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IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group
Volume
20 Issue 1 Pages 1 - 56 (April 2003)
Congress Announcements
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IX International Otter Colloquium
Otters: Ambassadors for Aquatic Conservation
4th - 6th June 2004, USA
The IXth International Otter Colloquium will be hosted on the campus of
Frostburg State University, Maryland, USA on 4-10 June 2004. The meeting
is a truly international event, likely to be attended by participants
from at least 40 countries and to include discussion on the world's 13
species of otters. The two most recent colloquiums were in Chile and the
Czech Republic.
The colloquium has not been hosted in North America since 1985 and it
is hoped that professionals and others from throughout the world with an
interest in otter biology, ecology, and conservation will attend.
Information about the colloquium can be obtained by emailing (otter@frostburg.edu)
and from the colloquium web site (http:/otter.frostburg.edu).
June is a wonderful time to visit the beautiful campus of Frostburg
State University in the eastern United States. Please plan on joining us
for a unique and enjoyable opportunity to learn about these amazing
species by interacting with otter enthusiasts from throughout the world.
We look forward to seeing you next June!
Tom Serfass, Lisa Serfass, and Sadie Steven
Colloquium Organizers
for further information please contact:
Thomas L. Serfass, Department of Biology, Frostburg State University,
Frostburg, MD 21532, 301-687-4171
TSERFASS@mail.frostburg.edu
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)
Catalysts for Conservation: A Direction for Zoos in the 21st
Century
19 - 20 February 2004
ZSL Meeting Rooms, London UK
A joint symposium of the Zoological Society of London, UK and the
Wildlife Conservation Society, USA, supported by the North of England
Zoological Society, UK.
Organised by Alexandra Zimmermann, Chris West, Matthew Hatchwell, and
Richard Lattis
Modern zoos and aquariums are playing an increasingly active and
important role in protecting and managing global biodiversity. Many zoos
explicitly include wildlife conservation in their mission and, in recent
years, have entered a wave of determination to advance their active
involvement even further. With this progression, however, searching
questions are being asked:
- What is the true role of zoos in conservation?
- How can they contribute more significantly to global conservation
efforts?
- What are the unique attributes of zoos that can be applied in the
conservation landscape?
- And should zoos be doing more?
In parallel with this voluntary movement, legal requirements for zoos
to support conservation in the wild are also becoming more stringent.
This, coupled with the imminent revision of the World Zoo and Aquarium
Conservation Strategy, is creating a need for zoos and aquariums to
consider how best to direct their expertise to the maximum benefit of
biodiversity conservation.
This symposium will challenge the global zoo community to review its
conservation missions. It will bring together leading thinkers and
practitioners familiar with the in situ and ex situ conservation roles
of zoos. Speakers will aim to define a new conservation vision for zoos
and aquariums that increases their contribution to tackling the on-going
global biodiversity crisis.
Admission is by ticket and must be booked in advance. A full
programme and registration form is attached
Also available from Deborah Body, Scientific Meetings Coordinator, ZSL deborah.body@zsl.org
or tel: 020
7449 6227. http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ioz/meetings.htm
for further information please contact:
Alexandra Zimmermann
Conservation & Science, North of England Zoological Society
Science & Exploration, Wildlife Conservation Society
c/o Zoological Gardens Chester, Chester CH2 1LH, UK.
Tel +44 (0)1244 389449 Fax +44 (0)1244 381352
a.zimmermann@chesterzoo.co.uk
/ azimmermann@wcs.org
www.chesterzoo.org / www.savethejaguar.com
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