WAZA Annual Report 2011

Prague Conference Participants. © Tomáš Adamec

Annual Report

2011

Editorial The 2011 Annual Report of WAZA summarizes the most important facts such as the financial situation, the newly elected WAZA Council, changes in the composition of committees 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 66th Annual Conference took place in Prague, Czech Republic, 2–6 October 2011.

Gerald Dick, WAZA executive director

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WAZA Structure

WAZA Structure Scheme

WAZA Council

• President: Jörg Junhold | Zoo Leipzig (Germany • President-elect: Lee Ehmke | Minnesota Zoological Gardens (USA) • Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA) • Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada) • Kevin Bell | Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) • Lena Lindén | Nordens Ark (Sweden) • Oliver Pagan | Basel Zoo (Switzerland) • David Field | Zoological Society London (UK) • Chris West | Zoos South Australia (Australia) • Co-opted members: Kris Vehrs | AZA Lesley Dickie | EAZA Sally Walker | SAZARC Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

WAZA Standing Committees Membership Committee • Chair: Lee Ehmke | Minnesota Zoological gardens (USA) • Kevin Bell | Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) • Suzanne Gendron | Ocean Park (Hong Kong) • Cesare Avesani | Parco Natura Viva (Italy) • Kazutoshi Arai | JAZA (Japan) • Stephen van der Spuy | Johannesburg Zoo (South Africa) • Thomas Kauffels | Opelzoo (Germany) Nominating Committee • Chair: Mark Penning | uShaka Seaworld (South Africa) • Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA) • Sally Walker | SAZARC (India) • Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo (Germany) • Bob Cook | WCS, Bronx Zoo (USA) Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee • Chair: Chris West | Zoos South Australia (Australia) • David Jones | North Carolina Zoo (USA) • Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo, Cologne (Germany)

• Jenny Gray | Melbourne Zoo (Australia) • Clifford Nxomani | National Zoo, Pretoria (South Africa) • Hideyuki Takahashi | Ueno Zoo (Japan) • David Field | Zoological Society London (UK) Finance Committee • Chair: Lena Lindén | NordensArk (Sweden) • Olivier Pagan | Zoo Basel (Switzerland) • Susan Hunt | Perth Zoo (Australia) • Jim Fleshman | Cameron Park Zoo (USA) Chairs of other committees • Marketing: Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada) • Conservation and Sustainability: Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA) • Population Management (CPM): Dave Morgan | PAAZAB • Aquarium: Heather Koldewey | ZSL (UK) • Science and Veterinary: Heribert Hofer | IZW (Germany) • Associations: Sally Walker | SAZARC • Conference programme: Jenny Grey | Melbourne Zoo (Australia) • Education (WAZA/IZE): Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada)

Executive Office Staff • Executive director: Gerald Dick • Office management & accounting: Monica Gamp • Marketing and communication: Carole Lecointre • Conservation and international studbooks: Markus Gusset As of October 2011 the executive office staff consists of 3.8 full time working equivalents. Since May 2011, the office is also supported by Gabriela Allen on an hourly basis.

Marketing Conference 2011 Totem.

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WAZA in 2011 WAZA Membership • Associations................................24 • Institutions...............................258 • Affiliates......................................16 • Corporates..................................15 • Life & Honorary........................ 101 In 2011 WAZA membership grew by 3,0% compared to 2010, thus leading to a total number of members of 313 (excluding life and honorary members).

Emergency Relief Support for Japan and Thailand In March 2011, following the tsunami disaster in Japan, WAZA has created a new webpage to collect money for the affected institutions. The public could get the latest information from JAZA, have access to JAZA Facebook page and also donate online. The operation “Donate for Japan” lead to a financial support, generated from WAZA members as well as other supporters, in the magnitude of 68,368.33 CHF (83,550.00 $ as of 31 August 2011). Since November 2011 nearly the whole of Thailand was affected by huge flooding, having a great impact on wildlife. WAZA assisted to coordinate drugs and equipment to be sent to Thailand from Japan, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Thanks go to all supporters within the global WAZA network!

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

www.waza.org Statistics year

visitors

visits

pages

hits

bandwidth

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

114.484 291.762 345.115 358.043 428.736 487.104

154.328 384.969 506.758 519.522 546.965 651.364

651.678 1.343.013 1.732.967 1.740.556 1.969.816 2.201.591

5.933.091 12.772.234 14.659.627 14.755.427 14.084.040 16.262.559

46.94 GB 161.04 GB 252.79 GB 397.95 GB 413.75 GB 510.65 GB

Education, Best Practices-Turn Bad News into Good News. At the end of the conference the summarising recommendation concerning the UN Decade on biodiversity for the 66th WAZA Annual Conference in Prague was presented and adopted.

