It feels as if it were only yesterday that we were hos- ting the First Tapir Symposium in Costa Rica. As I always say, that first conference was without any doubt the moment when things started happening for the Tapir Specialist Group. Tapir researchers and conservationists from all over the world, with many different backgrounds and institutional affiliations, and doing many different types of research, had the opportunity to meet each other in person, exchange their experiences, and establish short- and long-term partnerships. After the First Symposium our TSG members became a lot more involved, and the group went through a process of growth and improvement never before seen in the history of the TSG.
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