Wild Bairds Tapir in Chimalapas, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2004. Photo by TSGCF 2003 grantee Ivan Torres.

Grants are given to projects targeted at research with wild and or captive tapirs; projects targeted at restoration, protection and conservation of tapir habitat in South and Central America and Southeast Asia; education and capacity-building programs for local communities within the tapirs' range in those geographic areas; and implementation of the recommendations of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.

2007 Summary
All monies raised this year go towards establishing an endowment fund so that the fund may grant larger grants to researchers in the future.

2006 Summary of Grants
Six grants given. Meet the six grantees.

2005 Summary of Grants
TSG funds received in 2005 were used to give travel scholarships to Third World TSG researchers in order that they could attend this year's Baird's Tapir PHVA in Belize, and the 2006 Third International Tapir Symposium in Argentina.

2004 Summary of Grants
Three grants of $1,000 for field researchers ($3,000).

	Antony Lynam & Leonardo Salas, Myanmar: A Preliminary Study of Habitat Selection, Abundance, and Threats for Malayan Tapirs (Tapirus indicus) in the Tenasserim Hills, Southern Myanmar.
	Nereyda Estrada Andino, Honduras: Abundance, Distribution and Conservation of Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Natural Area of Rus-Rus, La Moskitia, Honduras.
	Olga Lucía Montenegro, Colombia: Lowland Tapir Distribution Update at the Colombian Orinoquia Region.

2003 Summary of Grants
Three grants of $650 for field researchers ($1,950).

	Adrian Naveda, Venezuela: Ethnozoology of Lowland Tapir in Venezuela
	Ivan Lira Torres, Mexico: Field Verification of Baird's Tapir Distribution in Oaxaca, Mexico: An Important Step Towards a National Conservation Action Plan
	Emilio Constantino, Colombia: Identification of Forest Fragments with Populations of the Colombian Tapirus terrestris colombianus and Strategies for its Conservation

NOTE: Currently, only TSG members may apply for these grants. For information and submission forms, please contact TSG Chair:

Patrícia Medici, M.Sc.
M.Sc. in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management

Ph.D. Candidate, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, United Kingdom
Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative, IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research)
Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)
Convener, IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - Brasil Regional Network

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