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

Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 54 - 101 (October 2001)

Note from the Editor
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This issue of the IUCN OSG BULLETIN has been printed and sent out later than usual, and for this I apologise.  On the other hand, I take the number of e-mails I received asking for it as a complement!  Obviously, many people are really waiting for the Bulletin.

Historically, the Bulletin has been officially published in April and October, and has always been sent out about 2 months later. Despite this, I encourage everybody to submit manuscripts all year round.  The reviewing and revising process always takes quite a lot of time and, more than once, printing has been delayed whilst one manuscript was delayed.  In the future, with your help, I will try to again produce the Bulletin closer to October and April.

Unfortunately, only 25% responded last year to renew their subscription, although the subscription remains free for those who cannot afford, or do not want, to contribute.  Possibly, many of the people on my address list are no longer working with otters and are no longer interested in receiving the Bulletin; if so, could they please let me know?

In this issue, you will again find the leaflet allowing you to subscribe for another year.  Please send me your response as soon as possible as this allows me to plan future issues.

Many thanks go to Pál Gera, Josef Lanskzi, Aksel Bo Madsen, José M. López-Martin, Dave Rowe-Rowe, and Irene Østerlund Bruun-Schmidt; all of who provided information on recent publications.

Kevin Roche (Czech Republic) again functions as a reader for those contributions which have not been reviewed by at least one native speaker; whilst Alvaro Soutullo (Uruguay) and Lional Lafontaine (France) translated the abstracts into Spanish and French.  I also have to thank the 'Otter Bulletin Team' for their continuing help, namely Hans van den Berg and Annemarie Gerritsen (Wageningen) and Els Hoogsteede-Veens and Erwin Hellegering of GRAFISCH SERVICE CENTRUM VAN GILS (Wageningen).

Finally, I can now inform you that the work on the proceedings of the conference held in Trebon is now really coming to an end!  I will not bother you with stories about crashing computers, lost e-mails, authors not responding etc., but, despite all this, we have now received almost all the manuscripts - so there is hope!

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