EAZA Rainforest Campaign 2001/2
| About the campaign... | |
 Introduction | |
| Why organise a campaign for the Atlantic Rainforest? | |
| Download the overview of participating EAZA member institutions (pdf) | |
| See an overview of materials that were used for the campaign | |
| Read about the campaign activities in member institutions | |
| View the fundraising results |
Activities in EAZA member institutions
SAFARI BEEKSE BERGEN, NETHERLANDS
Building "Green Bridges" at Safari Beekse BergenIn order to bring the EAZA Mata Atlântica Campaign under their visitors' attention, a symbolic corridor was built at Safari Beekse Bergen. The method was simple, clear and very effective: an average fundraising of 145 Euro a day. A few toy monkeys are placed two trees standing at a distance of approximately 30 meters. Both trees had a simple sign, saying:
"Help us to get together". The visitors were able to help the monkeys by building symbolic trees in between. This was done by piling discs, cut from trunks. Visitors could buy a disc for two Euro. Each disc had a hole, allowing it to be placed over an iron pipe and a label for the visitors to write their names or a short message. Thus, a pile of two meters high forms a symbolic tree with the names and messages of the constructors. Step by step this corridor of symbolic trees connects the two natural trees with the monkeys.
An active approach was needed to build the first trees; volunteers brought the information panels under the visitors' attention, gave additional information and asked for their help to build the corridor. At a certain moment, the view of the piles was so much eye catching, that the opposite happened: the visitors stepped towards the volunteers to ask what on earth they were doing! A few words explained it all. As a result Hilvarenbeek has become one of the most successful fundraisers of this campaign.
For Safari Beekse Bergen this approach has pointed out two important facts. First of all, zoo visitors are interested in contributing to nature conservation, they just need to be informed how. And secondly, the help of volunteers is invaluable for initiatives like this.
BRISTOL ZOO GARDENS, UNITED KINGDOM
Successful fundraising event at Bristol Zoo Gardensraising Event called 'Viva Brazil'
on Friday 12 July 2002, during
which they were able to collect
£ 10.000,-!!
The evening was a carnival of
music, dance, food, games and
entertainment.
Species in Zona Brazil include
Amazon tree boas, horseheaded
crickets, Geoffroy's marmosets,
black lion tamarins, a pair of red-
tailed Amazon parrots, green aracaris, Brazilian tapirs,
dainty agoutis, the world's largest living rodent - the
capybara and the exquisite and endangered golden lion
tamarins in their replica rainforest.
A a family event called 'Nuts About Brazil' has also been
running in Bristol Zoo Gardens throughout the summer of 2002
in the Conservation Education Centre to highlight conservation issues in the Atlantic Rainforest.
UPDATES ON THE ACTIVITIES IN EAZA NEWS
Updates on activities by EAZA member institutions in the EAZA Rainforest Campaign have also been provided in EAZA News.
EAZA News 39
In EAZA News 39 several zoos describe their impressive efforts for the campaign:
- Festive launch in the Netherlands;- Italian Zoos support conservation of the Atlantic Rainforest;
- Motivated staff at Woburn Safari Park;
- Zoo events at Novosibirsk Zoo;
- Lion tamarin masks at Paignton Zoo Environmental
Park ;
- Radio broadcasting in the Czech and Slovak Republics;- Cartoon conservation at Colchester Zoo.
Click here to download the EAZA Rainforest Campaign pages in EAZA News 39.
EAZA News 38
Read more about the:- spectacular slide show at Copenhagen Zoo;
- 'BraZOOlia' at Antwerp Zoo;
- the special exhibition at Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna.