We are aware that much of the zoo and aquaria audience is driven by the interest of children ( – I remember some interesting research years ago that showed in fact that it is young girls in particular that disproportionately stimulate a decision to visit). We are also know that inevitably many people cannot but help but view the animal [...]
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Zoos and children’s literature
March 30th, 2008EU LIFE+ Information and Communication funds undersubcribed!
March 25th, 2008This source of funds, introduced for the first time ever in September 07, seems to have been badly undersubscribed. In the UK only 3 applications were made. Whilst this financing cannot support major infrastructure, it can fund signage, information points and possibly walkways. Restricted to EU environmental issues, it seems especially well suited to collaborative [...]
Partnerships to access EU funding.
March 23rd, 2008Currently membership for the EU Interreg zoo and botanic garden funding partnership lead by Bristol Zoo Gardens is closed. We are likely to bid together for a sum in the region of 5 million €. The ‘in principle’ membership for this project is: Emmen Zoo, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Munster Zoo and the Eden [...]
The Ivy Zoos ( or the “Ivy League Zoos”…?)
March 23rd, 2008I remember someone at EAZA referencing this idea a few years ago: a grouping of zoos established back in the 19th or early 20th centuries, situated in the centre of large cities. Such organisations would typically have certain common assets and problems: old buildings and structures probably past their useful life but with important heritage and [...]
Question from Martin Rule re funding for Varna Zoo, Bulgaria
March 22nd, 2008Thanks for your website. I have just visited a Zoo in Bulgaria, Varna. This Zoo suffers from stereotypical underfunding and is in dire need of all the support, advice and change that the EU accession treaty intended. I am working with a young activist who is currently designing the Zoo’s website. He has recently appeared [...]
Updated LIFE+: LIFE+ when to start thinking about your project
March 20th, 2008The EU’s LIFE+ application process finally opened on the 28 September 2007. A total amount of €187 million was available for this first call for proposals, and it will be slightly more this year., 2008 The ‘closing date’ ( by when proposals have to be submitted to the national authorities) for 2008 is likely to be [...]
