EAZA Conservation Campaigns
In 2000 EAZA started with an important activity: organising annual conservation campaigns. These campaigns increase the cooperation between EAZA, its members, and other conservation organisations through addressing a variety of issues affecting a range of species and habitats. Whether focusing on the trade in bushmeat or the crisis situations for amphibians, the threats to the rich biodiversity of the rainforests in South America and Madagascar or such iconic animals as tigers and rhinos, EAZA's conservation campaigns have raised funds, promoted awareness and provided the impetus for key regulatory change.
Ten Years of Campaigning
September 2000 saw the launch of the first ever EAZA conservation campaign, the Bushmeat Campaign. Next September EAZA will come full circle with the launch of another campaign focusing on apes, but this time looking at a wider range of issues and covering all of the apes. More information about the EAZA Ape Campaign will be published later in the year. For the moment the European Carnivore Campaign is in full swing, having been extended until September 2010 and all EAZA members are strongly encouraged to get involved.
Campaign Fact Sheets
To mark ten years of EAZA Conservation Campaigns and celebrate 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, we have created a series of fact sheets, one dedicated to each campaign. These provide a useful overview of the background, aims and achievements for each campaign as well as an overview of where the funds have been spent and what the current situation is. Click on the links below to download them - you can find more information by visiting the individual campaign pages via the links above.