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  Baird's Tapir PHVA: Belize

BAIRD’S TAPIR CONSERVATION WORKSHOP
Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA)
The Belize Zoo & Tropical Education Center, Belize, Central America
August 15-19, 2005
Baird's Tapir

Baird's PHVA participants photo
Participants at Baird's Tapir PHVA

Small action team meetings
Olga Montenegro of Colombia gives the Baird's tapir report for her country

Scotty, a tapir at the Belize Zoo
Belize Zoo : Scotty the tapir

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Baird's Tapir PHVA Report
2005 Baird's Tapir PHVA Report
 15-19 August 2005
Belize Zoo, Belize

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PLANNING COMMITTEE
  • Patrícia Medici, Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), Brazil
  • Siân S. Waters, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), United Kingdom
  • William Konstant, Deputy-Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), United States
  • Alberto Mendoza, Chair, AZA Tapir TAG, United States
  • Alan Shoemaker, Red List Authorßity, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), United States
  • Celso Poot, Education Department, The Belize Zoo, Belize
CBSG FACILITATORS/MODELERS
  • Philip S. Miller, Program Officer, IUCN/SSC ConservationBreeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Headquarters USA
  • Amy Camacho, Convener, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Mexico Regional Network
  • Luis Carrillo, Facilitator, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Mexico Regional Network
  • Anders Gonçalves, Modeller, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Brasil Regional Network

Many thanks to our generous institutional and financial supporters who made this meeting possible:

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
  • IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)
  • IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG)
  • Houston Zoo Inc., United States
  • The Belize Zoo & Tropical Education Center, Belize, Central America
  • Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)
  • European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Colombia
  • Conservation International (CI), Colombia

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

  • Africam Safari, Mexico
  • Bergen County Zoological Park, United States
  • BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo, United States
  • Brevard Zoo, United States
  • Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Zoological Society, United States
  • Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Conservation Fund, United States
  • Conservation International’s Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
  • Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
  • Franklin Park Zoo, United States
  • Houston Zoo Inc., United States
  • Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, United States
  • Lee Richardson Zoo, United States
  • Los Angeles Zoo, United States
  • Louisiana Purchase Zoo, United States
  • Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, United States
  • Nashville Zoo, United States
  • Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, United States
  • Private Donors
  • San Diego Zoo, United States
  • Sedgwick County Zoo, United States
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of International Conservation, United States
  • Virginia Zoological Park, United States
  • World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), Switzerland
  • Wuppertal Zoo, Germany
  • XCARET Zoo, Mexico

PARTICIPANTS SPONSORSHIP
  • Africam Safari, Mexico
  • Área de Conservación La Amistad Pacífico, Costa Rica
  • Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Mexico
  • Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala
  • Conservation Division, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belize
  • Continental Airlines, Partnership Houston Zoo Inc., United States
  • Corporación Hondureña de Desarrollo Forestal (AFE-COHDEFOR), Honduras
  • Dirección Biodiversidad, Ministerio del Ambiente, Honduras
  • El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Mexico
  • El Nispero Zoo, Republic of Panama
  • Fundación Wii, Colombia
  • ICADE, Honduras
  • Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología, Mexico
  • Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Biológicos “Alexander von Humboldt”, Colombia
  • IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Brazil
  • IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Headquarters and Mexico
  • IUCN/SSC TSG Conservation Fund (TSGCF)
  • La Marina Zoo, Costa Rica
  • Parque Nacional Sierra del Lacandon, Guatemala
  • Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio, Costa Rica
  • Parque XCARET, Mexico
  • Parque Zoológico de León, Mexico
  • Patronato “Amigos del Águila Harpia”, Republic of Panama
  • Programme for Belize
  • Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía (MINAE), Costa Rica
  • Sociedad Mastozoologica de Panamá, Republic of Panama
  • Summit Zoo, Republic of Panama
  • Tropical Science Center, Costa Rica
  • UN.A.CH., Policlínica y Diagnóstico Veterinario, Mexico
  • Universidad Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Honduras
  • Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Universidad del Mar - Campus Puerto Escondido, Mexico
  • Universidad Nacional (UNAL), Colombia
  • Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Virginia Zoological Park, United States
  • Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Guatemala
  • Zoológico "Miguel Álvarez del Toro" (ZOOMAT), Mexico
  • Zoológico Nacional La Aurora, Guatemala

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Illustration by Stephen Nash