IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 10 Pages 1 - 56 (October 1994)

Note from the Editor
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This is the first issue of the IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin which is edited in Austria. It was a great honour for me to get the chance to follow Chris Mason and Dave Rowe-Rowe in this position. It was their labour and effort that leads this publication to its 10th issue. I hope that I will be able to fulfil all the different expectations in this journal and that new ideas will strengthen its special status as a specific publication concerned with all aspects of the different otter species.

One problem is the number of requested copies, which are send free to the steadily increasing number of participants in the mailing This issue will be send to all on the mailing list, but nevertheless we are far beyond the absolute maximum of free copies. For the future we should think about a construction that everyone, who is able to do so, pays the prime costs for a copy (as for example the Martes Working Group in North America does with its bulletin). In the meantime every contribution is welcome. Details on any change will be published in the next issue or by a separate leaflet.

I encourage everyone not only to send summaries but also articles in full length. I will do my best to enclose them in full length.

I tried to cover the recent publications, which you will find in the last section. As everyone knows a lot of publications belong to the class of the so called grey-literature, which means that most reports to local governments, WWF sections, etc. are not available via electronic media, current contents, etc. Therefore it would be very helpful for the international exchange of information to send me a short notice (including addresses and costs) or a copy of these publications. These publications will be announced separately in the forthcoming issues.

Please note that the following issue will not be send to anyone not answering the enclosed leaflet and subscribing thereby for further issues.

I would like to thank Mag. Barbi Buchacher for the assistance in retyping some of the manuscripts.

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