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Main goals 2008 - Year of the Frog

10 good reasons to get involved

The main goals for the 2008 YOTF Campaign are:

To engage the public in amphibian conservation and gain financial support for AArk activities.
To create partnerships among Zoos, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, private and public institutions (universities, etc) around the world to ensure the global survival of amphibians.
To raise funds for implementing the ex situ aspects of the ACAP (Amphibian Conservation Action Plan).
To highlight ways in which the public can make positive contributions to conservation through activities in their daily lives.
To draw the attention of zoos towards the importance of amphibian ex situ conservation.
To stimulate a sustained and long-term interest in amphibian conservation and related interactions with the wider environment.
To raise increased awareness about the protection of biodiversity through the conservation of amphibians.
To strengthen zoo communities as fund raisers and global promoters of conservation.

Possibilities for long-term relationships and partnerships

2008 YOTF Campaign participants are invited to commit themselves to ex-situ conservation programs also after the campaign year. The organizers set high hopes on the success of this scheme. Please consider a longer-term participation and join!

Ten very good reasons to get involved !

Amphibian species are becoming extinct at a pace faster that anything we have experienced.
Nearly one third of all amphibian species are threatened.
Many people do not know that amphibians are declining and how threatened they are.
Amphibians are indicators of environmental health, important components of ecosystems.
Amphibians are contributors to human health they provide vital biomedicines, including compounds that are being refined for analgesics and antibiotics.
Amphibians are suitable for captive breeding programs and if every zoo in the world rescues one species, the goal can be achieved.
This is a unique challenge to prove that zoos and aquariums and botanical gardens are valid conservation partners. Zoos in particular play an important role in providing ex-situ breeding grounds for immediate conservation action
The amphibian extinction crisis provides an opportunity to engage your local community.
Success at this global collaboration lays the groundwork for other global collaborations for conservation.
The WAZA members have a unique opportunity to join a global conservation Campaign.