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Recommendation for Asia -
IUCN/SSC
Otter Specialist Group
VIII
International Otter Colloquium
(IOC)
Valdivia/Chile, January
20 - 26, 2001
1.
to develop awareness activities
including publications, media
events, etc., especially in
local languages and English.
2.
to encourage detailed ecological
and regional studies of the
hairy-nosed otter. The discovery
of the hairy-nosed otter in
Thailand induced the effort
to confirm its existence in
other Asian countries.
3.
to contact Chinese government
authorities, especially ministries
of Forestry and Water conservancy
to promote otter conservation
and research in China.
4.
to initiate status and distribution
surveys in this region to address
the lack of reliable information
on otters in West Asia and some
countries in Southeast and East
Asia such as Laos, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia,
Malaysia, North Korea, Mongolia.
5.
to develop a standardisation
of survey methods in the above
mentioned countries with the
support of the respective government
agencies.
6.
to include otters in Environmental
Impact Assessments (EIA).
7.
to emphasise concern about endocrine
disruptors and otters response
to organochlorines and other
chemicals in making decisions
on the use of chemicals in rice
production, other agriculture,
industrial uses, health (malaria)
control.
8.
to enhance the activities of
NGOs and GOs in their cooperation
on wetland conservation.
9.
to use Geographic Information
Systems to assess the habitat
requirements of otters and trends
in habitat (especially wetland)
availability.
10.
to promote genetic studies of
systematics and ecology for
conservation measures, including
development of the method for
identification of species by
DNA from spraints.
11.
to conduct more studies on conflicts
between humans and otters (e.g.,
aquaculture, rice fields and
general fisheries), to develop
and implement adequate solutions.
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