International Cooperation

• On 20 September Dr. Gerald Dick, WAZA Executive Director, took part in a signing ceremony in New York in support of the UN Decade on Biodiversity. Together with 25 other global organisations, such as FAO, WTO, CITES, IUCN and WWF WAZA is in support of biodiversity conservation globally and will take part in the work of a newly established task force under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

7th International Zoo • WAZA supported the activities & Aquarium Marketing for bat conservation of the UNEP Conference, Granby, Canada Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals The Marketing conference was held during the Year of the Bat. Numerfrom June 13th to 16th 2011 and hosted ous activities in support of educaby the Zoo de Granby in Quebec, tion and conservation were carried Canada. The event welcomed more out in all continents. than 70 participants from 22 different • WAZA entered a Memorandum countries. They were able to attend of Understanding with AMMPA a variety of presentations, panel (Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks discussions and a workshop under and Aquariums) and CITES (Conthe theme of “Strategic Marketing in vention on International Trade in Action”. The conference was divided Endangered Species of Wild Fauna in 6 different sessions: Strategic and Flora) in order to strengthen Marketing, Marketing Conservation, the relationship with organisations Social Marketing, Marketing the Zoo in the field of marine mammals and and Aquarium Community, Marketing international exchange of animals.

Communication • WAZA established the Conservation and Sustainability Resource Centre www.unitedforconservation.org offers a unique collection of weblinks, initially about 600. The information is freely available for everybody and is a great resource in the growing and often unclear filed of conservation organisations and activities.

• WAZA website has been updated regularly, the WAZA membership directory now contains all available and updated information in real time and events and monthly press releases are accessible on the web.

Corporate members are introduced in a special section and advertisements were generated for some publications.

• Membership Brochure published In order to assist the acquisition of new members and to better explain the benefits of being a WAZA member, the brochure Voice of the Global Zoo and Aquarium Community was published (printed and as download on www.waza.org).

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WAZA Annual Report 2011

WAZA 2011 Financial Report Auditor’s report is subject to approval by 67th Annual Conference (Administrative Session), October 2012. All in Swiss Francs (CHF) | 1 CHF = 0.821 € = 1.064 $ US as of 31 December 2011 Balance

© Michael Leibritz Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata).

WAZA Training Grant 2011 WAZA Council decided to grant the 2011 WAZA training grant to Amphibian Ark for the project “Training for sustainability of amphibian rescue programs in Ecuador” with financial support of € 8,704. Additionally CBSG Europe, based at Copenhagen Zoo is granted € 8,296 for the project “Expanding ex situ population management capacity in Asia: Building upon past training activities in Indonesia, China and Japan”.

Heini Hediger Award 2011 In acknowledgement of Gordon’s extraordinary vision and support of the whole international zoo and aquarium community, at the 66th Annual Conference in Prague, 6th October 2011, Prof Gordon McGregor Reid received WAZA highest honour. He is highly respected both as a zoo professional and an academic by his colleagues and peers around the world, and has been honoured appropriately by having two newly discovered species of fish bear his name. He is the author of more than 200 published works including books, peer-reviewed scientific papers, and popular articles.

He continues to be active in the IUCN as a member of several specialist groups, and he is the Global Chair of the IUCN SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group. He served as Global Chair of the Amphibian Ark Project, and was elected by his peers to serve as President of WAZA.

Assets UBS Account Post Account Securities/Time Deposit Investment (Bonds) Rental Surety Savings Withholding Tax (35%) Transitory Activa Liabilities Deferred Income Capital Resources: Balance 01.01.2011 Profit 2011 Balance Value

767 709,49 46 500,94

Profit & Loss Account Receipts Membership Fees Sponsoring Pledges WAZA Grant Sales & Services Extraordinary Proceeds Credit Interest Total Receipts Expenses Salaries & Benefits Meetings Office Move Bern-Gland Travel Projects & Grants Extraordinary Expenses Expendable Goods & Maintenance, Sundry Equipment & Premises Marketing Bank Charges, Taxes Total Expenses Total Receipts Total Expenses Profit

as per December 31, 2011

as per December 31, 2010

489 481,42 15 083,11 544 121,00 10 730,45 639,23 4 973,69 1 065 028,90

376 941,56 15 684,01 539 855,00 10 694,80 619,98 0,00 943 795,35

250 818,47

176 085,86

814 210,43 1 065 028,90

767 709,49 943 795,35

2011 773 664,93 44 786,49 0,00 6 040,99 70 183,30 5 260,20 899 935,91 2011 573 587,53 3 995,31 0,00 27 160,90 74 529,90 68 368,33 24 141,72 31 423,20 46 386,49 3 841,59 853 434,97 899 935,91 853 434,97 46 500,94

2010 731 599,65 50 000,00 2 147,65 65 540,36 13 767,14 9 230,20 872 285,00 2010 597 031,33 5 331,88 5 454,05 31 321,13 60 573,53 0,00 36 086,25 42 541,20 35 202,52 2 104,13 815 646,02 872 285,00 815 646,02 56 638,98

WAZA Branded Conservation Projects Statistics Development of the number of WAZA branded conservation projects, carried out by WAZA members and partners, end of 2011: 211 projects.

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