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The Amphibian Ark
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Editorial
by Jeff Bonner - Chair of
the Amphibian Ark Executive Committee
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The launch of the Year
of the Frog, at the WAZA annual meeting in Budapest, was an enormous
success! The highlight of the conference was a series of workshops
focusing on the reasons for the dramatic decline in amphibian life, the
response by the conservation community and, finally, the nature of the
AArk Year of the Frog campaign. This is, of course, the first
truly global campaign in the history of the zoo and aquarium
community.
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Who We Are
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Amphibian Ark was
created in 2006 by the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG),
the IUCN/SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and the World Association
of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) to develop, support and promote ex situ activities
that lead to the conservation and survival of amphibians. The Amphibian
Ark's vision is: World's amphibians safe
in nature and its mission: Working
in partnerships to ensure the global survival of amphibians – focusing
on those that can't be safeguarded in nature.
For more information about our organization please visit our web site
at www.amphibianark.org.
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News
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Species Prioritization Workshops
by AArk Taxon Officers
Richard Gibson and Kevin Johnson
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Species Prioritization workshops have been very
successful during the last four months. AArk officers have been
developing prioritization workshops in 10 countries around the world
with the greatest numbers of threatened species...
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Training & Other Capacity
Building
by Richard Gibson, Kevin
Johnson & Kevin Zippel
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Three training courses on Amphibian Biology &
Management were organized by Amphibian Ark’s staff and partner
organizations during August - November 2007...
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Global Campaign Manager for the
2008 Year of the Frog
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Dr. Lesley Dickie was appointed Global Campaign
Manager for the 2008 Year of the Frog Campaign. Lesley works at the Zoological
Society of London, however, 50% of her time has been drafted to the
Amphibian Ark to help during the campaign...
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2008 Year of the Frog Calendars are
Available!
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Buy your calendar today! These will be 8.5" x
11" wall calendars featuring amazing photographs of amphibian species
from around the world and will include amphibian conservation
messages that are educational and informative. For a preview of the
calendar and PayPal payments go to www.amphibianark.org
$15 each plus $4.50 shipping and handling (within the U.S)...
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Sign Up to Make One Giant Leap for Frogs!
by Lesley Dickie
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A New Year’s Eve and/or New Year’s Day event to maximize
public, media and corporate awareness of the 2008 Year of the Frog
and that links zoos, countries and continents is envisaged: The Leapfrog,
a child’s game, has a high recognition factor in a substantial number
of countries; if however it is unknown its simplicity makes it easily
transferable...
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Global Info Pack in Different
Languages
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The YOTF Global Info Pack is now available in several languages:
English, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. For download go to: www.2008Yearofthefrog.org
or www.amphibianark.org/yearofthefrog. There
you will also find regional InfoPacks, key messages, media kits,
logos, media releases, etc. The 2008 Year of the Frog web page is
constantly updated and you will find more and more material for your
campaign along the year 2008.
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News from the Amphibian
Ark Website www.amphibianark.org
by Lissette Pavajeau
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Amphibian Ark's website www.amphibianark.org
is currently available in English, German and very soon in
Spanish. Go to http://www.amphibianark.org and click
on the flag of the language of your preference. During the 2008 Year of
the Frog Campaign the website will have a "News from the Zoos"
area – this will be a site where you can post information from your
region, what activities you are undertaking, highlights of your
regional campaigns, including forthcoming events that you would like to
publicize. We could also enable this to link to your regional websites,
for more information contact Lesley Dickie at Lesley@AmphibianArk.org.
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Job Opportunities
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Amphibian Ark is
looking for a Training Officer.
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Coming Meetings & Workshops
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The following meetings
are taking place from December to April:
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Acknowledgements
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The work of AArk is
possible due to the generous support of:
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Credits
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Photo used for the newsletter banner: Litoria infrafrenata,
White-lipped Tree Frog, by Shirley Stanford.
Photos used in this newsletter in order: Pyxicephalus adspersus
African Bullfrog by Richard Gibson, African bullfrog and a boy by
Phil Bishop, Bombina
orientalis Oriental Fire-bellied Toad by Gerry Marantelli, Litoria splendida
Magnificent Tree Frog by Kevin Johnson, Litoria spenceri Spotted Tree Frog
Being measured by Michael McFadden
This Newsletter was edited by Lissette Pavajeau with the
help of Kevin Johnson, Richard Gibson and Kevin Zippel (November 2007)
If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to
this Newsletter go can tell them to go to http://www.amphibianark.org/newsletter.htm
and click on subscriptions.
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