When you talk about this global strategy, are there countries outside the United States that could assist or partner with zoos globally, that would be the best use of the zoo’s resources regarding conservation. Does the World Bank play an issue here or other type of agencies like this. Many international agencies are now contributing to the most important conservation programs underway. My own Patagonian program, the Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan or the Wildlife Conservation Society was largely supported by the global environmental facility, which is a World Bank effort and it came through the UNDP, the United Nations Development Program, which is an international program and it is still contributing to that program. There are great many USAID programs that are contributing very substantially in less developed countries. In Latin America, I’m aware of their major programs, government programs from the United States, from the UN, from World Bank, from the Canadian Sovereign Foundation, also from the Brits, the British have done some wonderful programs. The Swiss have very major programs. I would say that internationally, the support for conservation is accelerating despite the fact that we’re in such a terrible financial situation globally.
