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Check out how local Denver school; Graland Country Day School, is linking up with Denver Zoo staff in Kenya!
To achieve Denver Zoo’s mission, the Conservation Biology Department works with communities, local governments, and various non-governmental organizations to develop innovative solutions to conservation issues around the world. While Denver Zoo has supported projects on every continent except Antarctica, we focus our resources in eight regions where much of our staff’s field work takes place.
Please click the links above to learn more about the current projects and researchers working in these eight biodiversity-rich areas.
ZOO FACTS:
• In 2009 alone, Denver Zoo spent more than $1 million to support 80 animal conservation projects in 22 countries on four continents!
• In total, Denver Zoo conservation projects have worked to conserve more than 110 different species worldwide!
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Denver Zoo realizes the importance of working to conserve animals in their wild and natural habitats. This is why research in the field is so vital. Priority is given to projects that make meaningful contributions to the conservation of endangered or other focal species and/or the preservation of fragmented or fragile ecosystems. We strive to ensure that all of our projects include a local capacity building component. Additionally, many projects have a strong cultural tie, collaborating with local communities on how they can better preserve and manage their natural resources.
For a more comprehensive look at all of our current projects please link to our Current Conservation Projects List. For a list of recent publications associated with our projects please link to our Current Publications List.
Map of Projects - Click for large version
Or click on specific focal area on the map below to open a Fact Sheet (PDF)
Conservation projects in the eight biodiversity-rich areas:
Botswana’s recent increase of drought and desertification has put humans and animals in closer contact as they compete for scarce water supplies. Denver Zoo has been studying the ecology of the Kalahari since 2000, especially as it pertains to large predators such as African wild dogs, hyenas, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and jackals.
Kenya is home to many of the world’s most charismatic and beloved mammal species, including Grevy’s zebras, reticulated giraffes, lions, hyenas, and antelope. Since 2002, Denver Zoo has focused on preserving these species through conservation education, outreach and ecological research in collaboration with local peoples such as the Maasai.
Mongolia is one of the last wild places on earth. Denver Zoo has been working with local communities in Mongolia since 1996 to promote sustainable development and protect vital habitat of important species such as argali sheep, Siberian ibex, Cinereous vultures, corsac foxes, Pallas’ cats and hedgehogs.
Peru is home to the endangered Lake Titicaca frog. Since 2007, Denver Zoo has been working with field herpetologists to raise awareness about the global amphibian crisis and empowering local communities to develop action plans to stop extinctions.
Rocky Mountain West is home. Since 1996, Denver Zoo has been thinking globally and acting locally to preserve native species such as prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets, bison, pikas and charismatic carnivores through education, management and scientific study.
Vietnam houses 16% of the world’s species. Denver Zoo has been working in Vietnam since 2005 using education campaigns to mitigate human-animal conflicts with elephants and critically endangered primates such as Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys and Delacour’s langurs.
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