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Gathering and dissemination of material and information of concern to Membership. A newsletter, LifeLines is produced four times a year, and a monthly Enews is sent to all members. The Association not only disseminates information it also produces husbandry guidelines and general leaflets, available and wanted stocklists, annual animal inventories, proceedings of meetings and symposia and information and updates on government legislation. |
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Administration of a committee structure to help to define and operate clear policies and action for the organisation. |
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Access to animal records through BIAZA inventories, maintained and co-ordinated by the office. |
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Membership and/or representation in zoo and aquarium organisations, e.g., the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). |
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Membership and/or representation in international organisations dealing with conservation, and captive breeding and re-introduction programmes, e.g., World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the Specialist Groups, e.g., Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG), Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG). |
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Representation at national, regional and international meetings. |
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Overseeing the zoo keeper training course the Advanced Certificate in the Management of Zoo Animals, run by Sparsholt College. |
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Campaigning and the co-ordination of fundraising activities. In recent years this has been carried out with EAZA in helping to run the annual conservation campaigns in Britain and Ireland. |
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Generation of positive PR on all aspects of the work of zoos and aquariums. |
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| BIAZA expects its members to exceed the SSSMZP. If a collection does not quite come up to the standards that the Association expects of its members – they now have the opportunity to come up to these expectations. The Association now helps collections reach the required standards of membership through a new category of membership – Provisional Member – which gives a potential member the benefit of mentoring during the transition period. |
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| The larger the membership the more the Association will accomplish. Remember BIAZA is the voice of zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland |
