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The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) is the body of the Government of India responsible for oversight of zoos. [1] It is an affiliate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). [2] The CZA was formed to bring Indian zoos up to international standards.
In 2005 a revised, second strategy, "Building a Future for Wildlife: the World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy", was published by the World Zoo and Aquarium Association (WAZA). This document reinforces and expands the overall themes of the first document and presents a vision of the roles that all zoos and aquariums can and must play in ...
The Plan for Greater Baghdad was a project done by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a cultural center, opera house, and university on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in 1957–58. The most thoroughly developed aspects of the plan were the opera house, which would have been built on an island in the middle of the Tigris together with ...
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Arignar Anna Zoological Park also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden in Chennai, India. It is located at Vandalur in the south western part of the city, about 32 km (20 mi) from the city center. It is spread over an area of 602 ha (1,490 acres) and is amongst the largest zoos in South Asia. The park is open for public viewing.
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) was an executive non-departmental public body of the UK government, established in 1999. It was funded by both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Communities and Local Government. It was merged into the Design Council on 1 April 2011.
At its founding, it was the world's first scientific zoo. [10] [20] Originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study, it was opened to the public in 1847. [20] The Zoo was located in Regent's Park—then undergoing development at the hands of the architect John Nash. What set the London zoo apart from its predecessors was its ...
Antwerp Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the world, established in 1843. Many buildings are very well preserved. Some of them have received new functions throughout the years. Entrance of the zoo (1843) Egyptian temple (1856) Moor temple (1885): it still houses okapis. Antwerp Zoo became the world's first zoo with okapis in 1918. Bird building ...