Regional Committees
Oceania
Our mission
The Oceania Regional Committee is an initiative of ICLAS with the aim of collaborating with the local professionals and associations in the development of Laboratory Animal Science in the region.
The committee is currently identifying the most suitable activities to develop. They are discussing the possibility of enabling educational activities in the region to assist with veterinarians taking up ICLAS Fellowship Grants and have others gain access to training.
Committee Members
Activities
Openness Statement
Openness is vital to ensure that the public have well-informed, balanced information about the role animal-based research plays in scientific discovery benefiting humans, animals, and the environment.
Knowing how animals are used, how research is regulated, and what researchers, animal ethics committees, and animal care staff do to promote positive animal welfare, decrease the number of animals used, and replace the use of animals is crucial to an informed ethical understanding of animal-based research.
ICLAS Oceania does not conduct animal-based research, but is supporter of the Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching in New Zealand, and the Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching in Australia | ANZCCART | University of Adelaide which we regard as important steps forward for ethical animal-based research. We support all efforts to fulfil and promote the commitments in the Openness Agreements in New Zealand and Australia. We also encourage other organisations to join one of these agreements.
Activities funded by ICLAS:
