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World Conservation Congress World Commission on Protected Areas 1300 members Commission on Education & Communication 600 members Commission on Environmental Economics & Social Policy 350 members Species Survival Commission 7000 members Commission on Ecosystem Management 300 members Commission on Environmental Law 550 members More than 120 Specialist Groups and Task Forces Species Programme IUCN/SSC VISION A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity SSC GOAL The extinction crisis and massive loss of biodiversity are universally adopted as a shared responsibility resulting in action to reduce this loss of diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems IUCN Species Survival Commission SSC ACTIVITIES • Monitor and evaluate the status of species • Identify threats • Prioritise actions to reverse threats • Produce Action Plans • Contribute to global conservation policies, for example - invasive species • Provide advice to IUCN members, governments, NGOs SHARING SSC INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND TOOLS • • • • • • • • Websites Red List of Threatened Species Species – the SSC journal 64 Action Plans 50+ Specialist Group newsletters Listservs Policy guidelines E-Bulletin SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS • Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna • Convention on Biological Diversity • Convention on Migratory Species • Ramsar Convention on Wetlands RED LIST PROGRAMME • 33,798 species listed • 12.5% of the World’s flora • Quantifiable criteria • Red List Criteria review • Regional / National Guidelines • www.redlist.org Taxonomic Specialist Groups • • • • • • Bryophyte • Bulb Cactus and Succulent • Carnivorous Plant Conifer • Cycad Fungi • Legume Lichen • Orchid Palm • Pteridophyte • Temperate • Medicinal Plant Broadleaved Tree Geographic Specialist Groups • • • • • • • • • Arabian Plant Australasian Plant China Plant Eastern Africa Plant European Plant Galapagos Plant Indian Ocean Island Plant Indian Subcontinent Plant Japanese Plant • Korean Plant • Macaronesian Island Plant • Madagascar Plant • Mediterranean Island Plant • North American Plant • Philippine Plant • South Atlantic Island Plant • Southern African Plant • Temperate South American Plant How can conservation information on Crop Wild Relatives be brought into the network?
