European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

Abbreviation	EAZA
Formation	1992 (1992)
Type	NGO
Focus	To facilitate cooperation within the European zoo and aquarium community towards the goals of education, research and conservation.
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Region served	Europe, Western Asia
Methods	Accreditation
Main organ	Council and Committees
Parent organization	World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Website	www.eaza.net
Formerly called	European Community Association of Zoos and Aquaria (ECAZA)
"Progressive Zoos and Aquariums Saving Species Together With You"

The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is an organisation for the European zoo and aquarium community that links over 340 member organisations in 41 countries. EAZA membership is open to all zoos and aquaria across Europe that comply with EAZA's standards. The organisation is administered and headquartered at Natura Artis Magistra in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The mission of the association is to promote cooperation for furthering regional collection planning and wildlife conservation. EAZA also promotes educational activities and advises EU lawmakers through standing committees of the European Parliament and the European Council.

EAZA Ex-situ Programme

EAZA manages the EAZA Ex-situ Programme (EEP), a population management and conservation programme. As of 2022, over 400 animal species are represented in the programme.

Each EEP has a coordinator who is assisted by a species committee. The coordinator collects information on the status of all the animals kept in EAZA zoos and aquariums of the species for which they are responsible, produces a studbook, carries out demographic and genetic analyses, produces a plan for the future management of the species and provides recommendations to participating institutions.

Thematic conservation campaigns

Every two years EAZA launches a campaign dedicated to a threatened species or a threatened Environment. The campaign's aims are to draw attention to the problem, to promote biodiversity awareness, raise funds for special projects and to do lobbying work in national governments and international organizations.

The campaigns address EAZA members to get involved in the themes and to spread information about the importance of biodiversity and its conservation to the visitors.

EAZA campaigns list

Years active	Campaign	Theme / species
2024–2025	Vietnamazing	Joining forces to save Vietnam‘s species
2022–2023	EAZA21+	Internal campaign for EAZA Members
2020–2021	Which fish?	Sustainable aquatic resources
2017–2019	Silent Forest	Asian songbird crisis
2015–2017	Let it Grow	Local biodiversity
2014–2015	Pole to Pole	Penguins, polar bears, the Arctic and Antarctic in general
2011–2013	Southeast Asia
2010–2011	Apes
2008–2010	European Carnivore
2007–2008	Amphibian
2006–2007	Madagascar
2005–2006	Rhino
2004–2005	ShellShock	Tortoises and turtles
2002–2004	Tiger
2001–2002	Rainforest
2000–2001	Bushmeat	Unsustainable and illegal hunt and trade of threatened wildlife

Campaign for the Ukrainian zoos

In 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, EAZA launched a funding campaign to save animals from Ukrainian zoos. In June 2022 EAZA had collected €1 324 884 from over 130 institutional and 11 000 private donors, and funds have been provided to nearly 20 institutions in Ukraine. Funds were allocated on the basis of need according to the requests received from zoos, and were distributed to recipients through channels subject to change due to possible war-time disruptions.

List of EAZA member institutions

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As of October 2023, EAZA has 308 Full Members, 20 Temporary Members, 20 Candidates for Membership, 55 Corporate Members and 38 Associate Members represented in 47 countries.

Associate members

Organisations with their own regional memberships

Institution Name	Abbreviation	Country
Latin American Zoo & Aquarium Association (Asociación Latinoamericana de Parques Zoológicos y Acuarios)	ALPZA	Chile
Associação Portuguesa de Zoos e Aquários	APZA	Portugal
Association Française des Parcs Zoologiques	AFDPZ	France
Association of Directors of Polish Zoological Gardens and Aquariums	RDPOZA	Poland
Association of Hungarian Zoos (Magyar Allatkertek Szovetsege)	MASZ	Hungary
British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums	BIAZA	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
Danish Association of Zoos and Aquaria	DAZA	Template:Flagicon Denmark
Dutch Zoo Federation (Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen	VND	Template:Country data HOLTemplate:Preview warning Netherlands
Iberian Association of Zoos & Aquaria (Asociación Ibérica de Zoos y Acuarios)	AIZA	Template:Flagicon Spain
Romanian Zoo and Aquaria Federation	SZAF / FBZAR	Romania
Swedish Association of Zoos and Aquaria (Svenska Djurparksföreningen)	SAZA / SDF	Sweden
Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens (Unie českých a slovenských zoologických zahrad)	USCZOO	Template:Flagicon Czech Republic
Italian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (L'Unione Italiana degli Zoo e Acquari)	UIZA	Italy
Verband der Zoologischen Gärten	VDZ	Template:Flagicon Germany

Other associate members

Institution Name	Category	Country
Bears in Mind	Conservation	Template:Country data HOLTemplate:Preview warning Netherlands
Derbianus Conservation	Conservation	Template:Flagicon Czech Republic
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets	Conservation	Template:Flagicon Armenia
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research	Conservation	Template:Flagicon Germany
Snow Leopard Trust	Conservation	Template:Flagicon United States
Species360	Conservation	Template:Flagicon United States
Stiftung Artenschutz	Conservation	Template:Flagicon Germany
The Big Cat Sanctuary	Conservation	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
The World Pheasant Association	Conservation	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP)	Conservation	Template:Flagicon Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt - Zoo Biology	Education	Template:Flagicon Germany
Hansenberg School	Education	Template:Flagicon Denmark
Nottingham Trent University	Education	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
Van Hall Larensteinn	Education	Template:Country data HOLTemplate:Preview warning Netherlands
European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians	Zoo staff	Belgium
Verband Deutschsprachiger Zoopadagogen e.V.	Zoo staff	Template:Flagicon Germany
Auckland Zoo	Zoo / Aquarium	Template:Flagicon New Zealand
Jurong Bird Park	Zoo / Aquarium	Template:Flagicon Singapore
Mandai Wildlife Reserve	Zoo / Aquarium	Template:Flagicon Singapore
Taipei Zoo	Zoo / Aquarium	Template:Flagicon Taiwan

Indirect members

These zoos and aquariums are members through an aforementioned associate organization.

See also

• List of zoo associations
• World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

External links

• EAZA Homepage
• Zootierliste - Unofficial database of animal husbandry and species records in European and EAZA/EEP member zoos, in English language