NSERC CREATE in RenewZOO - Training conservation professionals for the zoo/aquarium of the 21st century

全球生物多样性正在急剧下降，动物园和水族馆正在成为减轻这种生物多样性损失的重要参与者。随着这些组织的作用扩大，对具有分析和实践技能的保护专业人员的需求也在扩大，以从事与圈养和野生保护有关的研究。ReNewZoo是一个独特的计划，汇集了动物园/水族馆和学术保护生物学家，为动物园/水族馆及其保护合作伙伴培训保护专业人员。利用加拿大五个主要的研究密集型动物园/水族馆的资源，以及加拿大（CAZA）和美国（AZA）动物园/水族馆组织，ReNewZoo将提供一个培训计划，其中包括保护相关的研究，支持性的指导环境，以及创新的专业发展计划，其中包括一个顶点在线课程（ReNewZoo 101），在研究密集型动物园/水族馆实习，并在ReNewZoo年会上举办培训讲习班。在“动物园保护”的正式证书将提供学生完成该计划的组成部分。ReNewZoo还将与CAZA整合其活动，包括举办年度ReNewZoo会议作为年度CAZA会议的卫星。随着研究和保护成为动物园/水族馆战略任务的主要目标，该项目将为毕业生带领动物园/水族馆进入21世纪做好准备。

Global biodiversity is declining precipitously, and zoos and aquariums are emerging as important players in mitigating this biodiversity loss. As the role of these organizations has expanded, so has the need for conservation professionals with the analytical and practical skills to engage in research related to conservation in captivity and the wild. ReNewZoo is a unique program that brings together zoos/aquariums, and academic conservation biologists to train conservation professionals for zoos/aquariums and their conservation partners. Leveraging the resources of five major research-intensive zoos/aquariums in Canada, as well as the Canadian (CAZA) and American (AZA) zoo/aquarium organizations, ReNewZoo will offer a training program that consists of conservation-relevant research, a supportive mentoring environment, and an innovative professional development program that will include a capstone on-line course (ReNewZoo 101), internships at research intensive zoos/aquariums, and training workshops at the ReNewZoo annual meeting. A formal certificate in "Zoo Conservation" will be provided students on completion of the program's components. ReNewZoo will also integrate its activities with CAZA, including holding the annual ReNewZoo meeting as a satellite to the annual CAZA meeting. This program will prepare graduates to lead zoos/aquariums into the 21st century as research and conservation become a primary goal in their strategic mandates.