During the 6th International Deer Biology Congress (Prague, Czech Republic, August 2006), a Huemul Conservation Working Group Meeting was held. The 24 participants recommended that a special effort, incorporating a scientifc committe, may be needed to advance with huemul recovery.

This resulted in the formation of a Huemul Task Force under IUCN-SSC, which incorporates the

 

Huemul Scientific Committee:

 

Werner Flueck, Chair (Argentina)

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas
Swiss Tropical Institut, University Basel
wtf at deerlab.org
 

Jaime Jimenez, Chile

Universdad de Los Lagos
jaime.e.jimenez at gmail.com
 

Paulo Corti, Chile

University Sherbrooke (Canada)
paulo.corti at USherbrooke.ca
 

Gladys Garay, Chile

Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
guineo.garay at gmail.com
 

Patricia Black-Decima, Argentina

Universidad de Tucuman
pblack at csnat.unt.edu.ar
 

Jo Anne Smith, Argentina

Instituto de Análisis de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Atlántida
j.smith at deerlab.org
 

Valerius Geist, Canada

University of Calgary
kendulf at shaw.ca
 

Zygmunt Gizejewski, Poland

Polish Academy of Sciences
zygmunt.gizejewski at wp.pl
 

Robin Gill, United Kingdom

Research Agency of the Forestry Commission
robin.gill at forestry.gsi.gov.uk
 

William McShea, USA

Smithsonian Institution
McSheaW at si.edu