IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
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Volume 14 Issue 1 (April 1997)

Congress Annoucements
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III^rd SPANISH CONGRESS OF MAMMALS
1^st Congress on Iberian Otters
December 5^th-7^{th  1997}
Castelló dÉmpuries, Girona

 The Spanish Society for the Conservation and Research of Mammals organizes the 3^rd Spanish Congress of Mammals. During this event the 1^st Congress on Iberian Otters will be held on December 6^th, 1997 in the Aiguamolls de l´Empordá Natural Park. This area is close to the area where two years ago a reintroduction project started (18 translocated otters were released). The meeting is organized by SECEM (Spanish Society for the Conservation and research on Otters) and APNAE (Friends of the Aiguamolls de l´Empordá Natural Park).

Oral presentations and posters on the distribution, biology, ecology, behaviour, genetics, demography, toxicology, veterinary, management, conservation, etc. on the Spanish, Portuguese or Andorran otters will be accepted after a Scientific Committee revision of importance and signification of the submitted topics.

For further information please contact:

Jordi Ruiz-Olmo
Josep Pla, 41,7,2
08019 Barcelona
SPAIN
Fax.: ++34-3-307 96 11
e-mail:ajruiol@correu.gencat.es

16^th MUSTELID COLLOQUIUM

October 9^th-12^th, 1997
Fuglsø Centre, Jutland, Denmark

At this meeting presentations on all aspects of the biology of European mustelids will be welcome.

For further information please contact:

Aksel B. Madsen
National Environmental Research Institute
Department of Landscape Ecology
Grenåvej 12, Kalø, 8410 Rønde, Denmark
Tel.: ++45-89-201700/ Fax.: ++45-89-201515
e-mail: abm@dmu.dk

71 JAHRESTAGUNG
Deutsche Gesellschaft für säugetierkunde
September 21^th-25^th in Jena, Germany.

• Locomotion in Mammals
• Methods in mammal studies
• ;Biology of mustelids

For further information please contact:

Prof. Dr. M.S. Fischer
Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Erbertstr. 1
D-07743
Tel.: +49-3641-630301
Fax.: +49-3641-630392
e-mail: b5fima@rz.uni-jena.de

Euro American Mammal Congress

July 20^th-24^th, 1998 in Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN

For further information please contact:

Miguel Delibes
Fax.: ++34-54-621125
e-mail: decastro@cica.es

Has the Panda had its Day?

Future Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Biodiversity

November 14^th-15^th, 1997 in London, UK

For further information please contact:

Dr. Abigail Entwistle, FFI,
Great Eastern House
Tenison Road
Cambridge CB1 2DT
e-mail: info@ffint.org

3^rd International Conference
on Wildlife Management in Amazonia

December 3^rd-7^th, 1997 in Santa Cruz, BOLIVIA

This event will be a forum to evaluate, discuss and exchange ideas and knowledge about wildlife & fisheries, conservation and management, biodiversity, the environment, and sustainable development, along with other themes intimately linked with Amazonian wildlife.

For further information please contact:

International Congress Coordinator
Tropical Conservation and Development Program
University of Florida
POB 115531
Gainesville
FL 32611-5531, USA
Fax.: ++1-352-3920085
http://www.tcd.ufl.edu./tcd/congres3

“Mammal Trapping Symposium”

17^th - 20^th August 1997 in Alberta, Canada

Presentation topics may include (but are not limited to):

1. Mammal trapping: importance and concerns
   • historical
   • economical
   • socio-cultural
   • animal welfare
   • and biological aspects
2. Trapping technology: scientific facts and future direction
   • world trap inventory
   • humaneness
   • efficiency and selectivity
3. Trapline management and data analysis
   • trapline designs
   • management practices
   • data analysis

For further information please contact:

Dr. Gilbert Proulx
Alpha Wildlife Research and Management Ltd.
9 Garnet Crescent, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8A 2R7
Tel.: +403-464-5228
Fax.: +403-417-0255
e-mail:alpha@xpress.ab.ca

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