World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Punk begun in the 70's as a dissonant, guerilla uprising opposed to mainstream popular culture music. Bands like Green Day, Iggy Pop, and Pere Ubu boosted punk back in the 90's . This time the mesh of speedy, artless rock with smooth pop melodies hang around on radio and MTV. Today, so-called pop punk is the main piece of puzzle in the world of mainstream pop music. These 10 music tracks are the best starting points to get to know punk pop.

1. blink-182 - Enema of the State

In blink-182's inexhaustible endeavour to diminish any grown ups in the neighbourhood, this tape shed light upon a person dressed as an enema nurse on the booklet. The punk pop inside is adolescent and catchy with the massive hit song “Wendy Clear.”

2. The Donnas - Spend the Night

Girls can perform punk rock, as well, and this disc is an abounding evidence of the fact. The group styled after the 1st punk band Ramones with each member taking the name Donna. Misery Business Download to compare.

3. Good Charlotte - Young and the Hopeless

A band from Maryland Good Charlotte with Paul Thomas got into the top ten of the popular music album chart with this set. It's filled with stories of university and difficult mothers. The big hit track is “Girls & Boys.”

4. Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

After fading from their nineties fleeting surge of popularity, Green Day retreated from live performances to mix punk rock's 1st opera. Though the popular punk band was nervous about their fan's reaction to Jesus of Suburbia, it turned out to be a UK punk rock classic climbing several album chart and gaining an award for Best Rock Album of 2004.

5. The Lemonheads - Ceiling Fan in My Spoon

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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.