Dear all, this an announcement for the full day workshop "Monitoring programs to mitigate anthropogenic effects” taking place on the 24th October 2010 during the XIV Working Meeting of Experts on Marine Mammals of South America (www.rt2010brasil.com). This workshop is being organized The Foundation Aquatic Mammals (Brazil) in conjunction with SMRU Ltd (UK). The workshop will focus on monitoring programs designed to inform mitigation to minimise anthropogenic effects, with special emphasis on work carried out in South America. The 1-day workshop is structured in 3 sessions: i) overview of the reasons why marine mammals need to be monitored (legislation, management, conservation) ii) case studies of monitoring programmes primarily from South America but also the USA and UK; and iii) talks and discussion on the issues and challenges for the future. The workshop will be bilingual (English-Portuguese) to facilitate communication between all participants. Participants are requested to complete the registration form and return to Cláudia Faustino, cf@smru.co.uk. Spaces are limited. There is an entrance fee for the workshop. The cost of the workshop is R$60 for the full day and will be collected on the day. Best regards, Cláudia Faustino Research Scientist Project Leader – South America email: cf@smru.co.uk www.smru.co.uk http://soi.st-andrews.ac.uk/