July 23rd, 2007
The Organisation
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums is the “umbrella” organisation for the world zoo and aquarium community. Its members include leading zoos and aquariums, and regional and national Associations of Zoos and Aquariums, from all around the world.
Together they are ‘United for Conservation’.
Der ‘Zoologische Garten’ is the official Journal of IUDZG and WAZA.
History
WAZA was originally founded in Rotterdam in 1946 as the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens (IUDZG). In 2000 it was renamed as WAZA to reflect a more modern institution working together at a global level to build cooperative approaches to common needs, to tackle common issues, to share information and knowledge, and represent this community in other international bodies such as the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Since the beginning, International Studbooks for rare and endangered species were kept under the auspices of WAZA.
Since 1950 WAZA has been an international organisation member of IUCN - The World Conservation Union.
In 1993, the “World Conservation Strategy” was published.
In 1999, a Code of Ethics was adopted.
A permanent Executive Office with a fulltime director was established in 2001.
In 2002, a Code of Animal Welfare was adopted.
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