THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIA
THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONOF ZOOS AND AQUARIAAnnual Report 2019
Annual Report 2019CONTENTSGLOSSARY1Vision and Mission2Report from the EAZA ChairBIAZA the British and Irish Association of Zoosand Aquariums3Report from the EAZA Executive DirectorBPG8Communications Committee9Conservation Committee14Education CommitteeCITES Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna andFlora16EEP CommitteeEEOEAZA Executive Office20Membership and Ethics Committee22National Associations CommitteeEEPEAZA Ex situ Programme24Research CommitteeESBEuropean Studbook26Technical Assistance CommitteeIUCN27Veterinary CommitteeInternational Union for Conservation ofNature29EAZA AcademyLTMP Long-Term Management Plan31Treasurer’s ReportRCPRegional Collection Plan32Financial Report34Partnerships and FundingSSCSpecies Survival Commission35Governance and Organisational StructureTAGTaxon Advisory Group36EAZA CouncilZIMS37EAZA Executive Office 2019Zoological Information ManagementSystem39Conservation Projects61EAZA Members69Corporate MembersBest Practice GuidelinesCover image: Thanks to collaborative work between the Black rhinoceros EAZA Ex situProgramme, African Parks Board, Rwanda Development Board, Akagera Management Companyand the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) African Rhino Specialist Group, zoo-born blackrhinoceroses were released in Akagera National Park Rwanda Stuart SlabbertThe paper used for printing is FSC quality (sustainable). Organic inks are used. Plates for printingare free of chemicals. All waste is disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. Printed byGrafisch Perfect.2
Annual Report 2019VISION AND MISSIONOur Vision“To be the most dynamic, innovative and effective zoo andaquarium Membership organisation in Europe and the MiddleEast.”Our Mission“EAZA’s mission is to facilitate co-operation within the Europeanzoo and aquarium community with the aim of furthering itsprofessional quality in keeping animals and presenting themfor the education of the public, and of contributing to scientificresearch and to the conservation of global biodiversity. Itwill achieve these aims through stimulation, facilitationand co-ordination of the community’s efforts in education,conservation and scientific research, through the enhancementof co-operation with all relevant organisations and throughinfluencing relevant legislation within the European Union.”1
Annual Report 2019REPORT FROM THE EAZA CHAIRTHOMAS KAUFFELS, OPEL ZOO, KRONBERG, GERMANYTHE VALUE OF EAZAWith 400 Members from 48 nationsconstituting EAZA, we continue to bethe biggest regional zoo and aquariumassociation in the world. The high numberof our Members and the high level ofour outputs would seem to indicate thatmany see value in being part of EAZA, butit is important to ask whether this value isreally felt by all our Members. It is humannature to take things for granted after awhile, and we don’t always acknowledgehow they were developed or the workthat was needed to put them in place.Indeed, EAZA has been in place for over30 years and many of our up-and-comingleaders and newer Members were notpart of these historic developments.Some might ask: “What is the return oninvestment for us in paying the EAZAmembership fee?”This year there has been a vast amountof work across all areas of the EAZAStrategy 2017-2020. The expansion ofthe EAZA Executive Office (EEO) seen in2018 has been successfully completedand staff are in place to support our everexpanding activities. Details about ourachievements are given by the ExecutiveDirector and Committee Chairs in theirreports and provide ample evidence ofthe value EAZA provides. I would also liketo take this opportunity to share my ownthoughts on the value being a Member ofEAZA brings to the individual Member.While the EU Zoos Directive is thelegal framework by which most of us arebound, there is something that is moreimportant than compliance with the law:the voluntary decision we have all madeto join EAZA and work together for acommon goal. In making this decision,Members commit to collaborating onfulfilling our unique potential for savingspecies from extinction through thedevelopment of our Standards andStrategies and their implementationwhatever the local frameworks andconditions. Our expertise allows us tocare for animals both individually and aspopulations so that they can contributeto the One Plan Approach, conservation,public education, zoological research andmuch more. We cannot achieve thesegoals individually, however effective weare; it is only when we work together asa strong community that success andprogress are possible.I trust that each of us shares acommitment to the success of our zoosand aquariums, the well-being of ouranimals and the long-term persistenceof our common vision and ideals. Thiscommitment is strengthened by ongoingcontact, respectful discussion and theexchange of new ideas. The best forumsfor these are our Working Groups,our Committees and our conferences.In 2019 we