It is always nice to be able to start my Letter from the Chair by saying that the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) continues to make progress in many different fronts! We continue to work tirelessly on the development of National Action Plans for Tapir Conservation in several different tapir range countries in South and Central America, as well as Southeast Asia. Our TSG Country Coordinators are making considerable advancements on the design of their National Plans. Our Ecuadorian Regional Action Planning Committee has just held an action planning workshop last May to finalize their National Action Plan for Tapir Conservation in Ecuador. Argentina is taking the final steps on the development of their National Plan. French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras and Indonesia are planning for a series of activities related to tapir action planning. Very soon we will have a series of new plans ready to be implemented for the benefit of tapir conservation! The new Red List Assessments for the four species of tapirs, compiled by our Red List Authority Alan Shoemaker and members of the TSG Red List Committee were released during the IUCN Conference held in Barcelona in October 2008 is available online at www.iucnredlist.org. Our TSG Red List Committee will continue to work with the Red List Unit of the IUCN Species Programme to keep our tapir assessments up to date. In order to be more efficient in doing that, we will try to find way to support members of the TSG to participate in regular Red List training courses organized by the IUCN Red List Unit around the world.
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