IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group
Volume 39 Issue3 (September 2022)
Note from the Editor
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Dear Friends, Colleagues and Otter Enthusiasts!
Summer in Europe will come soon to an end and issue 39/2 has been closed a few days ago. Hereby, we are opening issue 39/3.
Soon many of us will meet in person in September in France and you will find news and updates at the website of the 15th IUCN/SSC OSG International Otter Congress (https://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/osg-newsite/15th-ioc/). I am sure that there will be many interesting presentations and posters and in parallel discussions, networking opportunities, and chats with old friends. There is no better thing than meeting in person. Personally, I am very sorry that this time due to overload with work I will not be able to join in person. The Colloquium was always an excellent occasion to coordinate our efforts to conserve otters in a changing world.
This current issue 39/3 is already complete and manuscripts will go online over the coming weeks. We do have a very interesting pipeline of manuscripts so keep coming back every now and then on our website.
Again, I also want to urge all potential authors to carefully study the guidelines for authors before submitting manuscripts. Especially I want to stress that it is the responsibility of the authors to ensure completeness of the list of references used in the text and in the reference list. It is not the task on our side to try to identify missing references and we have now started to move papers down the pipeline of going online until the list is completed by the authors.
I also want to announce a new category of manuscripts that we will entitle “Sightings”. We will accept any information on otters in new areas, where they have not been confirmed or not confirmed for very long times. The length should not exceed 2 pages and contain mainly geographical information on the aquatic system and evidence for the presence of the otter species in question in the form of photos, DNA proof or similar. There is no need to explain in long general otter biology, threats etc. The manuscripts will be reviewed for consistency preferably by the species coordinator or another local senior authority.
We are happy about the high number of high quality manuscripts arriving but finally this is also seriously increasing the workload for Lesley. No Lesley = no IUCN OSG Bulletin. My sincere big thanks to Lesley for all your efforts on behalf of all of us!
