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The Auckland Zoo has received a major international award for its environmental management.
It has been given the international standards organisation's ISO 14001, the global standard of measuring and monitoring environmental performance.
Zoo director Jonathan Wilcken says the zoo had planned to achieve the standard in 2009 so is pleased to be ahead of schedule. He says the landmark award recognises the effort the Zoo has put in to reducing the impact it is having on the environment.
Mr Wilcken says climate change is now the most serious threat to wildlife.
- Newstalk ZB
