Conservation in Zoos & Seedbanks Revision Notes

Zoos & Seed Bank Revision Notes
Roles of zoos in conserving endangered species:
- Education: informing all age groups who visit zoos of various conservation issues, including:
- The illegal trade in animal products e.g. ivory
- The need to maintain biodiversity
- Captive breeding programmes including success stories
- Scientific research: zoos, universities etc. can work together on projects that are of benefit to the conservation of animals, including
- Control of diseases that are reducing populations
- Behavioural studies to further appreciate the needs of animals in captivity
- Development of techniques to further improve breeding success
- Captive breeding programmes: these are schemes designed to encourage endangered species to breed so that:
