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Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 22(1): 16-17 CROCODILE SPECIALIST GROUP NEWSLETTER VOLUME 24 No. 4 • OCTOBER 2005 - DECEMBER 2005 IUCN - World Conservation Union • Species Survival Commission 1 CSG Newsletter Subscriptions CROCODILE The CSG NEWSLETTER is produced and distributed by the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission, IUCN-The World Conservation Union. The CSG NEWSLETTER provides information on the conservation, status, news and current events concerning SPECIALIST crocodilians, and on the activities of the CSG. The NEWSLETTER is distributed to CSG members and, upon request, to other interested individuals and organizations. All subscribers are asked to contribute news and other GROUP materials. The NEWSLETTER is available as hard copy, electronic copy. Previous issues [from Vol. 13(3)] can be downloaded from “www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/CROCS/ CSGnewsletter.htm”. NEWSLETTER A voluntary annual contribution is requested from subscribers to defray expenses of producing the NEWSLETTER. Payment may be made by cash ($US40), credit card ($AUD55) or bank transfer ($AUD55). Due to increased bank costs associated with cheques, this method VOLUME 24 Number 4 of payment is no longer recommended. A Subscription OCTOBER 2005 – DECEMBER 2005 Form for the Newsletter can be downloaded from “www.wmi.com.au/csgnewsletter”. All CSG communications should be addressed to: IUCN - The World Conservation Union CSG Executive Office, PO Box 530, Sanderson NT 0813, Species Survival Commission Australia. Fax: (61) 8 89470678. E-mail: [email protected] CHAIRMAN: Professor Grahame Webb PATRONS PO Box 530 We thank all patrons who have donated to the CSG and its Sanderson, NT 0813 conservation program over many years, and especially to Australia donors in 2004-2005 (listed below). Big Bull Crocs! ($15,000 or more annually or in aggregate EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE: donations) PO Box 530 Sanderson, NT 0813 Japan Leather & Leather Goods Industries Association Australia (JLIA), CITES Promotion Committee & All Japan Reptile Skin and Leather Association, Tokyo, Japan. Printed by: Uniprint NT Heng Long Leather Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore. Charles Darwin University, NT 0909, Australia Singapore Reptile Skin Trade Association, Singapore. Reptilartenshutz, Offenbach am Main, Germany. D. & J. Lewkowicz, France Croco et Cie-Inter Reptile, Paris, France. COVER PHOTO. Three-month-old Crocodylus Friends ($3000 - $15,000) cataphractus hatched at Emmen-Zoo in early September 2005 (see page 19). Photograph: Eddy Even. Crocodile Farmers Association of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. Florida Alligator Marketing and Education Council, FL, USA. Louisiana Fur and Alligator Advisory Council of the 2 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, LA, Colombia in October, in which wide-ranging discussions USA. were held (see page 13), including criteria for setting Mainland Holdings, Lae, Papua New Guinea. Colombia’s self-imposed skin export quotas for captive- Enrico Chiesa, Italhide S.R.L., Milan, Italy. bred Caiman crocodilus fuscus. Alvaro took the Internationaler Reptillederverband e.V., Offenbach, opportunity whilst in Colombia to meet with CSG Germany. members Giovanni Ulloa (CSG Regional Vice Chairman, Perran Ross, Florida, USA. northern South America) and Sergio Medrano, who are developing a proposal for surveys of C. c. apaporiensis. Supporters ($1000 - $3000) In Brazil, the University of Sao Paulo, in association with St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zooloogical Park, St. the CSG, held the “1st Workshop on Biology, Management Augustine, Florida, USA. and Conservation of Brazilian Caimans” in Piracicaba, Terry Cullen, Cullen Vivarium, Milwaukee, WI, USA. State of São Paulo, 8-10 October (see page 6). The Rene Hedegaard, Danish Krokodile Zoo, Denmark. workshop was coordinated by Luciano Verdade (CSG Luis Martinez, Caicsa S.A. Colombian Reptiles, Colombia. Regional Vice Chairman, southern South America), Alvaro F. & S. Ricaurte, Eco-Caimen, S.A., Zoocriadero Lirica Velasco, Alejandro Larriera (CSG Deputy Chairman), Ltd., Colombia. Carlos Piña and Val Lance (CSG Vice Chairman, General George Saputra, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Research) with financial support from the Sao Paulo Alian Ruswan, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia. Science Foundation. One of the aims of the meeting was Wayne Sagrera, Vermilion Farms, Louisiana, USA. to identify and bring together researchers from around Somkiat Wannawatanapong, Wabin Crocodile Farm and the country to discuss domestic management and United Leather Product Co. Ltd., Thailand. conservation of caimans. Contributors ($250 - $1000) Membership to the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) lapses at the end of each triennium (November Dr. Michael Allen, Oxford, UK. 2004) and renewed memberships are