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  Malayan Tapir PHVA: Malaysia

MALAYAN TAPIR CONSERVATION WORKSHOP
Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA)
Lanchang Training Center, Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia
August 12-16, 2003

Malayan Tapir

Plenary sessions
Welcome sign at Krau Wildlife Reserve

Wild mountain tapir
Collaring a wild Malayn tapir, Malaysia ©Carl Traeholdt
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Malayan Tapir PHVA Report2003 Malayan Tapir PHVA Report
12-16 August, 2003
Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia

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PLANNING COMMITTEE
  • Patrícia Medici, Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), Brazil
  • Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo; Chair, EAZA Tapir TAG; Member, TSG
  • Carl Traeholt, Malayan Tapir Project, Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia; Coordinator, Malayan Tapir, TSG
  • Siti Hawa Yatim, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Malaysia
  • Kae Kawanishi, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Malaysia
  • Ramlah Abdul Majid, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Malaysia
CBSG FACILITATORS/MODELERS
  • Philip S. Miller, Program Officer, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Headquarters USA
  • Amy Camacho, Convener, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Mexico 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)
  • Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
  • Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Malaysia
  • European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)
  • Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

  • Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
  • Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Malaysia
  • European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Tapir Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)

PARTICIPANTS SPONSORSHIP

  • Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Thailand
  • Directorate of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHKA), Indonesia
  • Idea Wild, United States
  • International Rhino Foundation, Indonesia
  • Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Thailand
  • World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Malaysia

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Illustration by Stephen Nash