November 10-12, 2008
Casa Honorio Delgado
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Av. Armendáriz #445. Miraflores
Lima, Perú Twenty years have passed since the First International Symposium on the Spectacled Bear was held in Chicago. The first symposium became an important source of information about bear research and conservation both in situ and ex situ, and was an important platform upon which many productive alliances for bear conservation were made. Those partnerships and collaborations generated much of the new information now available on the Andean bear. This second symposium has enabled the gathering and synthesis of previously collected information, the assessment of current information and conservation needs, and the development of new collaborations and partnerships for Andean bear conservation both in situ and ex situ. We, the organizers and supporters of the Second International Symposium on the Andean bear, are happy to announce the success of this landmark event. Isaac Goldstein
Wildlife Conservation Society
PO Box 833
IPOSTEL Merida
Estado Merida, Venezuela
Phone: 58-414-7176792
Alicia Kuroiwa
Unidad de Biología de la Conservación /Conservation Biology Unit
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Av. Armendáriz #445
Lima-18, Perú
Phone: 51-1-4470317 Planning and Organization
- Lizette Bermudez (Zoológico de Huachipa, Perú)
- Andres Eloy Bracho (RED TREMARCTOS, ABET)
- Diana Doan-Crider (IBA)
- Dave Garshelis (Bear Specialist Group, IUCN)
- Isaac Goldstein (Andean Bear Program WCS, ABET)
- Lydia Kolter (Koeln Zoo, Germany)
- Alicia Kuroiwa (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia)
- Patricia Majluf (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia)
- Esmeralda Mujica (ALPZA)
- Michael Painter (WCS Peru)
- Ximena Velez-Liendo (ABET)
Admissions and Grants - Jaime Camacho (Ecuador, ABET)
- Diana Doan-Crider (IBA)
- Maria Clara Domínguez (ALPZA)
- Bruce McLellan (Bear Specialist Group, IUCN)
- Patricia Majluf (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia)
- Karen Noyce (IBA)
- Susana Paisley (Durrel Institute of Conservation and Ecology, ABET)
- Bernard Peyton
- Mark Rosenthal
- Edgard Yerena (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela)
Fund Raising - Isaac Goldstein (Andean Bear Program WCS, ABET)
- Lydia Kolter (Koeln Zoo, Andean Bear EEP/ EAZA)
- Stan Searles (Cleveland Metroparks Zoo)
- Scott Silver (Queens Zoo)
- Ron Swaisgood (San Diego Zoo)
- Mariana Varese (WCS)
Proceedings - Francisco Cuesta (Ecuador, ABET)
- Dave Garshelis (Bear Specialist Group, IUCN)
- Mike Jordan (Chester Zoo) (to be confirmed)
- Jeff Jorgenson (California Fish and Wildlife Service, USA)
- Susana Paisley (Durrel Institute of Conservation and Ecology, ABET)
- Bernard Peyton
- Jesus Ramos (Oficina Nacional de Diversidad Biologica, Venezuela)
- Mark Rosenthal
- Damian Rumiz (WCS Bolivia, ABET)
- Luis German Naranjo (WWF Colombia)
- Franklin Rojas Suarez (PROVITA)
- Ron Swaisgood (San Diego Zoo)
- Frank van Manen (IBA)
- Dan Wharton (Chicago Zoo Society)
All contribution funds raised for this symposium will be managed by the International Association for Bear Research and Management and the Bear Conservation Fund. |
