IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group
Volume 37 Issue 3 (November 2020)
Note from the Editor
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Dear Friends, Colleagues and Otter Enthusiasts!
Since I wrote my last editorial many things have not really changed for us. Many countries face more or less strict restrictions and I assume many of us work from home due to the current pandemic. I hope that all your family members and friends are doing fine and that you found your ways to cope with the work and private situation.
I am also well aware that the travel restrictions had impact on many of your projects. I personally know a few people were field had to be postponed or had been completely cancelled due to the inaccessibility of remote areas or simply the fact that cross border travels were restricted or completely forbidden. Living in Luxembourg seeing Germany and France from my windows I was not allowed to enter to any of these countries for several weeks. I can only imagine what impact this may have had on your field work.
I experienced also a huge increase in submissions compared to previous years. Many of us obviously used the time to write up already available data and to see to get them published. I am sorry but this increase together with a high workload in my position lead to long delays from the time point manuscripts were accepted until they went online. We are now trying to work off the pile and hope to be soon back to normal.
Lesley deserves a big thank you from our community. Thank you so much for all the hours spent with the manuscripts and to bring them online and to check last typos and reference lists.
