The XIth International Otter Colloquium will be held from 1-5 September 2010 in Pavia, Italy. This is being organised jointly by the Universities of Pavia and Molise and the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group. See http://www-1.unipv.it/webbio/iucn11otter.pdf for more details or contact Claudio Prigioni
or Anna Loy
La Nutria en España: Veinte años de seguimiento de un mamífero amenazado, edited by José María López Martín & Juan Jiménez Pérez has been published by the Grupo Nutria of SECEM. This multi-authored volume details the status of the otter in each region of Spain, based on work caarried out between 2004-6. Following this, a smaller number of chapters consider the reasosn for the poor conservation situation of this species and what might be done to improve matters.
The 4th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management will be held from 12-16 April 2010 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Details can be found on the conference website at http://www.icrbm.org/ or via the Conference Secretary: Elize Rall Tel: 051 401 2516 Fax: 051 401 3538 E-mail: Ralle.stg@ufs .ac.za