ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS

Publications, namely, newsletters, magazines, reports and guides in the fields of zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, oceanariums, wildlife, and the conservation of wildlife

Association services, namely, promoting the interests of professionally operated zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, and oceanariums; Management services, namely, coordinating the conservation management programs of zoos and aquariums; Providing management advice, management assistance and management consultation services to others in the fields of managing captive species populations; Providing management advice, management assistance and management consultation services to others in the fields of conducting and overseeing zoo and aquarium-based and field-based conservation and research; Administering, supervising and managing zoo and aquarium educational projects

Charitable fund raising services pertaining to the conservation of wildlife; financial services, namely, providing grants for regional and international field conservation programs, the improvement of training and development opportunities for zoological professionals; managing a conservation endowment fund benefiting wildlife worldwide

Educational services, namely, developing, organizing and conducting zoo and aquarium educational projects; disseminating educational materials of others in the fields of best practices and standards for zoo and aquarium education; educational research on the impact of visits to zoos and aquariums on visitors' conservation-related knowledge, attitudes, affect and behavior; on-line publication of newsletters, magazines, reports and guides in the fields of zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, oceanariums, wildlife, and the conservation of wildlife

Providing an on-line computer database in the field of available charitable projects related to wildlife conservation and science worldwide in which institutions and individuals may participate; Providing scientific advisory services for others, namely, coordinating, facilitating and monitoring research activities of member institutions of in the fields of conservation