Summary:
Mission
The IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group aims to enhance biodiversity conservation by improving the availability and use of data on species populations, their habitats and threats.
Goals, Objectives & Outputs
By 2020, decisions and actions on biodiversity conservation are informed by the improved collection, analysis, sharing and use of data on species populations, their habitats, threats and conservation responses ultimately leading to the enhanced conservation of threatened species.
Potential indicators include:
- Number of Red List assessments using trend data on populations and habitat loss
- Number of conservation management decisions made using data generated with support from the Group.
Draft Objectives
- To build capacity and available resources in specialist groups and their partners, especially governments, civil society organizations and MEAs
- To develop appropriate species monitoring tools and methods, including technological innovations
- To improve and harmonize species databases
- To increase data sharing
- To enhance data use
- To stimulate interest in monitoring poorly known taxa.
Funding Institution:
IUCN SSC
Partners:
Project Leader:
Peter J. Stephenson - UNIL | University of Lausanne
Partners:
WWF-US Oceans Conservation (Washington DC, EUA)
Center for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana (Accra, Ghana)
Michigan Technological University (Houghton, EUA)
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (Toronto, Canadá)
Fondation Segré (Genebra, Suíça)
WWF-Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar, Mongólia)
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt (Bogotá, Colômbia)
Fondation Franz Weber (Bern, Suíça)
University of Azores (Terceira, Portugal)
Bat Conservation Trust (Londres , Reino Unido)
IUCN (Gland, Suíça)
BirdLife International (Cambridge, Reino Unido)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, EUA)
University of Florida (Flórida, EUA)
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finlândia)
WWF (Nairóbi, Quênia)
Palau International Coral Reef Centre (Koror, Palau) & Rhodes University (África do Sul)
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation – ICMBio (Brasília, Brasil)
Zoological Society of London (Londres, Reino Unido)
ETH Zürich (Zurique, Suíça)
University of Hyogo (Kobe, Japão)
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (Bremen, Alemanha)
National Biodiversity Data Center (Waterford, Irlanda)
UNEP/Convention on Secretaria de Espécies Migratórias (Bonn, Alemanha)
Grupo de Secretaria de Observações da Terra e Laboratório de Propulsão a Jato da NASA (Pasadena, CA, EUA)
Humboldt-University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (Büsum, Germany)
IUCN SSC/RLC Species Conservation Success Task Force (Oxford, UK)
MarAlliance (Houston, USA)
Czech University of Life Sciences (Praga, Czech República)
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Cambridge & London, UK)
NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Seattle, EUA)
Ministério da Economia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Zagreb, Croácia)
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (Abu Dhabi, Emirados Árabes Unidos)
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (Slimbridge, Reino Unido)
Trier University (Trier, Alemanha)
University of Queensland (Brisbane, Austrália)
Universidade Nacional Autônoma do México (Puerto Morelos, México)
WWF International (Gland, Suíça)
Universidade de Soiuthampton (Londres, Reino Unido)
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Nature Positive (Bath, Reino Unido)
Universidade de Yeungnam (Gyeongsan, República da Coreia)
UNEP World Conservation Centro de Monitoramento (Cambridge, Reino Unido)
US Geological Survey (Columbia, Missouri, EUA)
Universidade Nacional de Cingapura (República de Cingapura)
Trier University (Trier, Alemanha)
Aaranyak (Guwahati, Índia)
IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group (Stroud, Reino Unido)
University of Waikato (Hamilton, Nova Zelândia)
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt & GEOBON (Bogotá, Colômbia)
Global Wildlife Conservation (Washington DC, EUA)
WWF-US (Washington DC, EUA)
Università di Palermo (Palermo, Itália)
Museu de História Natural, Universidade de Oslo (Oslo, Noruega)
Fungi4Land & Fun Fungi Ecology (Melbourne, Austrália)
Zoological Society of London (Londres, Reino Unido)
University of Western Australia (Crawley, Austrália)
WWF-US (Valdivia, Chile)
KORA (Ittigen, Suíça)
Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (Rochefort, França)
Higher Institute of Rural Development (Bukavu, Democrática República do Congo)
Wetlands International (Amsterdã, Holanda)
British Trust for Ornithology (Hapton, Reino Unido)
Universidade de Gana e Gana Wildlife Society (Accra, Gana)
CORDIO East Africa (Mombasa, Kenya)
Fort Worth Zoo (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
Universidad de Alicante (San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain)
Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia (Santa Marta, Colombia)
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
University of Antananarivo & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Madagasikara Voakajy (Andraisoro, Madagascar)
Scottish Association for Marine Science - SAMS (Connel, Escócia, Reino Unido)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility - GBIF (Copenhague, Dinamarca )
AZTI (Garai, Espanha)
Aves Argentinas & Fundación Bariloche (Rio Negro, Argentina)
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Florença (Florença, Itália)
Endangered Wildlife Trust (Joanesburgo, África do Sul)
Reino Unido Centro de Ecologia e Hidrologia (Wallingfrord, Reino Unido)
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (Skopje, Macedonia)
Malaysian Nature Society (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria)
UN Food & Agriculture Organization (Berlin, Germany)
University of Jammu (Jammu, India)
Institute for Water Educação (Delft, Holanda) & Stellenbosch University (África do Sul)
WWF-Tanzânia (Dar es Salaam, Tanzânia)
Global Wildlife Conservation (Austin, Texas, EUA)
TRAFFIC (Nairobi, Quênia)
National Trust for Nature Conservation (Lalitpur, Nepal)
De Vlinderstichting -Dutch Butterfly Conservation (Wageningen, Holanda)
Peregrine Fund (Quito, Equador)
Universidade Nacional Autônoma do México (Cidade do México, México)
University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, África do Sul)
Cornwall Wildlife Trust (Truro, Reino Unido)
University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch , África do Sul)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Tasmânia, Austrália)
Deakin University (Boronia, Austrália)
Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool, Reino Unido)
