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EditorialThe 2011 Annual Report of WAZA summarizes the most important facts such as the financial situation, the newly elected WAZA Council, changes in the composition of committees as well as other important activities of the association. A comprehensive report is published annually as the proceedings of the Annual Conference, accessible for all members on the WAZA website. The 66th Annual Conference took place in Prague, Czech Republic, 2–6 October 2011.

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WAZA StructureWAZA Council• President: Jörg Junhold |

Zoo Leipzig (Germany• President-elect: Lee Ehmke |

Minnesota Zoological Gardens (USA)

• Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA)• Joanne Lalumière |

Granby Zoo (Canada)• Kevin Bell | Lincoln Park Zoo (USA)• Lena Lindén | Nordens Ark

(Sweden)• Oliver Pagan | Basel Zoo

(Switzerland)• David Field |

Zoological Society London (UK)• Chris West |

Zoos South Australia (Australia)• Co-opted members:

Kris Vehrs | AZA Lesley Dickie | EAZA Sally Walker | SAZARC Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

WAZA Standing Committees

Membership Committee• Chair: Lee Ehmke | Minnesota

Zoological gardens (USA)• Kevin Bell | Lincoln Park Zoo (USA)• Suzanne Gendron |

Ocean Park (Hong Kong)• Cesare Avesani |

Parco Natura Viva (Italy)• Kazutoshi Arai | JAZA (Japan)• Stephen van der Spuy |

Johannesburg Zoo (South Africa)• ThomasKauffels |

Opelzoo (Germany)

Nominating Committee• Chair: Mark Penning |

uShaka Seaworld (South Africa)• Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA)• Sally Walker | SAZARC (India) • Theo Pagel | Kölner Zoo (Germany)• Bob Cook | WCS, Bronx Zoo (USA)

Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee• Chair: Chris West |

Zoos South Australia (Australia)• David Jones |

North Carolina Zoo (USA)• Theo Pagel |

Kölner Zoo, Cologne (Germany)

• Jenny Gray | Melbourne Zoo (Australia)

• CliffordNxomani | National Zoo, Pretoria (South Africa)

• Hideyuki Takahashi | Ueno Zoo (Japan)

• David Field | Zoological Society London (UK)

Finance Committee• Chair: Lena Lindén |

NordensArk (Sweden) • Olivier Pagan |

Zoo Basel (Switzerland)• Susan Hunt | Perth Zoo (Australia) • Jim Fleshman |

Cameron Park Zoo (USA)

Chairs of other committees• Marketing:

Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada)

• Conservation and Sustainability: Rick Barongi | Houston Zoo (USA)

• Population Management (CPM): Dave Morgan | PAAZAB

• Aquarium: Heather Koldewey | ZSL (UK)

• Science and Veterinary: Heribert Hofer | IZW (Germany)

• Associations: Sally Walker | SAZARC

• Conference programme: Jenny Grey | Melbourne Zoo (Australia)

• Education (WAZA/IZE): Joanne Lalumière | Granby Zoo (Canada)

ExecutiveOfficeStaff

• Executive director: Gerald Dick• Office management & accounting:

Monica Gamp• Marketing and communication:

Carole Lecointre• Conservation and international

studbooks: Markus Gusset

As of October 2011 the executive office staff consists of 3.8 full time working equivalents. Since May 2011, the office is also supported by Gabri-ela Allen on an hourly basis.

WAZA Structure Scheme

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WAZA in 2011WAZA Membership

•Associations ...............................24• Institutions ..............................258•Affiliates .....................................16• Corporates .................................15• Life & Honorary ....................... 101

In 2011 WAZA membership grew by 3,0% compared to 2010, thus leading to a total number of members of 313 (excluding life and honorary members).

Emergency Relief Support for Japan and Thailand

In March 2011, following the tsunami disaster in Japan, WAZA has created a new webpage to collect money for the affected institutions. The public could get the latest information from JAZA, have access to JAZA Facebook page and also donate online. The operation “Donate for Japan” lead to a financial support, generated from WAZA members as well as other supporters, in the magnitude of 68,368.33 CHF (83,550.00 $ as of 31 August 2011). Since November 2011 nearly the whole of Thailand was affected by huge flooding, having a great impact on wildlife. WAZA assisted to coordinate drugs and equipment to be sent to Thailand from Japan, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Thanks go to all support-ers within the global WAZA network!

7th International Zoo & Aquarium Marketing Conference, Granby, Canada

The Marketing conference was held from June 13th to 16th 2011 and hosted by the Zoo de Granby in Quebec, Canada. The event welcomed more than 70 participants from 22 different countries. They were able to attend a variety of presentations, panel discussions and a workshop under the theme of “Strategic Marketing in Action”. The conference was divided in 6 different sessions: Strategic Marketing, Marketing Conservation, Social Marketing, Marketing the Zoo and Aquarium Community, Marketing

Education, Best Practices-Turn Bad News into Good News. At the end of the conference the summarising recommendation concerning the UN Decade on biodiversity for the 66th WAZA Annual Conference in Prague was presented and adopted.

International Cooperation

• On 20 September Dr. Gerald Dick, WAZA Executive Director, took part in a signing ceremony in New York in support of the UN Decade on Biodiversity. Together with 25 other global organisations, such as FAO, WTO, CITES, IUCN and WWF WAZA is in support of biodiversity conser-vation globally and will take part in the work of a newly established task force under the auspices of the Con-vention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

• WAZA supported the activities for bat conservation of the UNEP Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals during the Year of the Bat. Numer-ous activities in support of educa-tion and conservation were carried out in all continents.

• WAZA entered a Memorandum of Understanding with AMMPA (Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums) and CITES (Con-vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in order to strengthen the relationship with organisations in the field of marine mammals and international exchange of animals.

www.waza.org Statisticsyear visitors visits pages hits bandwidth2006 114.484 154.328 651.678 5.933.091 46.94 GB2007 291.762 384.969 1.343.013 12.772.234 161.04 GB2008 345.115 506.758 1.732.967 14.659.627 252.79 GB2009 358.043 519.522 1.740.556 14.755.427 397.95 GB2010 428.736 546.965 1.969.816 14.084.040 413.75 GB2011 487.104 651.364 2.201.591 16.262.559 510.65 GB

WAZA Membership Statistics

Communication

• WAZA established the Conservation and Sustainability Resource Centre www.unitedforconservation.org offers a unique collection of we-blinks, initially about 600. The information is freely available for everybody and is a great resource in the growing and often unclear filed of conservation organisations and activities.

• WAZA website has been updated regularly, the WAZA membership directory now contains all available and updated information in real time and events and monthly press releases are accessible on the web. Corporate members are introduced in a special section and advertise-ments were generated for some publications.

• Membership Brochure published In order to assist the acquisition of new mem-bers and to better explain the benefits of being a WAZA member, the brochure Voice of the Global Zoo and Aquarium Community was published (printed and as download on www.waza.org).

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Editor: Gerald Dick, WAZA Executive Office, IUCN Conservation Centre,

Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland | Layout & typesetting: michal@sky.cz |

Print: Agentura NP, Staré Město, Czech Republic | Printed on FSC paper |

© WAZA 2011 ISSN: 1662-7733

WAZA 2011 Financial Report

WAZA Training Grant 2011

WAZA Council decided to grant the 2011 WAZA training grant to Amphib-ian Ark for the project “Training for sustainability of amphibian rescue programs in Ecuador” with financial support of € 8,704. Additionally CBSG Europe, based at Copenhagen Zoo is granted € 8,296 for the project “Ex-panding ex situ population manage-ment capacity in Asia: Building upon past training activities in Indonesia, China and Japan”.

Heini Hediger Award 2011

In acknowledgement of Gordon’s extraordinary vision and support of the whole international zoo and aquarium community, at the 66th An-nual Conference in Prague, 6th Octo-ber 2011, Prof Gordon McGregor Reid received WAZA highest honour. He is highly respected both as a zoo pro-fessional and an academic by his col-leagues and peers around the world, and has been honoured appropriately by having two newly discovered spe-cies of fish bear his name. He is the author of more than 200 published works including books, peer-reviewed scientific papers, and popular articles. He continues to be active in the IUCN as a member of several specialist groups, and he is the Global Chair of the IUCN SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group. He served as Global Chair of the Amphibian Ark Project, and was elected by his peers to serve as President of WAZA.

WAZA Branded Conservation Projects Statistics

Development

of the number of

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bers and partners,

end of 2011:

211 projects.

Auditor’s report is subject to approval by 67th Annual Conference (Administrative Session), October 2012. All in Swiss Francs (CHF) | 1 CHF = 0.821 € = 1.064 $ US as of 31 December 2011

Balance as per December 31, 2011

as per December 31, 2010

AssetsUBS Account 489 481,42 376 941,56Post Account 15 083,11 15 684,01Securities/Time Deposit Investment (Bonds) 544 121,00 539 855,00Rental Surety Savings 10 730,45 10 694,80Withholding Tax (35%) 639,23 619,98Transitory Activa 4 973,69 0,00

1065028,90 943795,35LiabilitiesDeferred Income 250 818,47 176 085,86Capital Resources:Balance 01.01.2011 767 709,49Profit 2011 46 500,94 814 210,43 767 709,49Balance Value 1065028,90 943795,35

Profit & Loss AccountReceipts 2011 2010Membership Fees 773 664,93 731 599,65Sponsoring 44 786,49 50 000,00Pledges WAZA Grant 0,00 2 147,65Sales & Services 6 040,99 65 540,36Extraordinary Proceeds 70 183,30 13 767,14Credit Interest 5 260,20 9 230,20Total Receipts 899935,91 872285,00Expenses 2011 2010Salaries & Benefits 573 587,53 597 031,33Meetings 3 995,31 5 331,88Office Move Bern-Gland 0,00 5 454,05Travel 27 160,90 31 321,13Projects & Grants 74 529,90 60 573,53Extraordinary Expenses 68 368,33 0,00Expendable Goods & Maintenance, Sundry 24 141,72 36 086,25Equipment & Premises 31 423,20 42 541,20Marketing 46 386,49 35 202,52Bank Charges, Taxes 3 841,59 2 104,13Total Expenses 853434,97 815646,02Total Receipts 899 935,91 872 285,00Total Expenses 853 434,97 815 646,02Profit 46 500,94 56 638,98

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Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata).