The Minister of Environment, Jacinto Speranza, remarked the importance of having a project that is a world reference, which has become a conservation program with concrete results and has been taken as an example in several countries."
The under-secretary of Natural Resources and responsible for the project, Alejandro Larriera, remarked, "This is the most important award given by the Specialists Group every two years. The Castillo Trophy is a recognition of the contribution to the conservation of crocodiles. It means a great pride and satisfaction that the province is recognized as a pioneer and a world reference in this type of task. "
"The Yacaré Project is a sustainable development program that has operated in the area of the Applied Zoology Laboratory of the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of the National University of Litoral, jointly with the Ministry of Environment of the Province of Santa Fe, for 28 years of uninterrupted work for the conservation of the species," concluded Larriera.
25TH MEETING OF THE CROCODILE SPECIALISTS GROUP
The meeting was attended by 300 experts from around the world who addressed the problems related to the conservation of the 24 recognized species of crocodiles. Among other things, they worked on different topics related to the conflicts of these animals with the human populations, as the loss of habitat of the species in more delicate situation and the contribution to the conservation of the programs of sustainable use like those that our country develops.
During the closing, the most outstanding investigators of the last two years were awarded, distinction given to Pablo Siroski, biochemist and doctor of Veterinary Sciences of the Directorate General of Sustainable Fauna Management of the Ministry of the Environment of Santa Fe and member of the Yacaré Project.
ATTENDEES
The Chairman of the Crocodile Specialists Group, Grahame Webb, participated in the closing of activities, as well as the provincial deputy, Santiago Mascheroni, and representatives of the Bios Association, of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and of the Mutual of the Civil personnel of the nation (Mupcn), among others.