{"id":27136,"date":"2024-10-08T08:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27136"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:35:57","slug":"world-association-of-zoos-and-aquariums-waza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-association-of-zoos-and-aquariums-waza\/","title":{"rendered":"World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>umbrella organization<\/strong> for the <strong>world zoo and aquarium community.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Established in 1935<\/strong>, it is the <strong>only organisation representing zoos and aquariums at the global level.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>WAZA\u2019s mission is to guide, encourage, and support the zoos, aquariums, and like-minded organisations of the world in animal care and welfare, environmental education, and global conservation.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>members<\/strong> include leading <strong>zoos and aquariums<\/strong>, and regional and national <strong>Associations<\/strong> of Zoos and Aquariums, as well as some <strong>affiliate organizations<\/strong>, such as <strong>zoo veterinarians or zoo educator<\/strong>s, from all around the world.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some of the activities<\/strong> of WAZA are:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Promoting cooperation<\/strong> between zoological gardens and aquariums in relation to the conservation, management, and breeding of animals in captivity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encouraging highest standards of animal welfare<\/strong> and husbandry.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting and <strong>coordinating cooperation between national and regional associations<\/strong> and their constituents.<\/li>\n<li>Assist in representing zoological gardens and aquariums in other international organizations or assemblies.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting <strong>wildlife conservation, environmental research<\/strong>, and environmental <strong>education<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>WAZA has <strong>formed partnerships with<\/strong> leading international <strong>conservation organisations.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Together, they are committed <strong>to tackle global issues <\/strong>such as the <strong>illegal wildlife trade, coral\u2011reef restoration<\/strong>, marine litter, <strong>sustainable palm oil<\/strong> and climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Central Zoo Authority (CZA)?<\/h3>\n<p>Central Zoo Authority (CZA) was established as a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment &amp; Forests by the Government of India in the year 1992. The main objective of this Authority is to complement and strengthen the national effort in conservation of rich biodiversity of the country, particularly the fauna. Other objectives of this Authority include enforcing minimum standards and norms for upkeep and healthcare of animals in Indian zoos and to control mushrooming of unplanned and ill-conceived.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/global-body-suspends-delhi-zoo-membership-on-welfare-of-its-lone-african-elephant-9609039\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Global body suspends Delhi zoo membership on welfare of its lone African elephant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Association of Zoos and Aquariums  is the umbrella organization for the world zoo and aquarium community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}