to promote biological diversity principally by: Contributing to the conservation of endangered species by controlled breeding, and supporting wild animal populations in their natural habitats through various support measures. Conducting research and studies of the animals at the park, contributing to an increased understanding of animals and promoting animal survival in the wild. Acting as an educational resource at all levels from pre-school to colleges and universities. Being accessible to the public, thereby increasing public interest in and knowledge of conservation work. 3 JANUARY The common tree frog FEBRUARY becomes the symbol of One of our Pallas cats Nordens Ark’s work in leaves for Japan. Costa Rica. MAY JUNE Green toads spawn Record number of for the first time at lesser white-fronted the Wetlands and lay geese hatched and later beautiful long egg released in Norrland. strings in the water. OCTOBER SEPTEMBER Following a request from Jönköping county Nordens Ark is one of administrative board, only two parks in the Nordens Ark takes in world that managed to an abandoned young produce giant ditch frog otter. She will be released young. back into the wild after rehabilitation. MARCH Unique Vietnamese APRIL pond turtle (one of the Wolverine kit Sid world’s most endangered is born and attracts turtles) young are international attention. hatched. AUGUST JULY The Amazon milk frogs The Persian leopards are thriving and have have two cubs. 271 young. DECEMBER NOVEMBER Three Asiatic wild dogs, The common tree frogs also known as dholes, are also doing well at arrived at the park Nordens Ark and do us and make themselves proud with 150 young. at home in their new enclosure. National conservationNational work ANIMAL COLLECTION CENSUS 2016 NORDENS ARK INSECT PROJECT Since large oaks have become increasingly rare over the past Nordens Ark’s commitment to the smallest creatures has two centuries, and because dead trees have long been swiftly continued for almost a decade. From an international removed from forests and parks, the species has almost perspective, breeding endangered insects for reintroduction vanished from our country. into the wild is unusual. Nordens Ark is currently working with three insect species: the longhorn and great capricorn Nordens Ark has been rearing longhorn beetles since 2006. beetles, and the clouded Apollo butterfly. The projects all The early years were spent working out how to breed them in aim to reinforce and save the last remnants in the wild and laboratory conditions. Oak trunk fragments with larvae have are being run on behalf of and in collaboration with four on a number of occasions been brought from Djurgården to county administrative