Spring 2010 - European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

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THE PERFECT ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL VISITOR EXPERIENCE Major interactive Exhibitions of very high quality are now available for rent (min. 3 months) or sale on very attractive conditions from 2010 till 2012. These comprehensive Exhibitions are developed in cooperation with leading scientists internationally and have successfully attracted millions of visitors in Zoos, Aquariums and Museums around the world including Cologne Zoo, Schönbrunner Tiergarten, National Aquarium in Plymouth and many other Zoos and Aquariums. Missing Links Alive - Exhibition The captivating story of human evolution told by a team of leading Anthropology scientists, including the Leakey Family. The exhibition brings our ancestors to life in a series of advanced dioramas depicting the full story of human evolution told as we know it today. Bats Masters of the Night - Exhibition This very interactive and impressive exhibition is made up of lifelike yet theatrical settings, with special effects, caves, interactive stations and a schematic rain forest, an animated bat scene and a science curator’s office telling the story of the Bat. World of Whales - Exhibition Includes life-sized moving robots including dolphins and the famous killer whale. Bats Bats Bats World of Whales World of Whales Missing links alive Missing links alive Missing links alive Missing links alive Missing links alive For more inFormation on these special oFFers contact UEG at adm@ueg.dk or phone: +457023555 in order to receive a complete set of materials in printed or electronic format.
LISA HOFFNER Contents 20 4 Director’s welcome 5 Announcements 8 Births and hatchings 11 Interview Simon Tonge 12 Campaigns Carnivore 21st C Tiger Shellshock 16 Endangered species Oryx Leopards Tamarins Asian mammals 24 Publications 25 Aquariums 26 International Year of Biodiversity 2010 28 Opinion Marc Damen 30 Horticulture Zooquaria Editorial board: Executive Director Lesley Dickie (lesley.dickie@eaza.net) Managing Editor Malcolm Tait (malcolm.tait@eaza.net) Editorial Staff Danny de Man, Eoghan O’Sullivan (eoghan.osullivan@eaza.net) Designer Lou Millward Zooquaria is the quarterly magazine of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). Zooquaria Welome to the International Year of Biodiversity (see page 26). To launch the year, here is the campaign narrative in full. YOu ArE BIODIvErSITY. Most of the oxygen you breathe comes from plankton in the oceans of the world and lush forests around the globe. The fruit and vegetables you eat were likely pollinated by bees, and the water you drink is part of a huge global cycle involving you, clouds, rainfall, glaciers, rivers and oceans. Your diet depends almost entirely on the plants and animals around us, from the grasses that give us rice and wheat, to the fish and meat from both wild and farmed landscapes. Your body contains up to 100 trillion cells and is connected with everything around you and the wider world in a wonderfully complex and timeless system. You share your atoms with every being and object in the natural world, you are both ancient and inconceivably young. Biodiversity is life, your life is biodiversity and biodiversity is you. You share the planet with as many as 13 million different living species including plants, animals and bacteria, only 1.75 million of which have been named and recorded. This incredible natural wealth is a priceless treasure that forms the ultimate foundation of your human wellbeing. The systems and processes these millions of neighbours collectively provide produce your food, water and the air you breathe – the basic fundamentals of life. As if that was not enough they also supply you with timber and plant materials for furniture, building and fuel, the mechanisms that regulate your climate, control floods and recycle your waste and the novel compounds and chemicals from which medicines are made. You may take biodiversity so much for granted, and it is so obviously all around you, that it is sometimes easy to forget it’s there – that you are a part of it and can’t live apart from it. Biodiversity’s contribution to your life is not just practical, physical and utilitarian, it is also cultural. The diversity of the natural world has been a constant source of inspiration throughout human history, influencing traditions, the way our society has evolved and supplying the basic goods and services upon which trade and the economy is built. The disappearance of unique species is a loss that cannot be calculated and leaves us all much poorer. The loss of iconic and symbolic species is not only a cultural tragedy, it also undermines our own survival. The beautiful, bountiful diversity of the natural world is being damaged as a result of human activities. Felling or burning of forests, removal of mangroves, intensive farming, pollution stress, overfishing and the impacts of climate change are all destroying biodiversity. We can stop this loss, the question is will we? The International Year of Biodiversity is our chance to prove we will. EAZA Executive Office, PO Box 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: info@eaza.net ISSN 1574 2997 Cover image: LTSHEARS The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of EAZA. Printed on paper using wood fibre from sustainable forests and using Elemental Chlorine-Free manufacturing processes. Print production by Aspen Graphic Communications Ltd. www.aspen.org.uk 3
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