Annual Report 2010

Group photo of participants at WAZA conference in Cologne, in front of the famous Cologne cathedral. © Kölner Zoo

Annual Report

2010

Editorial The 2010 Annual Report of WAZA summarises the most important facts such as the financial situation, changes in the composition of committees and WAZA Council as well as other important activities of the association. A comprehensive report is published annually as the proceedings of the Annual Conference, accessible for all members on the WAZA website. The 65th Annual Conference took place in Cologne (Köln), Germany, 17–21 October 2010. Gerald Dick, WAZA executive director

WAZA Annual Report 2010

WAZA Structure

WAZA Structure Scheme

WAZA Council

WAZA Standing Committees Membership Committee • Chair: Lee Ehmke | Minnesota Zoological gardens (USA) • Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA) • Fanny Lai | Singapore Zoological Gardens (Singapore) • Cesare Avesani | Parco Natura Viva (Italy) • Kenichi Kitamura | JAZA (Japan) • Wolfgang Gettmann | Aquazoo Düsseldorf (Germany) till October 2010 • Andrew Seguya | UWEC (Uganda) since October 2010 • Thomas Kauffels | Opelzoo (Germany) since October 2010 Nominating Committee • Chair: Gordon McGregor Reid | Chester Zoo (UK) • Chris West | Adelaide Zoo (Australia) • Alex Rübel | Zoo Zürich (Switzerland) till October 2010 • Sally Walker | SAZARC (India) till October 2010 • Mark Reed | Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) till October 2010 • Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo (Germany) since October 2010

• Fanny Lai | Wildlife Reserves (Singapore) since October 2010 • Bob Cook | WCS, Bronx Zoo (USA) since October 2010 Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee • Chair: Chris West | Zoos South Australia (AUS) • David Jones | North Carolina Zoo (USA) • Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo, Cologne (Germany) • Amy Camacho | Africam Safari, Puebla (Mexico) • Clifford Nxomani | National Zoo, Pretoria (South Africa) • Hideyuki Takahashi | Ueno Zoo (Japan) • Fanny Lai | Wildlife Reserves (Singapore) Finance Committee • Chair: Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig (Germany) • Olivier Pagan | Zoo Basel (Switzerland) • Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada) • David Field | ZSL (UK) Chairs of other committees • Marketing Jörg Junhold | Leipzig Zoo (Germany) • Conservation and Sustainability Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA)

Executive Office Staff

• Executive director: Gerald Dick • Office management: Monica Gamp • Marketing and communication: Ulrike Fox • Conservation and international studbooks: Markus Gusset As of October 2010 the executive office staff consists of 3.6 full time working equivalents.

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III WAZA Membership Statistics

WAZA in 2010 Executive Office

Since April 2010 the executive office is located in the IUCN conservation centre, Gland Switzerland.

www.waza.org Statistics year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

visitors 61.495 114.484 291.762 345.115 358.043 428.736

visits 84.119 154.328 384.969 506.758 519.522 546.965

pages 333.374 651.678 1.343.013 1.732.967 1.740.556 1.969.816

hits 3.072.273 5.933.091 12.772.234 14.659.627 14.755.427 14.084.040

bandwidth 20.47 GB 46.94 GB 161.04 GB 252.79 GB 397.95 GB 413.75 GB

WAZA Membership

Communication

• Associations................................25 • Institutions............................... 253 • Affiliates......................................14 • Corporates.................................. 11 • Life & Honorary......................... 99 WAZA membership grew by 4.5% in 2010, with a focus on new cor‑ porate members, see membership graph (excluding life and honorary members).

Bylaws Change At the 65th Annual Conference in Co‑ logne a more consistent and cleaned version of the bylaws was adopted. Major changes being the new domi‑ cile of WAZA at the IUCN Conserva‑ tion Centre in Gland, Switzerland, a consistent language throughout the document (eg. WAZA Annual conference, WAZA Executive office, corporate members), clarification that voting members are the ones who have settled their yearly dues, signing of the WAZA Code of Ethics and Animal Welfare by all members, ratification of all standing commit‑ tee members by membership at the administrative session, clarification of Council elections: President and www.w .org President‑elect serve as officersazaat Council and are ratified and the other Council members are elected by the membership.

