Association services, namely, promoting the interests of professionally operated zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, and oceanariums; management services, namely, coordinating the conservation management programs of zoos and aquariums; Providing management advice, management assistance and management consultation services to others in the fields of managing captive species populations; Providing management advice, management assistance and management consultation services to others in the fields of conducting and overseeing zoo and aquarium-based and field-based conservation and research; Administering, supervising and managing zoo and aquarium educational projects

Educational services, namely, developing, organizing and conducting zoo and aquarium educational projects; disseminating educational materials of others in the fields of best practices and standards for zoo and aquarium education; educational research on the impact of visits to zoos and aquariums on visitors' conservation-related knowledge, attitudes, affect and behavior; on-line publication of newsletters, magazines, reports and guides in the fields of zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, oceanariums, wildlife, and the conservation of wildlife