World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

That is often said of Americans that they know not much about geography, other states and cultures. However, I would not say it is right. Actually, there is a huge amount of people who like traveling abroad and perform it quite often. It may be tourism or simply business trips, so in general Americans do know the geography well.

To have no complexities during crossing the boundaries you should have a US passport, it can be given by Passport Services Office. The validity of your passport has to be normal.. Some extra visa requirements may exist. Every state has got its own standards and regulations you ought to follow.

If you do not have any troubles with law, you will be given a passport with no problems. In some cases you may receive your passport by mail. If you want to get a passport for the first time, your personal presence is indispensable. To prolong the validity period of the passport, you need some forms which can be simply downloaded from the federal website of Passport Services Office.

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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.