NICOLE DUPLAIX: Former Chairman, IUCN-SSC Otter Specialist, 5251-18 John Tyler Highway, Suite 358, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA. E-mail: NDParis@aol.com

MARCHAL LINGAARD: Forestry Officer (Nature Conservation), LBB Nature Conservation Department, POB 436, Cornelis Jongbawstraat 14, Paramaribo, Suriname. E-mail: m_lingaard@hotmail.com

CLAUDINE SAKIMIN: Student of the Anton De Kom University of Suriname, Environmental Sciences, Leysweg POB 9212, Paramaribo, Suriname. . E-mail: claudinesakimin@yahoo.com