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Stay updated on what IZE members in Europe are doing to promote conservation efforts in their areas. Learn about education programs, browse the list of IZE members and their regions, and find contact information for the Regional Representative.

What happened the last year in Europe regarding the zoo educators? Zoos in many different countries were busy with their conservation education work and attending many regional meetings! Here you will find a few updates on the EAZA-Level!

EZE (European Zoo Educators) Conference

From 9th till 12th March 2011, the EZE Conference will take place at the Oceanogràfic of Valencia, Spain. Directly afterwards, a EAZA Academy training seminar led by the EAZA Visitor Studies Working Group offers a short introduction to researching zoo visitors to pro-conservation outcomes and the visitor experience.

EAZA Conservation Education Strategy 2010-2012

The new Conservation Education Strategy was approved by the EAZA Council in September 2010. It can be downloaded by EAZA members from the Member Area. Any non-member of EAZA may request a copy by email: info@eaza.net.

http://www.eaza.net/activities/Pages/Education.aspx

EAZA Conservation Campaigns

In 2000 EAZA started with an important activity: organising annual conservation campaigns. These campaigns aim to increase the cooperation between EAZA and important conservation organizations, to raise awareness in the broad public and to raise money for conservation projects. Many European zoo educators worked hard - and still are - to organize these campaigns and reach many of their visitors with their programs and ideas.

In September 2010 EAZA started the Ape Campaign – the aim is to make a significant and lasting contribution to the continued survival of apes and their habitats. More information about the campaign 2010/2011 can be found here: http://www.apecampaign.org/

To mark ten years of EAZA Conservation Campaigns EAZA have created a series of fact sheets, one dedicated to each campaign. These provide a useful overview of the background, aims and achievements for each campaign as well as an overview of where the funds have been spent and what the current situation is. Downloads under:

http://www.eaza.net/campaigns/Pages/Introduction.aspx

EAZA Annual Conference

The annual Conference of EAZA took place in Verona, Italy. At the conference, the EAZA Council approved of the Education Strategy (as mentioned above), and there were also many talks. All the Proceedings (including 5 interesting ones dedicated to Education) can be found at the following link:

http://www.eaza.net/News/verona2010/Pages/Proceedings.aspx

EU Zoos and Science: Engaging the Public in Nature Conservation

EUZoos-XXI is a 3-year project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission with a partnership amongst 5 zoological facilities (4 European and 1 North-American) and an environmental consultancy company. This project aims to engage these facilities with local people to address ways of cooperatively enhancing conservation by European citizens. Learn more about the campaign by visiting their website: http://www.euzoos-xxi.org/index.php.

Europe Membership List

The IZE Membership List is updated quarterly. This list was last updated September 30, 2011.

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