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The Kea Conservation Trust is committed to the conservation of kea in New Zealand. As such it adheres to the ethics and policies outlined by CMaG: ARAZPA NZ, ARAZPA, WAZA (WZACS) and the IUCN. For information on each of these organisations and, links to other organisation we are aligned with, please read the information below.
"The New Zealand Conservation Management Group: Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria, is dedicated to the conservation of New Zealand’s native species. The captive community continues to play an increasingly important role in ensuring the safety of our remaining precious NZ native species. Many CMaG: ARAZPA NZ members are involved in breeding-for-release programmes, thereby making a direct and important contribution to in-situ conservation. All members strive together as an industry to achieve best practice captive management on world standards".
"The Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA), supports the efforts of zoos and aquariums in conservation, education and research. ARAZPA was established in 1990 to link zoos and aquariums in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific in a cooperative regional network for wildlife conservation. ARAZPA now links over 70 institutions, all working together to protect and conserve the world’s wildlife. ARAZPA’s mission is: "To harness the collective resources of zoos and aquariums to conserve biodiversity in the natural environment". ARAZPA member institutions support the principles outlined in the World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy, and aim to further develop zoos and aquariums as centres of excellence in wildlife conservation, environmental education and research".
WAZA and the WZACS – www.waza.org The World Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (WAZA) published the World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy (WZACS- World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy) in 2005. This strategy has identified zoos as fulfilling key roles in conservation. This is due to the fact that "only zoos, aquariums and botanic gardens can operate across the whole spectrum of conservation activities, from ex situ breeding of threatened species, research, public education, training and influencing and advocacy, through to in situ support of species, populations and their habitats; they uniquely have a massive ‘captive audience’ of visitors whose knowledge, understanding, attitude, behaviour and involvement can all be positively influenced and harnessed. They have a huge resource of technical skills and dedicated people. As habitats shrink and collection-managed populations grow, the definition of what is a zoo, what is a botanic garden, what is a reserve, and who is a collection-based conservationist, who is a field-based conservationist, will inevitably blur. Zoos, aquariums and botanic gardens have an opportunity to establish themselves as models of ‘ integrated conservation’ and the means of achieving this in a collective fashion for zoos and aquariums is through the WZACS. Other bodies, such as conservation bodies and governmental departments, can use the WZACS and the integrated conservation approach, and this will bring benefits to all concerned with conservation".
IUCN - www.iucn.org "The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable".
