Tapir Conservation - Tapir Specialist Group
Tapir Conservation - Tapir Specialist Group
Tapir Conservation - Tapir Specialist Group
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TSG COMMITTEE REPORTS<br />
BAIRD‘S TAPIR CONSERVATION WORKSHOP<br />
Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA)<br />
Location: The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center<br />
(TEC), Belize, Central America<br />
Date: 15-19 August, 2005<br />
© Stephen Nash 2003<br />
Number of Participants: 60 (Belize - 4; Colombia - 3;<br />
Costa Rica - 9; Guatemala - 11; Honduras - 6; Mexico - 11;<br />
Panama - 4; TSG Officers, CBSG Facilitators and International<br />
Participants - 12)<br />
CBSG Facilitator(s): Amy Camacho and Luis Carrillo<br />
(CBSG Mexico)<br />
CBSG Modeler(s): Philip Miller (CBSG HQ) and Anders<br />
Gonçalves da Silva (CBSG Brasil)<br />
Organization/Institutional Support: IUCN/SSC <strong>Tapir</strong><br />
<strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> (TSG); Houston Zoo Inc., United States;<br />
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center (TEC), Belize;<br />
IUCN/SSC <strong>Conservation</strong> Breeding <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> (CBSG);<br />
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) <strong>Tapir</strong> Taxon<br />
Advisory <strong>Group</strong> (TAG); and European Association of Zoos<br />
and Aquaria (EAZA) <strong>Tapir</strong> Taxon Advisory <strong>Group</strong> (TAG).<br />
Financial Support: <strong>Conservation</strong> International’s Critical<br />
Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; TSG<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> Fund (TSGCF); Houston Zoo Inc., United<br />
States; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of International<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong>, United States; Chicago Board of Trade<br />
Endangered Species Fund, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Zoological<br />
Society, United States; Milwaukee County Zoological<br />
Gardens, United States; XCARET Zoo, Mexico; World<br />
Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), Switzerland;<br />
Nashville Zoo, United States; Sedgwick County Zoo, United<br />
States; Virginia Zoo, United States; Bergen County Zoological<br />
Park, United States; Los Angeles Zoo, United States; San<br />
Diego Zoo, United States; Franklin Park Zoo, United States;<br />
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, United States; Jacksonville Zoo<br />
and Gardens, United States; Louisiana Purchase Zoo, United<br />
States; Wuppertal Zoo, Germany; BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo,<br />
United States; Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo <strong>Conservation</strong><br />
Fund, United States; Brevard Zoo, United States; Lee<br />
Richardson Zoo, United States; and Private Donations.<br />
LOWLAND TAPIR CONSERVATION WORKSHOP<br />
Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA)<br />
Location: Brazil (venue to be confirmed)<br />
Date: Late 2006 / Early 2007<br />
(exact dates to be confirmed)<br />
Expected Number of Participants: 60 (Argentina,<br />
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guiana,<br />
Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, TSG Officers, CBSG<br />
Facilitators and International Participants)<br />
CBSG Facilitator(s): Patrícia Medici (CBSG Brasil)<br />
CBSG Modeler(s): Anders Gonçalves da Silva (CBSG<br />
Brasil), Arnaud Desbiez (CBSG Brasil), and Alexandre<br />
Nascimento (CBSG Brasil)<br />
Organization/Institutional Support: IUCN/SSC <strong>Tapir</strong><br />
<strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> (TSG); Houston Zoo Inc., United States;<br />
IUCN/SSC <strong>Conservation</strong> Breeding <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> (CBSG)<br />
- Brazil Regional Network; IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas<br />
Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research); American<br />
Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) <strong>Tapir</strong> Taxon Advisory<br />
<strong>Group</strong> (TAG); and European Association of Zoos and Aquaria<br />
(EAZA) <strong>Tapir</strong> Taxon Advisory <strong>Group</strong> (TAG).<br />
of recommendations for species conservation. In the<br />
PHVA workshop, structured analysis of problems is<br />
used to develop creative and inclusive solutions, goals<br />
and actions.<br />
Considering that there are four tapir species, and<br />
that three of them have been the focus of previous<br />
PHVA workshops – Malay <strong>Tapir</strong> PHVA Workshop held<br />
in Malaysia in 2003, Mountain <strong>Tapir</strong> PHVA Workshop<br />
held in Colombia in 2004, and Baird’s <strong>Tapir</strong> PHVA<br />
Workshop held in Belize in 2005 – we can now say<br />
that we have finalized 75% of the second version of<br />
the <strong>Tapir</strong> Action Plan, listing and prioritizing strategies<br />
and actions for the conservation of the three species<br />
and their remaining habitats. The English version of<br />
the Malay <strong>Tapir</strong> Action Plan, as well as Spanish and<br />
English versions of the Mountain <strong>Tapir</strong> Action Plan<br />
are available online on the TSG website and can be<br />
downloaded in PDF format. Spanish and English<br />
<strong>Tapir</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> n The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC <strong>Tapir</strong> <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> n Vol. 14/2 n No. 18 n December 2005<br />
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