International Symposia

1981 - I International Cracid Symposium, D.F., Mexico.
The event was coordinated by Jesus Estudillo-Lopez, and sponsored by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the World Pheasant Association. This event pointed out the alarming conservation status of Cracids as a group. With over 80 participants and 25 presented papers, the I Symposium established a series of measures that needed to be undertaken to begin the long road to protecting these economically important species.

1988 - II International Cracid Symposia, Caracas, Venezuela.
The meeting was coordinated by Stuart Strahl, and sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society (formerly Wildlife Conservation International - The New York Zoological Society). At the time, this symposium was the largest avian conservation conference ever held in Latin America, attracting over 200 participants from the United States, Europe, and more importantly nearly every Central and South American country in which Cracids are found. Over 80 papers and posters were presented, and regional plans for Cracid conservation were explored.

1994 - III International Cracids Symposia, Houston, Texas.
The meeting was coordinated by Chelle Plassé and other staff at Houston Zoological Gardens. Several dozen scientists were brought together with the intention of updating the information base provided by the II Symposium, and to develop key recommendations for Cracid conservation.