Temporary Conservation Evaluation Task Force
Compiled response document - 15 July 2017
PRISM Conservation Evaluation Impact Kit
Existing vetting processes
AZA Field Conservation Committee Toolkit
Amphibian TAG - Conservation Resource Manual
Amphibian TAG RCP
Marine Fishes TAG - "Highlighted Program" Vetting Process
AZA TAGs Summary + Antelope, Elephant, and Tapir Specialist Groups
ZACC (Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation) ideas
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Chester Zoo: Project Conservation Impact Summary Form
Chester Zoo: Grant Application Form
Columbus Zoo - Fund for Conservation website
Columbus Zoo - Pre-proposal
Columbus Zoo - Application and guidelines
Houston Zoo - Weighted Wildlife Conservation Program Criteria
Oklahoma City Zoo - Grant application
Oklahoma City Zoo - CARE Grant proposal
Zoo Boise - former grant application criteria
Zoo New England Conservation program Review Form
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IUCN Deer Specialist Group informal criteria
United Nations - general vetting process
ZSL EDGE Fellowship brochure - See Page 3: Assessment Process
ZSL EDGE Fellowship application guidelines
ZSL EDGE Fellowship application form
Queried Organizations
AZA TAGs - Martha Fischer - see summary above
EAZA - Jim Haigwood - in progress
AZA Field Conservation Committee - Martha Fischer - see above
ZSL EDGE Program - Brent Huffman - see above
United Nations - Matt Goodwin - see above
ZACC (Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation) - Kristen Wolfe - see above
IUCN Specialist Groups
Antelope SG - Martha Fischer - see summary above
Asian Wild Cattle SG - Brent Huffman - NO FORMAL PROCESS (but see Chester Zoo)
Caprinae SG - Jim Haigwood - NO FORMAL PROCESS
Cervid SG - Dolores Reed - see above
Peccary SG - Jim Haigwood - NO FORMAL PROCESS
Pig SG - Jim Haigwood
Rhino SG - Adam Eyres - in progress
Tapir SG - Michele Stancer via Martha Fischer - NO FORMAL PROCESS (project-by-project)
Individual Institutions
Disney - Kristen Wolfe - in progress
Toronto Zoo - Brent Huffman - NO FORMAL PROCESS
Saint Louis Zoo - Martha Fischer
San Francisco Zoo - Matt Goodwin
Zoo Atlanta - JT Svoke
Zoo Boise - JT Svoke - see above
Minnesota Zoo - Andrew Haertzen - in progress
Houston Zoo - Andrew Haertzen - see above
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Matt Lamoreaux - NO FORMAL PROCESS
" We use to use an algorithm but there were some frustrations with that so instead we have reverted back to the old school way of showing interest - networking - building on a relationship - ground truthing - and then supporting (the longer the we support the more we try to get involved etc.) "
Zoo New England - Jim Haigwood/Jordan Schimming - see above
Existing TAG-trusted programs (Jordan)
Antelope/Giraffe
Okapi Conservation Project http://www.okapiconservation.org/
Sahara Conservation Fund https://www.saharaconservation.org/
Northern Rangeland Trust http://www.nrt-kenya.org/
Hirola Conservation Programme http://www.hirolaconservation.org/
Giraffe Conservation Foundation https://giraffeconservation.org/
International Bongo Foundation http://internationalbongofoundation.org/
Bushmeat Crisis Taskforce http://www.bushmeat.org/
Flora & Fauna International http://www.fauna-flora.org/location/africa-and-madagascar/
Wild Nature Institute / Tarangire Ungulate Observatory http://www.wildnatureinstitute.org/tungo.html
WCS in South Sudan https://www.wcs.org/our-work/places/africa
WCS Uganda https://www.wcs.org/our-work/places/africa
MELCA-Ethiopia http://melcaethiopia.org/
Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Project
Caprinae:
Desert Bighorn
Arizona: www.azgfd.gov/kofa
California: www.dfg.ca.gov/snbs
New Mexico: www.wildlife.state.nm.us/conservation
Nevada: www.ndow.org
Texas: www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Utah: wildlife.utah.gov
Kordofan aoudad: Support and participate with Barbary Sheep conservation efforts in the Sahel and Sahara as outlined by the Convention of Migratory Species 1998 meeting in Djerba, and as implemented through the efforts of the Sahara-Sahelo Interest Group and the Sahara Conservation Foundation.
