The Japanease Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) has recently signed MOUs with the regional associations of Thailand and Indonesia to strengthen friendship and mutual cooperation for collaborating in the realms of zoos and aquariums.
Firstly, at the 20th Species Conservation Meeting held in Sendai on 17th November 2017, JAZA signed a MOU with the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) Thailand, as well as with the Indonesian Zoos and Aquariums Association(PKBSI) on 18th May 2018, at the 2018 JAZA conference held in Kagoshima. The MOU is aimed at working together to solve common problems for the mutual development of all regional zoos and aquariums associations in the Asian region.
JAZA has concluded similar memoranda with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens (May 1990), South East Asian Zoos and Aquariums Association (November 2016) and Korean Association of Zoos and Aquariums(December 2016). As of now, JAZA has concluded MOUs with five regional associations. We hope that all regional associations will work together to solve problems that can not be done by one association only, so that the road to effective solutions can be achieved.
Below: Mr. Sumanpau, PKBSI Secretary General(left) and Dr. Fukuda, JAZA Chair(right).