{"id":86,"date":"2015-01-27T18:27:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avada.theme-fusion.com_demos\/travel\/?p=86"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:27:08","slug":"frankfurt-in-serengeti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/frankfurt-in-serengeti\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankfurt Zoological Society in Serengeti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Serengeti National Park is something like the nucleus of today\u2019s conservation commitment of Frankfurt Zoological Society. Here, the first steps were made towards a fully-grown programme designed to protect outstanding wilderness areas and national parks. Today, FZS works in 18 countries on four continents.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Bernhard Grzimek\u2019s first expeditions to Africa in the 1950s, Grzimek began to support the African national parks with \u201chis\u201d Zoological Society and with donations he collected from viewers who watched his TV show \u201cEin Platz fu\u0308r Tiere\u201d (A Place for Animals).<\/p>\n<\/div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/creator.hosted-pageflow.com\/embedded\/start-8744\" width=\"99% height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>He decided that it was no longer enough to support the African national parks solely with money, but wanted to provide them with an advising partner. Up until today this has been the fundamental philosophy driving FZS: As a partner, \u201cFrankfurt\u201d helps where park authorities are lacking capacity or financial funding or when their hands are tied for any other reason.<\/p>\n<p>Working together transparently and responsibly with local partners is one of our guiding principles \u2013 and a major reason for our success. \u201cBernhard Grzimek was one of the pioneers of nature conservation in Africa. He was a founding member of important institutions, such as Mweka Wildlife College and Pasiansi Ranger Training School\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">How does FZS support Serengeti?<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>For decades, FZS has been active in the Serengeti \u2013 following one of its most important principles: to ensure long-term commitment to its partners. During those decades \u201cFrankfurt\u201d has put in countless flying hours with its aircraft in order to gather fundamental data on the number of wildlife living in the park.<\/p>\n<p>FZS frequently purchases vehicles for the ranger patrols and has managed the workshop to keep them running with all necessary repairs, thus always guaranteeing their operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, FZS has constructed and equipped the park\u2019s visitor centre and has successfully reintroduced rhinos into the Serengeti ecosystem; it has offered education and additional training to scientists, rangers, and veterinarians.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Strategic Partners in Conservation<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>In the early years FZS primarily reacted to immediate needs, supplying the park with basic equipment and training. Now, the Society has become an active partner supporting the park in any strategic questions regarding conservation, planning and management. The biggest difference between nature conservation programmes of the 1970s\/1980s and those of today is the integration of local people. Modern conservation can only be successful with their active participation. Thus, community conservation is an integral part of all FZS programmes in Africa. Serengeti Community Outreach is an FZS programme which closely cooperates with communities around the park.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Serengeti is an icon among all National Parks<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Serengeti is an icon among all national parks and one of the world\u2019s most precious wilderness areas. Every year, over one hundred and sixty thousand visitors come to the Serengeti to marvel about the abundant wildlife and gorgeous landscape. The park generates millions of dollars through entrance and licensing fees. Nevertheless, this does not guarantee the park\u2019s protection, nor is the area safe from all threats.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion about Tanzania\u2019s plans to build a highway across the Serengeti for example shows that there are still dangers to be overcome, which could permanently damage the ecosystem. Meanwhile, the park hosts more than 100 safari camps. Regions which, just a few years back, used to be remote areas of the park, are today\u2019s touristic hot spots. The Serengeti could become a victim of its own fame. Therefore, \u201cFrankfurt\u201d tries to encourage the park development within a conservation framework, which is seemingly more and more important.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Major Action to Stop Poaching<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>The Serengeti is also not spared from the dramatic increase in elephant and rhino poaching, which is sweeping across the African continent. Above all, \u2018Frankfurt\u2019 has drastically raised its financial commitment to fight poaching in the Serengeti and other protected areas together with governmental institutions.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, FZS and the parks work together on improving security plans. Apart from hands-on support (supplying gear and boosting infrastructure) the greatest strength of Frankfurt Zoological Society is, and remains, professional advice.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[531,529,210,305,154,514,527,524,280,526,532,279,533,166,528,525,523,530,158],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.serengeti.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}