Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative Brazil Patricia Medici PhD in Biodiversity Management Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative Chair, IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) Atlantic Forest Tapir Program 1996 - 2008 Pantanal Tapir Program 2008 - on going Cerrado Tapir Program 2015 - on going Amazon Tapir Program 2019 Habitat Destruction Large scale agriculture and cattle ranching Road-Kill Poaching Pesticide Contamination Research Population Viability Analysis Conservation Action Education & Outreach Scientific Tourism Communication Training & Capacity-Building Research Movement Ecology Atlantic Forest - Pantanal - Cerrado 156 individuals captured; 100 radio-collared Research Reproduction and Social Organization Research Tapir Health Research Tapir Genetics Pantanal CONTROL POPULATION 160,000 km² Cerrado MOSAIC OF THREATS 2,036,448 km² March 2013 - March 2019 501 tapirs Threat Assessment & Mitigation ROAD-KILL Threat Assessment & Mitigation PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION 242 SAMPLES were analyzed, including: intra-cardiac blood, stomach content, and fragments of liver, proboscis, footpad, bone and nail. 13 compounds were detected in 41% of the samples METALS (4): cadmium, lead, copper, manganese ORGANOCHLORINES (10): aldrin, pp'-DDD, pp'-DDE, pp'-DDT, dieldrin, endosulfan-1, endosulfan-2, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide ORGANOPHOSPHATES (9): coumaphos, dichlorvos, diazinon, dimethoate, ethion, fenthion, malathion, methyl-parathion, mevinphos PYRETHROIDS (9): allethrin, cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, L-cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, flumethrin, permethrin, tetramethrin CARBAMATES (6): aldicarb, bendiocarb, carbaryl, thiodicarb, carbofuran, propoxur By Pablo Piovano “JACKASS” Education & Outreach Scientific Tourism Communication Training & Capacity-Building Amazon Tapir Program 2019 Institutional Support Current Financial Support [email protected] www.tapirconservation.org.br www.facebook.com/INCAB.BRASIL www.youtube.com/c/INCABBrasil @INCAB_BRASIL THANK YOU .