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  Tapir Specialist Group Newsletter: Tapir Conservation

Members of the Tapir Specialist Group publish their work twice-yearly in Tapir Conservation Newsletter.
See Newsletters 1990-2001.

Editors
Leonardo Salas, Venezuela/Indonesia, Stefan Seitz, Germany, Kelly Russo, United States
If you are interested in contributing articles to Tapir Conservation, please see our Newsletter Contribution page.

Tapir Conservation
Volume 16/2, Number 22
December, 2008

New tapir population discovered in Ecuador, tapir conservation in French Guiana, fossil history of tapirus, report from seminar on captive Malayan tapir breeding programs.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 16/1, Number 21
June, 2007

Report from Lowland Tapir PHVA, Virtual Library report, article on discovery of mountain tapir in new area of Ecuador, conservation across cultural and national borders, and more.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 15/2, Number 20
January, 2007

Tapir attacks on humans, media coverage of tapirs, population dynamics of Lowland tapirs, Baird's tapir population evaluations in Costa Rica and Colombia, detecting polymorphism in tapirs.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 15, Number 19
June, 2006

Third International Tapir Symposium Report, notes on tapir/human conflict, the attempted sale of a baby tapir on the web in Panama, tapir footprint identification, conservation of Baird's tapir in Oaxaca, Mexico, and more!

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 14/2, Number 18
December, 2005

Report on Malayan Tapir habitat use and density in Taratak Forest Reserve, Malaysia; Looking for disease in tapirs; Estimating genetic diversity of mountain tapirs in Colombia; a report of the Baird's PHVA in Belize.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 14, Number 17
June, 2005

Reports from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and the committees, including an extensive letter from the Genetics committee. Also further discussion of the Mountain Tapir PHVA and the success of Red Danta website, a networking and informational site for mountain tapir researchers.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 13, Number 16
December, 2004

Report on Mountain Tapir PHVA, 2004 TSG Conservation Fund grants, and articles on Malayan tapir habitat use in Sumatra, using GPS collars to track Mountain tapirs, and Bairds tapir behaviour in captivity.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 13, Number 15
June, 2004

Includes reports from the Second International Tapir Symposium and all committee chairs on current status of group goals.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 12, Number 2
December, 2003

Includes reports from Malaysian Tapir Workshop, founding of TSG Conservation Fund, project updates and TSG Committee reports.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 12, Number 1
June 2003

Includes field news from Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina; captive reports on Bairds Tapir; re-introduction outline.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 11, Number 2
December, 2002

Includes field news from Belize, French Guiana, Colombia, Brazil and Malaysia; captive reports on tapir longevity and a new exhibit at Wuppertal Zoo, Germany; workshop reports from Colombia and Malaysia.

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Tapir Conservation
Volume 11, Number 1
June 2002

Includes field news from Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Thailand and Indonesia. TAG and studbook report. Survey of tapirs in American and European zoos.

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Tapir Conservation Issues 1990-2000
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1996-2000

Volume 10
March 2000, 5.9Mb

Volume 9
June 1999, 3.8Mb

Volume 8
August 1998, 5.2Mb

Volume 7
July 1997, 4.4Mb

Volume 6
June 1996, 1.4Mb

1990-1995

Volume 5
February, 1995, 1.8Mb

Volume 4
July 1994, 1.4Mb

Volume 3
August 1992, 1.5Mb

Volume 2
July 1991, 3.2Mb

Volume 1
September 1990, 2.9Mb