International Zoo Yearbook 50: Future Perspectives in Conservation Education

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In the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) EAZA Conservation Education Standards document there is the following mission statement: ‘To mitigate the extinction of biodiversity through quality conservation education that raises awareness, connects people to nature and encourages sustainable behaviours in the millions of people that engage with EAZA zoos and aquariums annually’. The main thrust of this mission statement is replicated through many regional zoo and aquarium associations, individual zoos and aquariums, and conservation organizations globally. The mission statement complements the changing notion of biodiversity conservation, and of the role of modern zoos and aquariums, but it is still a relatively new and innovative way of thinking about the aims and outcomes of conservation education.

As zoological institutions evolve to meet the increasing crisis in biodiversity loss, conservation education must also embrace a change in its remit, and expand its scope and approaches accordingly. The papers published in Volume 50 of the International Zoo Yearbook: Future Perspectives in Conservation Education give a brief insight into how zoos and aquariums and their associated organizations are currently fulfilling this conservation-education mission, and how the future of conservation education has a vital role to play in supporting the diversity and complexity of the work undertaken by zoological institutions and like-minded conservation organizations.

The second half of this volume has the regular contributions on developments in the zoo world.

Contents

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN CONSERVATION EDUCATION
- Editorial: Future Perspectives in Conservation Education / Sarah Thomas   9–15
- Walking the tightrope in educational research and evaluation: maintaining a strong research agenda while upholding research ethics via an on-site Institutional Review Board / K. L. Gillespie, L. M. Melber   16–22
- Can conservation education learn anything from ‘Big Data’? / A. Moss   23–33
- Groundwork for effective conservation education: an example of in situ and ex situ collaboration in South East Asia / B. Crudge, D. O'Connor, M. Hunt, E. O. Davis, C. Browne-Nuñez   34–48
- The Warehouse Wellington Zoofari: school visits to Wellington Zoo for conservation-based learning programmes – an example of effective collaboration between zoos and business / A. Hughes, L. Allan   49–60
- The challenges of evaluating conservation education across cultures / M. Esson, A. Moss   61–67
- A longitudinal evaluation of the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) campaign for the Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis in northern Luzon, Philippines / M. C. Cureg, A. M. Bagunu, M. van Weerd, M. G. Balbas, D. Soler, J. van der Ploeg   68–83
- Developing an environmental-education programme using Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Zambia as a case study / S. Offord-Woolley, P. Bamford, R. Desforges   84–95
- Utilizing Zoos Victoria's Connect-Understand-Act model to enable social and biological gains in northern Kenya / B. Squires, R. Lowry, C. Banks   96–111
- Bioinspiration education at zoological institutions: an optimistic approach for innovation leading to biodiversity conservation / M. Topaz   112–124
- Partners in learning and innovative teaching practices. An approach to conservation education to suit the context and purpose of learning skills in the 21st century: a pilot study / A. Costa, T. Carrilho   125–128
- Marine wildlife entanglement and the Seal the Loop initiative: a comparison of two free-choice learning approaches on visitor knowledge, attitudes and conservation behaviour / S. Mellish, E. L. Pearson, B. Sanders, C. A. Litchfield   129–154
- Does more education mean less fun? A comparison of two animal presentations / J. B. Mann-Lang, R. Ballantyne, J. Packer   155–164

DEVELOPING ZOO WORLD
- First breeding and hand rearing of the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata at Auckland Zoo / D. Searchfield   165–173
- Intensive demographic and genetic management through European Endangered Species Programmes (EEPs) can make a difference: Cherry-crowned mangabey Cercocebus torquatus European studbook and White-naped mangabey Cercocebus atys lunulatus EEP results / S. F. Jara, MA. T. Abelló, F. Oliva, J. D. R. Teijeiro   174–182
- The effects of zoo visitors on a group of Western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla before and after the birth of an infant at Dublin Zoo / C. K. Collins, N. M. Marples   183–192
- Rescue and handling of Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in Venezuela 1992–2014 / E. O. Boede, E. Mujica-Jorquera   193–202
- Husbandry, management and breeding of the Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis at Zoo Basel / F. von Houwald   203–214
- Causes and prevention of foot problems in Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis in zoological institutions / F. von Houwald   215–224

REFERENCE
- Zoos and Aquariums of the World   225–391
- Index to List of Zoos and Aquariums of the World   392–406
- International Studbooks for Rare Species of Wild Animals in Captivity   407–437
- Author Index to Volume 50   438
- Subject Index to Volume 50   439–443

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