BIAZA Viverrid workshop - 23 and 24 January 2025
Viverrid conservation workshop announced by the BIAZA Mammal working group - workshop will be held on 23 and 24 January 2025
Issue 60 of Small Carnivore Conservation
Issue 60 of Small Carnivore Conservation is now published
8th International Martes Symposium
Abstract submission now open for the 8th International Martes Symposium, to be held in Scotland in September 2023
Small Carnivore Conservation - journal relaunched
The group’s peer-reviewed journal, Small Carnivore Conservation, was relaunched today. The journal has been running since 1989 and is one of the longest running journals in the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
The journal’s principle aims are to:
Publish information relevant to small carnivore conservation
Support the capacity development of young and upcoming researchers, particularly those from the Global South
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
New book on small carnivores released
New book on small carnivores released! Small Carnivores: Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation edited by Emmanuel Do Linh San, Jun J. Sato, Jerrold L. Belant, Michael J. Somers.
Middle-out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change
A new paper is out looking at the role of small carnivores as sentinels of global environmental change
New paper on the civet coffee trade in Bali, Indonesia
New paper by Jes Hooper, a member of the IUCN Small Carnivore Specialist Group, exploring the kopi luwak (civet coffee) trade in Bali: Cat-Poo-Chino and Captive Wildlife: Tourist Perceptions of Balinese Kopi Luwak Agrotourism.
Strange Pine Martens in Central Italy
Odd coloured Pine Martens Martes martes camera-trapped in Elba Island, Central Italy. New paper written by Emiliano Manzo, a member of our group.
Fantastic freshwater - new report by Shoal
New report released by Shoal on 50 highly threatened freshwater species. Features European Mink, one of the priorities for the IUCN SSC Small Carnivore Specialist Group.
34th European Mustelid Colloquium
The 34th European Mustelid Colloquium will be held online this year from 14-16 September. Keynot speakers will be Dr. David Jachowski, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University; Dr. Anne-Claire Fabre, mammal curator working at the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern in Bern, Switzerland; and Dr. Malin Aronsson, researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.