met in Jersey (UK) for theEAZA Directors’ Days and AnnualGeneral Meeting, in Marwell (UK) for theEuropean Zoo Nutrition Conference,in Stockholm (Sweden) for the EAZAEducation Conference and in Valencia(Spain) for the EAZA Annual Conference;four very successful conferences inbeautiful locations and on behalf of all ourMembers it is a pleasure for me to thankthe hosts for taking on the workloadcreated by such huge events, which enrichour professional life and ensure thecontinued cohesion of our community.Another important event for EAZAoccurred due to connections betweenItalian Members, the Italian ZooAssociation, and the Pontifical Academyof Sciences. This resulted in Members ofEAZA and the wider zoo and aquariumcommunity speaking at an importantPontifical Academy of Sciences meetingtitled “Science and actions for speciesprotection: Noah’s Arks for the 21stCentury”. The concluding statementprovides powerful support for theimportance of zoos and aquariums,stating “The worldwide communities ofnatural history museums, zoological,and botanic gardens are catalytic andsignificant allies in the global drivetoward species protection and naturepreservation.” This is just one additionalexample of the added value EAZAbrings which would not have beenpossible through the action of individualinstitutions.There is a phrase in German thattranslates to ‘friendship ends wheremoney is involved’. If we are to achievethe aims we agree together as EAZA,we evidently need membership fees.Money is often a sensitive topic, and thatis normal; we all need to report to ourBoards and donors as to the value wegain from the money we spend. It is mywish that you read, and share, this AnnualReport to realise, as I do, the huge valuethat being a Member of EAZA brings tous all.I look forward to seeing and workingwith you all in 2020 to fulfil our goals andprovide the strongest possible return onyour investment as EAZA Members. 2020is already being called “the super yearfor nature” – let’s show the world how wecan work together to make a strong andvisible contribution to the future of animalspecies worldwide.REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAZA COMMUNITY ATTENDED THE SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PARCO NATURA VIVA2
Annual Report 2019REPORT FROM THE EAZA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMYFANWY GRIFFITH, EAZA EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDSAfter 2018’s big expansion in ouractivities and staffing one might havethought that 2019 would have been aperiod of quieter consolidation, however,this was not the case. Our ambitiousMember-led Strategy continued to keepEAZA at the forefront of progressive zooand aquarium activities and I remainimmensely proud of all the great workcarried out by everyone involved in EAZA.From our conservation activities to ourextensive engagement with EU andglobal processes, our work continues tobe as diverse as our Membership. 2019has definitely provided ample evidenceto support the old saying ‘success breedssuccess’, and I am delighted to be ableto share some highlights with you in thisreport.MAXIMISING CONSERVATION IMPACTOur hugely successful ‘Silent Forest:Asian Songbird Crisis’ ConservationCampaign came to an end in 2019.This joint campaign with the IUCNSpecies Survival Commission AsianSongbird Trade Specialist Group, BirdlifeInternational, and TRAFFIC exceededtargets in both participants involvedand donations raised. We were alsoable to use the Position Statementdeveloped as part of the Campaign asthe basis for submission of a Motionto the IUCN World ConservationCongress. Specific additional detail aboutCampaign outcomes is given in the EAZAConservation Committee report, andI am convinced that they will improvethe situation of Asian songbirds in theirnatural habitat. Further work on theAsian songbird crisis will continue afterthe official end of the Campaign. I wouldlike to take this opportunity to praise theCampaign team, led by Tomáš Ouhel ofLiberec Zoo (Czech Republic) and SimonBruslund of Marlow Bird Park (Germany),for their energy and commitment whichled to such a successful Campaign.For our Campaign 2020-2021 we movefrom birds to fish. 76% of the world’sfisheries are fully exploited or overfished,nine billion kilos of unwanted bycatchare thrown out yearly. If overfishingcontinues, food fisheries may collapseentirely by 2050. Consequently, it’stime to start asking Which Fish? ThisCampaign about sustainable use ofaquatic resources will run in partnershipwith the European Association forAquatic Mammals (EAAM) and theEuropean Union of Aquarium Curators(EUAC). You can find out more and signup at www.whichfish.eu.One of the key tools in helping usmeasure our conservation goals is theEAZA Conservation Database (www.eazaconservation.org). EAZA Memberscontinue to add their projects to helpcreate an overview of all our Members’THE SILENT FOREST CAMPAIGN TEAM LEADERS THANKED THE BIGGEST SUPPORTERS OF THE CAMPAIGN AT THE EAZA ANNUAL CONFERENCE EAZA3
