Background Organisation
 
Punta Verde is a privately-run zoological garden. We do not receive public funds, we finance ourselves entirely through gate receipts.

These are Punta Verde Zoo Park's long-standing objectives: visitor education through accurate information, identification labels and graphic displays, workshops, video shows and guided tours; conservation through high standards of care of each individual species in the Park and by taking part in in situ and ex situ conservation programmes; research, by collaborating with scientific organisations and universities.
 

Our Zoo Park is an ordinary member of UIZA (Italian Union of Zoos and Aquaria).

It is also a member of EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) which is a member of IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources).
 
We take part in the EEP (European Endangered Species Programme), which co-ordinates the efforts of European zoos in the conservation of threatened wildlife. To maximise our participation in these programmes our park uses an international animal species management software, ISIS (International Species Information System), which provides real-time information about all the animals in most of the zoos around the world.
We also offer logistics and scientific support to the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna) unit of the Italian national forestry service.
 
We expect to be admitted to WAZA (World Association of Zoos and Aquariums) by the end of 2002.