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Tapir Conservation is the Tapir Specialist Group's official publication.

Tapir Conservation aims:
  • to publish information on the biology, ecology, behaviour and conservation of tapirs in the wild and in captivity everywhere
  • to share news pertinent to tapirs and their habitats
  • to publish current TSG member project updates*
  • to publish longer contributed articles
  • to provide tapir researchers with up-to-date, relevant information about the species

How Do You Submit Articles?
You don’t have to be a member of the TSG to submit an article to the newsletter.
If you would like to contribute something please download our Notes for Contributors and follow instructions there. (Microsoft Word, 2K, click to download or right-click, "Save as" to your desktop)

Editorial Board
We have recently developed an editorial board to further improve the quality of contributed articles. This board consists of TSG members who have expertise in many different scientific, zoological, and editorial areas. Articles are first sent to the Contributions Editor (Siān Waters), and from there to one or more of the editorial board for their comments and possible revisions. The article is then sent back to the author for revision if necessary; when those are complete the article will be published in Tapir Conservation.

History of Tapir Conservation Newsletter
The newsletter was first issued in 1990 and edited by the then chair of TSG, Sharon Matola. Sheryl Todd took over the newsletter editing and converted the newsletter to a new computerised format when she was appointed deputy chair in 1997. Sheryl continued to edit the newsletter up until 2000 when Stefan Seitz and Siân Waters took over. Stefan is responsible for the layout of the newsletter whilst Siân does the preliminary editing for all contributions. Kelly Russo of the Houston Zoo Inc. is responsible for overseeing printing and the newsletter’s distribution. We are extremely grateful to Houston Zoo Inc. for shouldering the financial burden of printing and distributing the newsletter which is sent free of charge to TSG members and is also available to download on this TSG website.

For additional editorial inquiries, please contact our Contributions Editor Leonardo Salas: leoasalas@netscape.net

*Please note that we do not accept project proposals or solicitations for funding for publication in Tapir Conservation.