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Conservation Committee Chair

 

BIAZA Conservation Committee (CC)

 

BIAZA’s Conservation Committee is one of six key standing Committees that works to achieve BIAZA’s mission aims.

CC’s objectives are as follows:

a.            To encourage, facilitate and monitor the national and international conservation work of BIAZA and its member collections.

b.            To promote the conservation work carried out by zoos and aquariums to public, governments, NGOs and other external bodies such as potential funders.

c.            To encourage and facilitate partnerships and networking in order to support an effective One Plan Approach to collaborative conservation initiatives.

d.            To encourage a sustainable approach in BIAZA and its members.

BIAZA’s CC members work together to lead our collections in achieving these principles.

Committee Chair Role Description

The CC Chair supports the CC in achieving these objectives by:

• Attending and organising meetings (usually min 3x per year, 1 in person and 2 online).
• Supporting the BIAZA office, leading the CC in contributing to new resources and assisting with responding to queries from BIAZA members and other interested parties.
• Leading on the organisation and running of the annual BIAZA Conservation Conference.
• Overseeing CC campaigns and comms, e.g. blogs for the BIAZA website, social media and presenting at regional meetings etc.
• Developing awards criteria and coordinating the CC in assessing submissions.
• Coordinating CC’s annual review of relevant annual questionnaire content.
• Overseeing regular review of the BIAZA Field Conservation Guidelines.
• Liaising with and helping to establish new links between BIAZA and appropriate external organizations and partners, including other regional zoo associations.   
• Overseeing the work of the Native Species Working Group, including the Reintroduction Advisory Group.
• Encouraging cooperation and collaboration with other BIAZA committees
• Establishing and monitoring Sub/Focus Groups for certain tasks, when deemed necessary.
   

Chairs serve for an initial term of not more than three years but may be re-elected for a second three-year term to serve up to a maximum period of six consecutive years. Workload will vary but is expected to fall within 0-3 hours of work per week.

The CC Chair also sits on BIAZA’s Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustee Role Description can be found here.

All committee members must have institutional support for their committee membership.