Tapir Specialist Group Logo The IUCN/SSC-affiliated Tapir Specialist Group is a global group of biologists, zoo professionals, researchers and advocates dedicated to conserving tapirs and their habitat through strategic action-planning in countries where tapirs live, information sharing, and through educational outreach that shows the importance of the tapir to local ecosystems and to the world at large.

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  Tapir Specialist Group Tapir Symposiums

Moments from the Third International Tapir Symposium at Temaiken Zoo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2006
TSG's International Tapir Symposiums bring together a multi-faceted group of tapir experts, including field biologists, environmental educators, captivity specialists, academicians, researchers, veterinarians, governmental authorities, politicians and other interested parties.

Features of the symposiums:

  • Presentations by tapir researchers, keynote speakers and other professionals addressing tapir biology, research, conservation, and management
  • Topics covering issues relevant to tapir conservation
    • field research,
    • population management
    • husbandry
    • fundraising
    • marketing
    • governmental regulations
    • eco-tourism
    • education
    • veterinary issues
    • tapir bio-politics
  • Workshops addressing some of the most serious issues facing tapir conservation today
  • A review and evaluation of the recommendations and goals listed during the Second International Tapir Symposium
  • Creation of new prioritized actions and goals for tapir conservation

 


Attendees of the 2006 Tapir Symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Symposium Documents

2006 Third International Tapir Symposium
 26-31 January, 2006
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Download Report (500 Kb) or right click and "save as" (Adobe Acrobat PDF)


Other Symposium Documents:
2004 Second International Tapir Symposium
10-16 January, 2004
Panama City, Republic of Panama

Download report (1.4Mb) or right click and "save as" (Adobe Acrobat PDF)


Other Symposium Documents:
2001 First International Tapir Symposium
Costa Rica
Book of Abstracts from Symposium (200 K PDF)