effective for the next Brevard Zoo Animal Keepers, Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, triennium. The SSC only recently sought nominations for Florida, USA. membership to the CSG and its other specialist groups. Cairns Crocodile Farm, Redbank, Queensland, Australia. CSG Regional Chairmen proposed lists of nominees for Johan Jordaan, Zongwe Farming Enterprises, Zambia. their respective regions to the CSG Chairman, and Tom Mr. Khoo Yeng Leng, Porosus Products/Taman Buaya Dacey (CSG Executive Officer) has sent letters of Langkawi Sdn Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. appointment/reappointment by e-mail to some 400 people, Reptel Leather Goods, Madagascar. inviting them to become members of the SSC (CSG) for Dr. Sam Seashole, Monks Corner, South Carolina, USA. this trienium Pan American Leathers Inc., USA. Paul H. Slade, Nell and Hermon Slade Trust, New South All nominees must indicate their acceptance of the Wales, Australia. invitation and provide their latest contact details to the South Africa Crocodile Association, Lynwood Ridge, CSG Executive Officer before recommendations can be South Africa. submitted to the SSC. A number of people have yet to Dr. Nao Thuok, Cambodia. respond, and thus their nominations cannot be processed. Rachmat Wiradinata, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. If you have received a letter of invitation and not responded, your early confirmation would be appreciated. There are also some “current” CSG members who have not advised the Executive Officer or Regional Chairmen Editorial of their current contact details, and letters of reappointment cannot be sent. If you fall into either of these categories, Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to wish please contact Tom Dacey ([email protected]) as soon as everyone a prosperous year in 2006, and extend my hope possible. to see as many of you as possible at the 18th CSG meeting to be held in Montélimar, France, 19-23 June 2006. Lastly, the CSG is unable to operate without the generous donations which come in from various organizations and The last three months has seen various ongoing activities individuals. I thank everyone collectively for their by CSG members. The report on the review mission to financial support during 2005 which was critical to the Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia is now complete, CSG carrying out its goals and objectives with the and a summary report is in this Newsletter (page 4). Alvaro conservation and management of crocodilians. Velasco (CSG Regional Chairman, Latin America and the Caribbean) also participated in a series of meetings in Professor Grahame Webb, CSG Chairman 3 CSG Review of Crocodilian had identified as being in need of update, were: Conservation and Management in A. Ecuador: Status of Melanosuchus niger farming Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay program, status of wild populations of Caiman crocodilus and Crocodylus acutus. Caiman crocodilus and the Paleosuchus spp. are abundant in the wild and there is a subsistence market for their meat, but there is no management program for the species. For C. acutus the principal problem is habitat destruction. The best population is found in the Guayas River, and studies were recently initiated to determine its status. The M. niger population is recovering, but more studies are required to determine the real situation. Ecuador does not have a National Conservation program for crocodilians. The M. niger ranching program (for commercial proposes) is not a national program nor is it part of any program. Recommendations were: A CSG review of crocodilian conservation and management in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay was 1. Design a National Conservation Program for undertaken between 1 and 15 March 2005. Alejandro crocodilians. Larrierra (Deputy Chairman), Alvaro Velasco (Regional 2. Define whether or not Ecuador is interested in Chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean) and maintaining the ranching program for M. niger, and Bernardo Ortiz (LAC Regional Trade) participated in the if so, define new goals, upgrade the M. niger review, which was carried out with the following goals: ranching program on the basis of experiences, and make strategic alliances with Universities and 1. To update the national status of each species, NGOs to manage the M. niger ranching program. conservation programs and management and 3. The M. niger ranching program has generated sustainable use of crocodilians. Identify strengths and important information about captive management- weaknesses. this information needs to be assembled and perhaps 2. To meet with key players involved with crocodilian compiled into a manual. conservation and management, such as CITES 4. Design a Conservation Program with C. acutus on Management and Scientific Authorities, traders, the Pacific coast, based on the experience in researchers, NGOs, research institutions and Guayaquil
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