As you all know, the Fifth International Tapir Symposium was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October 2011. It was the very first time our tapir symposium was held in a Malayan tapir range country and I am happy to report it was a very successful, productive conference, with ample representation from several countries in Southeast Asia, as well as colleagues coming a long way from Latin America, United States and Europe. As a consequence of the symposium in Malaysia and the high quality of the Malayan tapir papers presented during the conference, we decided to keep the momentum and dedicate this issue of Tapir Conservation to the endangered Malayan tapir! This issue includes a compilation of papers that provides a most detailed overview of the status of Malayan tapirs in the wild, the main threats faced by these animals and what is currently being done to promote the conservation of the species and its remaining habitat in Southeast Asia. As for this Letter from the Chair, I would like to take this opportunity to give you a brief overview of the main results of the Fifth International Tapir Symposium in Malaysia.
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