IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 1 - 52 (April 1996)

Note from the Editor
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At first I would like to thank Aksel Bo Madsen who organised the contact with the Ministry of Environment and Energy - National Environment Research Institute, Denmark, the sponsor of this issue. Additional funds were contributed by Deutsches Tierhilfswerk, Frank Giese, Ronald Pichler, Gabriel Pretus, Donald Reid, Christy Vanfraechem, and Anja Zogall.

In this issue you will find a viewpoint of Chris Mason on the problem of PCBs and declining otter populations. He held this lecture a view days ago in Switzerland at a local otter workshop. Once again the problem of PCBs and otters was subject of long and controversial discussions.

We have now a first circular for the VII. International Otter Symposium which will be held in the Czech Republic from 13.-20.3.1998. As the chairpersons have to finish the programme by the end of October no presentations can and will be accepted after that date. Authors will receive a notice on the acceptance not later than 15.1.1998. As you all will probably remember the theme of the last meeting in South Africa was „Otter Conservation is not just about Otters“. Keeping this in mind the organisers and the chairpersons greatly encourages you to invite „Non-Otter-People“ to give contributions on topics of general interest as this might add fruitful information for our otter-work.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the „Otter Bulletin Team“ Barbara Gutleb-Rainer (Vienna), Hans van den Berg (Wageningen) and Els Hoogsteede-Veens (Grafisch Service Centrum Van Gils, Wageningen) for all their invaluable help. Tobias, thank you for your help with the envelopes.

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