EAZA eNews_February 2013 - European Association of Zoos and ...

Callitrichid Enrichment Publication
the tool and recommends EAZA members to use the form as
a tool for evaluating the impact of its institutional
conservation activities.
The Project Conservation Impact Summary Form can be
downloaded by clicking on Conservation Impact in
theConservation section of the WAZA website
In support of the EAZA Callitrichid TAG, Wormell et al. have
been actively researching the effect of enriching
environments for callitrichid species and published a paper
on “Enriched environments for callitrichids”.
In order to find out which foraging devices, shelters and
types of vegetation work best for enriching the lives of
marmosets and tamarins, please click here (you must be
logged in to the Member Area of the EAZA website in order
to view it).
April 2013: Join the Saola Awareness Month!
BEAR in Mind conference, May 2013
All zoos participating in the EAZA IUCN SSC Southeast Asia
Campaign are encouraged to host ‘Saola Awareness Month’
in April this year.
The aim of Saola Awareness Month is to focus attention on
the campaign with the support of campaign flagship species
such as the saola. Whilst the events will be promoted as part
of ‘Saola Awareness Month’ participants are encouraged to
select any species that helps to communicate the campaign
objectives in conjunction with the biodiversity crisis in
Southeast Asia as the focus of their activities.
For more information about this event and to download
special resources, visit the campaign website.