The "Range of the Jaguar" opened at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in 2004. It won an exhibit award from the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), in part, because, besides the design, the exhibit had a direct link with conservation efforts in the wild.The top photograph shows the entrance to the exhibit, and the second is a graphic that introduces the work that the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has been doing in the country of Guyana, the former British Guyana, in South America. The first panel talks about the Neotropics and the people who live there, and where there are more species of plants and animals than anywhere else in the world.
The second panel explains that sustainable management is the use of natural resources over and over, generation after generation, without compromising the environment. The final panel introduces the international rainforest conservation, research, and development organization called Iwokrama, which takes a scientific approach to the sustainable use of rainforest. The Jacksonville Zoo is one of many partners, or stakeholders, in Iwokrama.
Photo: D. Messinger
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