Ex-Situ updates (March 2012) - Ministry of Environment and Forests

ii) Commitment of WAZA
members to cooperate on the
sustainable management of animal
populations;
iii) Improvement of ethical standards
for the future;
iv) Further WAZA membership
growth with a focus on Asian
countries;
v)Improvement of WAZA
communication outreach
Landscape Planning and
Zoo Designing:
A major agenda of CZA
During the current year, the Central
Zoo Authority has organized zoo
directors’ workshop on “Landscape
Planning and Zoo Designing”
at Hyderabad from 2nd – 5th
November, 2011 in collaboration with
the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.
A one-day back-to-back workshop
was also organized on 5th
November, 2001 on “the issues of
Master Planning” at the same place.
Around 65 zoo directors/ officers
in-charge attended the workshop.
Some of the key speakers were
Mr. Jon Coe (Australia), Mr. Roger
Shermon (USA), Mr. B. C. Choudhary,
Mr. P.C. Tyagi (Dehradun), Sh.
S. C. Sharma, Coordinator (Subgroup
A), Sh. S. K. Patnaik (Subgroup
B), Sh. R. S. Bhadauria (Subgroup
C), Sh. B. S. Bonal, Sh Brij
Kishor Gupta (CZA), Prof. Rommel
Mehta (Delhi).
Zoo Record Keepers
Workshop
In 2009 ISIS and the Central Zoo
Authority (CZA) of India signed an
MOU to provide ISIS membership to
57 zoos and 4 other organisations
throughout India. Over the course
of the last three years, in fulfillment
of this monumental agreement, ISIS
has worked with CZA to provide
a series of training programmes
on ARKS and SPARKS software.
In continuation a Workshop for
the zoo record keepers on ZIMS
was organised in Chandigarh
from 9th – 13th January, 2012.
Workshop on landscape planning and zoo
designing, Hyderabad
Evaluation of Zoos: CZA’s
revises questionnaire
A two day workshop was convened
at Pune during 6-7th February, 2012
at Bharathi Vidyapeet University in
collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi
Zoological Park & Wildlife
Research Centre and Institute for
Environment Education & Research,
Bhararthi Vidyapeeth University,
Pune. The workshop was funded
by the Central Zoo Authority.
During the workshop the existing
format was reviewed and a revised
format was developed with inputs
from 34 serving and retired zoo
directors, veterinarians, biologists,
scientist, landscape architects
working with Wildlife Institute of
India, Dehradun, Indian Veterinary
Research Institute, Bareilly and
School of Planning & Architecture,
New Delhi and members of the
Central Zoo Authority.
The present questionnaire is
developed such that progress
made by the zoos since the last
renewal of recognition issued by
the Central Zoo Authority can be
measured by measurable indices.
Workshop at Pune
Workshop for Zoo Architects
An orientation workshop for
zoo architects was held at Delhi
in collaboration with School of
Planning and Architecture, New
Delhi from 24th February to 26th
February 2012.
Zoo Educators Workshop
Zoo educators workshop was held
in Bhopal from 27th February – 1st
March, 2012 in collaboration with
Van Vihar National Park, Bhopal.
CZA grants renewal of
recognition to Zoos
The CZA in its 60th meeting
of the Technical committee
held on 14.12.2011 issued
conditional recognition to the
following zoos
1. Assam State Zoo, Guwahti,
(for the period up to 31.12.2015)
2. Sri Chamarajendra Zoological
Gardens, Mysore, Karnataka
(for the period up to 31.12.2015)
3. Bannerghatta Biological Park,
Bangalore, Karnataka (for the
period upto 31.12.2015)
4. Jaipur Zoo, Jaipur, Rajasthan
(for the period up to 31.12.2013)
5. Children’s Park-cum-Zoo,
Bellary, Karnataka(for the period
up to 31.12.2013)
6 People for Animals Rescue and
Rehabilitation Centre, Bangalore,
Karnataka (for the period up to
31.12.2013)
7. Great Apollo Circus (for the
period up to 31.12.2012)
8. Vulture Conservation Breeding
Centre, Pinjore, Haryana (for the
period up to 31.12.2013)
9. V.J.B. Udyan-Zoo Byculla,
Mumbai, Maharashtra (for the
period up to 31.12.2015)
10. Kamla Nehru Zoological
Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(for the period up to 31.12.2015)
11. Indroda Nature Park,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat (for the
period up to 31.12.2015)
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