• WAZA supported the International • WAZA branded projects survey: Year of Biodiversity as official 113 projects were analysed and partner of CBD (Convention on the overall impact scores were Biological Diversity) with numerous of a magnitude suggestive of an events and activities in members’ appreciable contribution to global institutions. Communication mate‑ biodiversity conservation, rial, such as a poster, a postcard, an published in International Zoo educational resource manual (devel‑ Yearbook 2010: 183–191. oped together with IZE), the WAZA • Zoo and Aquarium outreach: biodiversity book and media stories Survey was carried out in order as well as web‑based material were to get a current figure for visitor made available. numbers and conservation ex‑ • Biodiversity Book: In the first pub‑ penditure: institutions receive more lication of its kind the role of zoos than 700 million visitors annually and aquariums in wildlife conserva‑ and spend about US$ 350 million tion is documented, additionally on wildlife conservation each year, partner organisations presented published in Zoobiology 2011: their views and perception of zoos in press. and aquariums.

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WAZA Annual Report 2010

WAZA 2010 Financial Report Auditor’s report is subject to approval by 66th Annual Conference (Administrative Session), October 2011. All in Swiss Francs (CHF) | 1 CHF = 0.80205 € = 1.06288 $ US as of 31 December 2010 Balance

WAZA and CoP 10 of the Convention on Biological Diversity At the conference of the parties WAZA and JAZA presented the Japanese ver‑ sion of the Aquarium strategy for con‑ servation and sustainability, Turning the Tide. Additionally a fair, side event and press conference were organised.

WAZA Training Grant 2010 WAZA Council decided to grant the 2010 WAZA training grant to Wildlife Reserves Singapore for conducting a workshop on primate behavioural monitoring to enhance the capacity of Asian zoo professionals and to Vienna Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn) for train‑ ing on zoological collection planning and zoo management in Sri Lanka. A total of 17.368 € were granted.

Heini Hediger Award 2010 Bert de Boer was granted WAZA’s highest honour, he probably made his greatest contribution to the zoo and aquarium world when he single‑handedly wrote the first draft of the World Zoo Conservation Strategy (IUDZG‑WZO/IUCN‑CBSG, 1993). This was the first time that the global vision and mission of zoos and aquari‑ ums had been set out clearly and strategically, including a potential di‑ rect conservation role in wild habitats (in situ) at home and abroad. Editor:

Gerald Dick, WAZA Executive Office, IUCN Conservation Centre, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland Layout & typesetting: michal@sky.cz | Print: Agentura NP, Staré Město, Czech Republic Printed on FSC paper | © WAZA 2011

ISSN: 1662-7733

Assets UBS Account Post Account Securities/Time Deposit Investment (Bonds) Rental Surety Savings Withholding Tax (35%) Prepaid Expenses Liabilities Deferred Income Capital Resources: Balance 01.01.2010 Profit 2010 Balance Value Profit and Loss Account Receipts Membership Fees Membership 2008 Sponsoring Pledges WAZA Grant Sales and Services Extraordinary Proceeds Zoo Schweiz Credit Interest Total Receipts Expenses Salaries and Benefits Meetings Office Move Bern – Gland Travel Projects and Grants Expendable Goods & Maintenance Equipment and Premises Marketing Bank Charges, Taxes Total Expenses Recruitment Contigency for Council Sub Total Total Expenses Total Receipts Total Expenses Profit/Deficit

711’070.51 56’638.98

as per December 31, 2010

as per December 31, 2009

376’941.56 15’684.01 539’855.00 10’694.80 619.98 0.00 943’795.35

420’272.48 18’090.88 531’569.00 0.00 839.45 8’438.25 979’210.06

176’085.86

268’139.55

767’709.49 943’795.35

711’070.51 979’210.06

2010

2009

731’599.65 0.00 50’000.00 2’147.65 65’540.36 13’767.14 00.00 9’230.20 872’285.00

686’884.79 13’953.88 0.00 0.00 19’283.40 0.00 120.08 26’434.88 746’677.03

597’031.33 5’331.88 5’454.05 31’321.13 60’573.53 36’086.25 42’541.20 35’202.52 2’104.13 815’646.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 872’285.00 815’646.02 56’638.98

439’479.28 6’749.13 0.00 33’422.32 70’346.16 74’648.40 43’712.85 13’280.29 6’863.04 688’501.47 15’127.76 157’833.27 172’961.03 861’462.50 746’677.03 861’462.50 -114’785.47

WAZA Branded Conservation Projects Statistics Development of the number of WAZA branded conservation projects, carried out by WAZA members and partners, since incep‑ tion of the scheme in 2003 (end 2010: 194 projects)