IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
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Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 62 - 110 (October 2002)

Congress Announcements
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The Return of the Otter - Where and How
Isle of Skye, Scotland
30 June - 5 July 2003

The International Otter Survival Fund is organising a conference that is dedicated to the return of the otter in Europe and all aspects of natural recovery versus reintroduction at the University of the Highlands and Islands campus at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on the Isle of Skye.

The aim of the conference is to discuss all aspects of natural recovery and reintroduction such as ethical aspects of human - otter interaction, conservation, breeding, genetics, toxicology, and other new and innovate research areas. The conference will have a number of sessions that will all be in support of the main theme including:

The results and conclusions will be presented by a rapporteur at the Meeting in Brno later this summer, so that all information is made available as soon as possible to the attendees of this conference. Proceedings will be published in due time.

For further information please contact:
International Otter Survival Fund
Broadford
Isle of Skye IV499AQ
Scotland
Tel/FAX: ++1471 822487
e-mail: iosf@otter.org
http://www.otter.org

4^th European Congress of Mammalogy
August 2003, Brno/Czech Republic
http://www.kvetna.brno.cas.cz

We would like to invite you to participate on the 4^th European Congress of Mammalogy, to be held on July 27 - August 1, 2003, in Brno, Czech Republic. It is planned to hold a meeting of the European Section of the Otter Specialist Group (OSG) and a symposium on the 'Conservation and Biology of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)' in connection with the Congress. The OSG meeting and symposium are expected to last 2-3 days.
For those who would only like to participate at the meeting of the European section of the OSG and the symposium, and not on the other program of the congress, it is possible to arrange a lower 'student' fee (to be announced). For those with real difficulty affording the registration fee, it is possible to apply for a grant, but please note that the funds are limited. The second circular will be sent to all members of the OSG within the next few days.

Preliminary program:
Meeting of the European Section of the OSG 2003
Discussion topics:

• Summary report of the status and conservation of otters in Europe
• Recommendations of the European OSG for the next International Otter Colloquium 2004, USA (progress, new ideas)
• Completion of the World Otter Action Plan and European part of the Otter Action Plan
• Future of the OSG Bulletin, OSG website, etc.

Symposium 'Conservation and Biology of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)'

Contributions should concentrate on new research projects, methods, or approaches to conservation and the biology of the Eurasian Otter - especially on monitoring, territoriality and home ranges. We will also provide an area to present poster contributions. Discussion topics:

• Monitoring of otters - National and local surveys, etc.
• Territorial behaviour and habitat use
• Reports on ongoing or new otter projects, methodologies, and programs
• Summary report on the conference in the Isle of Skye (Scotland)

Optional discussions / workshops:

• EU Habitat directive and/or EU Water Framework directive - as applied to otter conservation
• Priorities in otter research for Europe
• Otters and fisheries

For more general information on the 4^th European Congress of Mammalogy, please contact the web site at www.ivb.cz. and for information on travel, accommodation, www.waso.cz/ecm.

XXVI^th International Congress of the IUGB
X^th International Perdix Symposium
"Integrating Wildlife with People"
1^st-6^th September 2003
Braga, Portugal

The scope of the congress will be broad and will interest those who work in almost any field of wildlife sciences. However the main theme will be "sustainable use of wildlife".
For further information:
www.bio.uminho.pt/iugb
e-mail: iugb_perdix@bio.uminho.pt
Fax.: +351 253678980

International Conference on the Conservation of the European Mink
5^th-8^th November 2003 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
The European mink is one of Europe's most endangered animal species. The purpose of this event is to improve the communication which currently exists between the various people and bodies working on the conservation of this species.
For further information:
www.fundacion-cajarioja.es
e-mail: fundacion@,fundacion-cajarioja.es
Fax.:+34941 259931

IX International Otter Colloquium
4th - 6th June 2004, USA
TSERFASS@mail.frostburg.edu
See also From the Chairman's Desk

9th International Congress of Mammalogy
2005, Sapporo/Japan
http://cse.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/hiroh/ICOM9Japan.html

Dear Mammalogists,
It is a great pleasure to inform you that the Congress Committee for MAMMAL 2005 (the 9th International Mammalogical Congress; formerly the International Theriological Congress: ITC) has been launched. The Congress Committee will periodically inform you about the preparation of MAMMAL 2005 through e-mail and the web page (www.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/mammal2005/), which is now under construction. Though we are now managing e-mail addresses based on delegate lists of the 7th and 8th ITC, we would like to renew the list of addresses for MAMMAL 2005 with your permission. Are you interested in MAMMAL 2005? Please reply to us (MAMMAL2005@hokkaido-ies.go.jp) to get the periodical information about MAMMAL 2005.

Koichi Kaji and Takashi Saitoh (Secretary General)
Tomoko Takahashi (Secretary)

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