The 2008 ISZS Report outlines the progress made following the laying of foundations forinternational zoology in Athens in 2000 and confirmation of these in Beijing in 2004. We cannow, with some pride, claim the International Society of Zoological Sciences as a fullyfunctioning scientific phenomenon – one of the first such bodies to be established in the 21stCentury. It has arisen from a widely acknowledged need to integrate research and educationwithin the many different facets of Kingdom Animalia – and this has been accomplishedthrough re-establishment of links between greatly disparate disciplines within the zoologicalsciences. Stellar progress has been achieved – initially through the support of a small group ofdedicated international visionaries, who helped crystallize vision into reality in Athens eightyears ago. More recently, the establishment of the ISZS Secretariat in Beijing has facilitatedthe transformation of the Society from simply a “Zoological Congress Organizing Committee”to a truly international institution. Inspired leadership within the Secretariat and Executive hasprovided a new vehicle for outreach, permitting the Society to look outwards, and in particularto provide a much needed “presence of zoological sciences” in developing nations.
ISZS Progress Report-2004-2008.pdf