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减少，动物园和水族馆正在成为减轻这种生物多样性丧失的重要参与者。随着这些组织作用的扩大，对具有分析和实践技能的保护专业人员的需求也越来越大，以从事与圈养和野生环境保护有关的研究。ReNewZoo是一个独特的项目，将动物园/水族馆和学术保护生物学家聚集在一起，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研究密集型动物园/水族馆以及加拿大(CAZA)和美国(AZA)动物园/水族馆组织的资源，ReNewZoo将提供一个培训计划，其中包括与保护相关的研究、支持性指导环境和创新的职业发展计划，其中将包括顶峰在线课程(ReNewZoo 101)、研究密集型动物园/水族馆的实习机会，以及ReNewZoo年会上的培训研讨会。学生在完成该计划的组成部分后，将获得一份正式的“动物园保护”证书。ReNewZoo还将与CAZA整合其活动，包括举办ReNewZoo年度会议，作为CAZA年度会议的卫星。该项目将培养毕业生带领动物园/水族馆进入21世纪，因为研究和保护成为他们战略任务的主要目标。

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.