Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Photo: Brij Kishor Gupta
Participatory
Planning for Zoo
Vinod Kumar
Special Secretary
Forest and Environment Department
Govt. of Orissa
Master planning at Nandankanan
Proceedings of
Training Programme
Master Planning
of Zoos
l Participation of persons of varied experience, expertise and practical
knowledge.
l Was a hard work, at times painful.
l However, the period was one of the most stimulating and gratifying one
in the life of NKZP and myself.
l Result has been a 20 years perspective – towards ex-situ conservation of
biodiversity.
Requirements
Each zoo shall prepare a long-term master plan for its development
(Recognition of Zoo rules, 1992)
l Zoo shall prepare a long-term master plan for development to ensure
optimum utilisation of land, water, energy and finance.
(The National Zoo Policy, 1998)
Participatory Process
Master Planning requires the skills and input from a wide range of professional
fields: owner’s (mostly government bodies) representatives in facility
management and administration, research, fundraising, visitor services,
marketing, education, engineering and in zoological instances, animal
management/husbandry professionals and veterinary sciences.
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