Confessions of a Conservationist Creating a Coup for In-Situ

Norman Gershenz SaveNature.Org, San Francisco, CA SAVENATURE.ORG

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Circa 1988: Who knew from in-situ? Pieces of the Conservation Pie Partners

Public Public participation education

In-situ conservation Professional education

Ex-situ Basic conservation research

Advocacy

SAVENATURE.ORG 500 species SSP programs in 2017 Diversity of Life On Earth 8.7 million (± 1.3 million) species

SAVENATURE.ORG Changes in Wildlife Management Focus

Traditional New Wildlife Management

Focus on Individual Concern with all Species (Fishable, Huntable) Species

Concern with Exotic Emphasis on native species species

Species Oriented Habitat, community, landscape, ecosystem oriented

SAVENATURE.ORG Who are the partners in the SaveNature.Org Consortium?

• Zoos and Aquariums • Botanical Gardens, Science and Natural History Museums and Nature Centers •Educational Institutions: Schools and Universities • American Association of Zoo Keeper Chapters • Other National and International Conservation Organizations, NGO’s and Corporate Sponsors • General Public

SAVENATURE.ORG SaveNature.Org Conservation Projects Sites: 11.6 million acres protected, $4.7 million raised Acres

SAVENATURE.ORG Ecosystem services and function Discovering Diversity High value conservation Challenged

SAVENATURE.ORG Meeting the Challenge

SAVENATURE.ORG Área de Conservación Guancaste: A Latin American & global model

SAVENATURE.ORG Área de Conservación Guancaste: A model for biodiversity conservation

1. Size- 1,260 km2 terrestrial, 430 km2 marine 2. Encompasses ecosystem diversity and ecological coherence: Marine island, coastal, freshwater, dry- forest, rainforest, cloud forest 3. Sea level to cloud forest elevation 4. Nuclei for peripheral expansion and restoration 5. Zoning for biodiversity conservation, and buffer zones 6. Research: discovering cryptic biodiversity through detailed molecular and inventory monitoring 7. Endowment fund for sustainability 8. Integration with the local community (training, employment, education, research)

SAVENATURE.ORG Área de Conservación Guancaste: A model for biodiversity conservation

Área de Conservación Guancaste

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Measuring Success

Be Long-term and Local

SAVENATURE.ORG Measuring Success Integrate local, regional, national and global society

SAVENATURE.ORG Measuring Success

Create bioliterate youth

SAVENATURE.ORG Measuring Success

Community stewardship benefits people, wildlife and alleviates poverty

SAVENATURE.ORG Measuring Success Develop Creative Financial Strategies

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Saving Nature is Habitat Forming

SAVENATURE.ORG Conservation Opportunity Insect Discovery Lab

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Building Community

SAVENATURE.ORG Challenge: Community engagement & participation

38,500 children reached with hands-on program/year, total = 508,780 children 1998-2016 SAVENATURE.ORG Collaborate!

“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” - African proverb

• 150 Conservation Partners • Reaching 90 million people In-Situ Conservation Partners

Adventure Aquarium Detroit Zoological Park Little Rock Zoo Albuquerque Biological Park Dickerson Park Zoo Los Angeles Zoo Aquarium of the Bay El Paso Zoo Louisville Zoological Garden Aquarium of the Pacific Erie Zoo Lowry Park Zoological Garden Assiniboine Park Zoo Florida Aquarium Maryland Coastal Bays Program Audubon Zoo Flying Monkey Beadworks Memphis Zoo Austin Zoo Folsom Children’s Zoo Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gdn. Baltimore Zoo Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Metro Toronto Zoo Beardsley Zoo Frank Buck Zoo Micke Grove Zoo Bergen County Zoo Fullerton Arboretum Mill Mountain Zoo Blank Park Zoo Glen Oak Zoo Miller Park Zoo Brevard Zoo Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Mus. Milwaukee County Zool. Gdn. Buffalo Zoological Gardens Happy Hollow Zoo Minnesota Zoological Garden The Butterfly Pavilion Hattiesburg Zoo Missouri Botanical Garden Cal State Univ., San Bernardino Henson Robinson Zoo Monterey Bay Aquarium Capron Park Zoo Honolulu Zoo Nashville Zoo Carnegie Mus. of Natural History Houston Zoological Gardens National Aquarium in Baltimore Catoctin Wildlife Zoo Indianapolis Zoo & Zoological Soc. National Zoo Central Florida Zoological Park Intl. Game & Fish Association Nature Discovery Center Chaffee Zoological Gardens Jackson Zoo Nauticus Maritime Center Charles Paddock Zoo Jacksonville Zoological Gardens North Carolina Zoological Park Chattanooga Zoo Jenkinson’s Aquarium Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo Cheyenne Mountain Zoo John Ball Zoological Garden Nye Beach Community Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square John G. Shedd Aquarium Oakland Zoo Cincinnati Zoo & Aquarium Kansas City Zoo Oklahoma City Zoological Park Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Knoxville Zoological Gardens Omniplex Science Museum Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Lake Placid School Oregon Zoo Como Zoo Lake Superior Zoological Gardens Philadelphia Zoo Cosley Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Phoenix Zoo Dallas World Aquarium Lion Country Safari, FL Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium Dallas Zoo Lee Richardson Zoo Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Denver Zoological Gardens Potter Park Zoo

SAVENATURE.ORG In-Situ Conservation Partners

Pueblo Zoo Sunset Zoological Park Reedy Creek Elem. School T&D’s Cats of the World Reid Park Zoo Tautphaus Park Zoo Reston Animal Park Temple Emanu-El Riverbanks Zoo & Garden The Nature Conservancy Riverside Zoo The Tracy Aviary Roger Williams Park Zoo Topeka Zoo Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Tulsa Zoo & Living Museum Rosamond Gifford Zoo Turtle Back Zoo Ross Park Zoo Utah’s Hogle Zoo Sacramento Zoo Utica Zoo Salisbury Zoological Park Valley Zoo San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium Vancouver Aquar. Marine Science Ctr. San Diego Wild Animal Park Virginia Zoological Park San Francisco Naturalist Soc. Walk in the Wild Zoo San Francisco Zoo Wildlife West Santa Ana Zoo Woodland Park Zoological Gardens Santa Barbara Zool. Gardens Woody Creek Tavern Savannah Wildlife Park Zoo Boise Scovill Zoo Zoo Cats Zoological Systems Seattle Aquarium Zoo New England Sedgwick County Zoo Seneca Park Zoo Sequoia Park Zoo South Carolina Aquarium Staten Island Zoo Sunset Zoological Park T&D’s Cats of the World Tautphaus Park Zoo Temple Beth David South Carolina Aquarium Staten Island Zoo

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“The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” - Natalie Angier

Thank you

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