Annual Report 2019SOME OF THE CRUCIAL POPULATION MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN 2019 EAZAconservation activities. This enablesEAZA to give a more complete picture ofthe extensive scope of the conservationwork our Members are involved in. Aninfographic of 2019 contributions is givenon page 38 and it is good to see thatEAZA Members continue to carry outconservation activities in all regions of theworld and across a vast range of species.Compared to 2018, EAZA Membersrecorded 74 % more staff hours towardsconservation. The information in thedatabase aids many decisions and isinvaluable in our communication effortsto raise the profile of EAZA and the workof our Members. I encourage everyMember to contribute their data as partof their annual activities so that we canshare the true representation of all thegreat conservation work carried out byEAZA Members.Having learnt from the popularity ofour 2018 EAZA Conservation Forum inTallinn Zoo (Estonia), we started planningearly for the next edition due 19-23 May2020 in Zagreb (Croatia). This conferencecontinues to grow in popularity, and wewant to make sure there is space thistime for everyone who wants to attend.The activities of the EAZA EducationCommittee also fall under this strategicfocal area. The renamed EAZA EducationConference took place in Stockholm(Sweden) in March 2019 and attractednearly 200 participants. The diverseprogramme reflected the name changeand attracted not just educators, butalso a wide range of other peopleinvolved in all aspects of education. EAZAconferences provide an important wayto not only highlight our work but also toshare best practices and understand thechallenges and solutions to our commonwork. With the number of participantsand range of institutions and countriesgrowing at every event the benefit ofthese meetings to aid these exchangesof information cannot be overstated. In2019 we said a heartfelt thanks and a sadgoodbye to the Education CommitteeChair, Sarah Thomas (supported byNordens Ark, Sweden). Sarah has ledthe Committee with expertise and highlevels of involvement since 2012. She wasreplaced by Arlete Sogorb from LisbonZoo (Portugal).LEADING IN ZOO AND AQUARIUMANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND CAREAs ever, the EAZA Ex situ Programme(EEP) Committee has been very active.2019 saw the continued successful rollout of our ‘new style’ Regional CollectionPlan (RCP) meetings and EEPs with clearlydefined roles and goals. We have nowcarried out RCPs for a wide range oftaxa including Terrestrial Invertebrates,Freshwater Teleosts, Chelonians,Hornbills and Deer. The CallitrichidRCP was linked to a Global IntegratedCollection Assessment and Planningworkshop, and I cannot emphasiseenough how pleasing it is to see theseprocesses not only be embraced by theEAZA community but also integratedeffectively with Global ones as well. Iwould like to thank everyone involved fortheir contributions and commitment tomaking sure the programmes we chooseto manage are based on scientific,collaborative decision-making towardspositive ex situ and in situ impacts.One such example of our ex situ/in situworking was the implantation of ourMemorandum of Understanding withthe Rwanda Development Board and the4Akagera Management Company whichsaw five Eastern black rhinocerosesfrom the EEP move to Akagera NationalPark (Rwanda). This was the largest evertranslocation of rhinos from Europeto Africa and I extend my thanks andcongratulations to all involved.Leading in animal management andcare also involves sharing our knowledge,and EAZA continues to openly publishBest Practice Guidelines (BPG) on a rangeof species. With so many species in ourcare it will take us a while to cover all ofthem and I am pleased to see a yearon-year increase in the number of BPGpublished. 2019 also saw the publicationof our Marine Mammal Demonstrationand Public Interaction Guidelines.I cannot go much further in this sectionwithout making mention of the Chairof our EEP Committee, Bengt Holst(Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark), steppingdown this year. Bengt was among agroup of curators and biologists thatcontributed to the initiation of the EEPsin the 1980s and the Taxon AdvisoryGroups (TAGs) and European Studbooks(ESBs) in the 1990s. He is no strangerto the programme work of EAZA, havingbeen a coordinator for Musk ox andchairing the Tapir and Suiform TAG.He was also a long-time member ofthe EEP Committee before becomingits Chair in 2003. There is no doubtthat the expertise, commitment and
