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Title
Institutional identity and conservation momentum: a study of the Phoenix Zoo
Description
Over the past two decades there has been much discussion surrounding the potential of zoos as conservation institutions. Although zoos have clearly intensified their rhetorical and programmatic commitment to conservation (both ex situ and in situ), many critics remain skeptical of these efforts. This study was comprised of two parts: 1) an investigation of the general relationship between U.S. zoological institutions and the conservation agenda, and 2) a more specific single case study of conservation engagement and institutional identity at the Phoenix Zoo. Methods included extensive literature review, expert interviews with scholars and zoo professionals, site visits to the Phoenix Zoo and archival research. I found that the Phoenix Zoo is in the process of consciously creating a conservation-centered institutional identity by implementing and publicizing various conservation initiatives. Despite criticism of the embrace of conservation by zoos today, these institutions will be increasingly important agents of biodiversity protection and conservation education in this century.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Love, Karen (Author)
- Minteer, Ben (Thesis advisor)
- Kinzig, Ann (Committee member)
- Collins, James (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
iv, 79 p
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.27377
Statement of Responsibility
by Karen Love
Description Source
Retrieved on Feb. 10, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2014
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-76)
Field of study: Biology
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