Establishing a coccinellid specialist group in the International Union for Conservation of Nature – Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Losey
Keyword(s):  
International Union ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
Specialist Group

scholarly journals The IUCN-SSC Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Deharveng ◽  
Tony Whitten ◽  
Judson Wynne ◽  
Ana Komericki ◽  
Sonia Khela
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Conservation Priority ◽  
The Past ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Specialist Group

The Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group, an IUCN Species Survival Commission, is a group of 80 taxonomists, biospeleologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists. Since 2014, our objectives have been to: (1) conserve subterranean habitats, and address one of the largest lacunas in conservation biology – the protection of sensitive cave and subterranean invertebrate populations; (2) conduct IUCN Red List evaluations for imperiled and/or narrow range endemic species; (3) encourage comprehensive baseline biodiversity surveys, in particular to determine the proportion of unknown biodiversity yet to be discovered; and, (4) provide collaborative opportunities with the business sector for conducting Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Action Plans, and site and species management plans. We will our accomplishments over the past four years including growth of membership, the number of Red List evaluations conducted and the total number of species recognized as a conservation priority.

scholarly journals Alternative strategies for amphibian conservation: a response to Muths & Fisher

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-215
Author(s):  
Franco Andreone
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Amphibian Conservation ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Conservation Action Plan ◽  
Specialist Group

The so-called amphibian crisis is mostly managed by IUCN through the Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group in collaboration with the Amphibian Survival Alliance, and its management is considered to be the most important implementation of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (Gascon et al., 2007). In the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan  meeting held in 2005 several actions were planned and the investment needed for amphibian conservation was estimated. More than a decade later, however, much remains to be done, especially in response to heterogeneous emergencies that could cause amphibian extinctions. In this context Muths & Fisher (2015) suggest an alternative approach.

scholarly journals IUCN Species Survival Commission: Vulture Specialist Group

Vulture News ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Chris Bowden ◽  
André Botha
Keyword(s):  
Species Survival ◽  
Specialist Group

scholarly journals The making of conservation Action Plans for the Galliformes

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. McGowan ◽  
R. W. R. J. Dekker ◽  
S. Dowell ◽  
P. Garson
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Umbrella Organization ◽  
Specialist Groups ◽  
Specialist Group

SummaryMegapodes: an action plan for their conservation 1995–1999) was published in 1995 by the Species Survival Commission of IUCN – The World Conservation Union. It is the twenty-eighth publication in its Action Plan series and the first for any group of birds. Action Plans published under the auspices of the Species Survival Commission are perceived as a means of making information on the status, threats and action required to safeguard species available to conservation planners and others in a position to take action. They are compiled by the appropriate taxon Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission and their production and implementation is central to the Commission's activities. As well as the megapodes, Action Plans have recently been compiled for the partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks and guineafowl, and for the pheasants. Stimulating interest in the conservation of these three groups of birds is the responsibility of three Specialist Groups which operate under the joint parentage of the World Pheasant Association, BirdLife International and the Species Survival Commission. The World Pheasant Association is the umbrella organization for five Galliformes Specialist Groups and was the driving force behind the production of these Action Plans, providing the means for the Specialist Groups to compile the information. This paper outlines the scope of these Action Plans and explains how they were compiled in the hope that this may assist the production of Action Plans for other bird groups.

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