Annual Report 2019THE EAZA BIOBANK COORDINATOR MET THE REST OF THE BIOBANK WORKING GROUP IN MARCH IN BEAUVALZOO, FRANCE EAZA‘EAZA spirit’ shown by Bengt have beenhugely important in the development ofour Association. We were delighted toacknowledge this by presenting Bengtwith an EAZA Lifetime AchievementAward during our Annual Conferencein Valencia (Spain). This year we alsopresented Lifetime Achievement Awardsto two other key personalities in thefield of population management: LaurieBingaman Lackey (advisor for EAZAand World Association of Zoos andAquariums, Spain) for her enormous andlong-term support to EAZA Studbookkeepers, including studbook recordkeeping and using SPARKS, and RobertLacy (Chicago Zoological Society, USA)for his many contributions to developingand progressing small populationmanagement science and tools (e.g.PMx).Part of this strategic focal area alsorelates to expanding animal welfareknowledge and activities. To this extentthere have been several successfulanimal welfare training courses delivered– see more in the specific EAZA Academysection of this Annual Report. The AnimalWelfare Working Group was also active incollating and creating an Animal WelfareAssessments Library to help support thisaspect of our work.In 2019 we appointed our first everBiobank Coordinator. Their role is towork with Members to establish andgrow our dedicated biobanking facilitiesso that the EAZA Biobank becomesa primary resource for geneticallysupporting population managementand conservation research. Memorandaof Understanding were signed with ourBiobank hubs located at Antwerp Zoo(Belgium), the Royal Zoological Society ofScotland (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo (UK), theInstitute for Zoo and Wildlife Research(IZW, Germany) and Copenhagen Zoo.We also agreed our interconnected workwith the UK-based consortium CryoArks.A variety of other documents such asStandard Operating Procedures andMaterial Transfer Agreement forms werealso developed. Discussions started withSpecies360 to develop a ZIMS (ZoologicalInformation Management System)Biobanking module, which leads nicely tothe next paragraph.Of course, good programmemanagement also requires good datacollection and record keeping. EAZAholds a seat on the Species360 Boardof Trustees and has also been providinginput into various Species360 ZIMSproducts; from veterinary input into ZIMSfor Medical to the substantial task of5developing and transitioning studbooksinto ZIMS for Studbooks. Over 300studbooks based in the EAZA regionwere migrated to ZIMS for Studbooks in2019; this is no small achievement and Iapplaud all involved.Another important way we leadin zoo and aquarium managementand care is through our extensiveStandards, Guidelines, and accreditationprocedures. Since the introduction ofthe EAZA Accreditation Programme(EAP) for existing Members in 2011,many Members have been keen to putthemselves forward to be screened andthe schedule is progressing according toplan. We also continue to attract a goodnumber of new Members each year,and 2019 saw us total 422 Membersin 48 countries. I would like to take thisopportunity to thank all the institutionsthat allowed us access and to thescreeners who generously provided theirtime and expertise.ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EUROPEANUNION WITH APPROPRIATESTAKEHOLDERS TO INFLUENCE POLICYAND GOOD PRACTICEOur EU Policy team continued tosuccessfully coordinate our engagementwith the EU, working closely with manyof our Committees, TAGs, and individualMembers to provide specialist input. Itis becoming more and more apparentthat we require a diverse range ofMembers to be involved in this work ifwe are to be effective in making policymakers aware of our needs and activities.Consequently, we continued effortsto build capacity amongst individualMembers, including the annual StudyVisit to Brussels (Belgium). In 2019, 19people from eight different countriestook part and visited the EuropeanCommission, European Parliament anddifferent permanent representations todiscuss the various processes that affectzoos and aquariums.Results from the EU Zoos Directiveevaluation were released and
Annual Report 2019indicated that whilst this importantpiece of legislation was still fit forpurpose, there was scope to improveimplementation. EAZA joined aconsortium that was successful in beingawarded an EU tender in this area. Itwill involve stakeholder workshops,training for Member State licensingauthorities and development of peerto-peer mechanisms. In preparation,the EEO and the EAZA NationalAssociations Committee jointly definedEAZA’s priorities for improving theimplementation of the EU Zoos Directiveby Member States.The ongoing work relating to theInvasive Alien Species Regulationcontinues and we would like to thankTAGs who have provided their feedbackto the risk assessments for speciesproposed for listing. The sciencebased input from the Monotremeand Marsupial TAG contributed to thedecision of the EU not to list the commonbrush-tail possum. The EAZA VeterinaryCommittee continues to input into workon the newly adopted Animal Health Law(2016/429) by making sure that this Lawis founded on good veterinary practicefor wild animals held in human care andthat EAZA’s conservation and PopulationManagement Programmes can operatesuccessfully.EAZA Members, TAGs, and the NationalAssociations Committee worked withthe EEO staff to provide input to PublicConsultations on subjects such asdisease surveillance and eradication,customs checks, and entry of animalsinto the EU. Preparations for andcommunications about the impacts ofBrexit occurr
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