Markhor
Tajikistan Mountain Ungulates Project: www.wildlife-tajikistan.org/
Pir Panjal Conservation by Wildlife Trust of India: www.jkwildlife.com/pdf/pub/goats_on_the_border.pdf
Nubian Ibex: Establishing a population monitoring program to study the waterhole use and long-term population dynamics of Nubian ibex in Egypt. Contact Dr. Omar Attum - oattum@ius.edu
Sichuan Takin: Takin monitoring in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve: http://conservationcenters.org/conservation-research/sichuan-takin
Transcaspian urial
Community-based conservation and management program for the mountain ungulates of Tajikistan: www.wildlife-tajikistan.org/
Argali (Asian wild sheep) Ecology and Conservation: www.denverzoo.org/conservation/project02.html
Gobi Argali: Mongoliaโs Wildlife Center and Mongolia Academy of Sciences
Arabian Tahr: Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, Oman Mammal Breeding Center and Arabian Wildlife Conservation Center
Serow:
TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
"A Trade Study of the Serow in Southeast Asia"- Jeff Holland
Deer
Bactrian wapiti: Habitat restoration in Tigrovaja Balka, Tajikistan Contact Dr. Olga Pereladova, WWF- Central Asian Programme: opereladova@wwf.ru
Eldโs deer: Habitat restoration, population assessment and GPS tracking in Mondulkiri Protected Forest, Cambodia and Reintroduction in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Contact Dr. William McShea, SCBI: mcsheaw@si.edu
Moose: Minnesota moose habitat protection nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/minnesota/
Reevesโ Muntjac: Support snare removal and habitat preservation to help numerous muntjac species via Save the Saola www.savethesaola.org
Equid
Grevyโs Zebra Trust http://www.grevyszebratrust.org
True Wild Horse http://www.truewildhorse.org
Tapir (Uses the Tapir Specialist Group projects)
Wild Cattle & Camelids
African buffalo: Northern Rangelands Trust (Kenya) http://www.nrt-kenya.org/
Bactrian came: The Bactrian camel SSP serves as a link to the conservation program for the critically endangered wild Bactrian camel http://www.wildcamels.com/
Javan banteng: Action Indonesia jamesaburton@yahoo.co.uk
Gaur: IUCNโs Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group http://asianwildcattle.org/
Guanaco: IUCNโs South American Camelid Specialist Group http://camelid.org/
Lowland Anoa: Action Indonesia jamesaburton@yahoo.co.uk
Saola Working Group www.savethesaola.org
Wild Pig, Peccary, and Hippo
Pygmy Hippo
Pygmy Hippo research: The SSP and TAG have endorsed this project which was initiated in earlier this year. It's an investigation of mortality, polycystic kidney disease, reproductive parameters, and stress in the ex situ population of pygmy hippos. Gabriella L Flacke, from the School of Animal Biology at The University of Western Australia is the PI. This is the introduction for her project.
Pygmy Hippo conservation: EDGE of existence program for pygmy hippo in Sierra Leone
River Hippo: The Ruko Community wildlife conservancy of the Northern Rangelands Trust (Kenya).
Red River Hog
Bush Meat Crisis Task Force
Red River Hog ex situ research: Research to assess baseline reproductive hormone profiles and the effect of pheromones on mating success in non-breeding pairs of Red River Hogs is being conducted by Annie, Newell-Fugatefrom the Department of Animal Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This is her introduction to the project.
Visayan Warty Pig
The Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PBCFI) has been working on Visayan Warty Pig conservation and stewardship since 1994. The โBiodiversity Conservation Centre (BCC)โ was formally inaugurated in the grounds of the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Inc. (NFEFI) in 1994, with the idea of developing a world class conservation breeding, research and education centre, in the heart of the West Visayas Faunal Region โ one of the worldโs highest conservation priority areas in terms of both numbers of threatened endemic taxa and degrees of threat. However, this project was actually initiated in 1992 as the second rescue and breeding centre of the Philippine (= Visayan) Spotted Deer (Rusa [= Cervus] alfredi) Conservation Programme (PSDCP) in Negros Island, and established under the aegis of a cooperative management agreement between the NFEFI and Parc Zoologique et Botanique de la Ville de Mulhouse (France). The Mulhouse Zoo had previously signed similar agreements with the two other Philippine spotted deer centres on Negros and Panay Islands and a covering Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR, Government of the Philippines), which formally recognised and established the PSDCP.
Chacoan Peccary: The Centro Chaqueno para la Convervacion e Investigacon( CCCI), Proyecto Tagua in the Gran Chaco of South America.
The Pygmy Hog Conservation Program (PHCP)
Retrospective characterization of reproductive tract lesions in relation to parity, age, and contraception in captive Suidae and Tayassuidae
PI: Annie Newell-Fugate
Co-PIs: Dalen Agnew and Anneke Moresco
SPECIES: Suidae (pigs) and Tayassuidae (peccaries)
PRIMARY LOCATION/INSTITUTION: Texas A&M University, Michigan State University, Denver Zoo