This situation analysis presents a thorough, evidence-based examination of theÌýrelationship between wildlife and zoonosis, wildlife and emerging human pathogensÌýand associated diseases, their origins, drivers, and risk factors. There is considerableÌýdivergence of opinion around the subject both…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is deeply saddened by the passing of conservation pioneer Dr Tom Lovejoy on Christmas Day 2021. Among many other roles, Dr Lovejoy served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-US and was a long-time member of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Species Survival Commission (SSC). On behalf of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ family,…
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The destruction of wetlands is driving the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to the first global assessment of these species in today’s update of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened Speciesâ„¢. Their decline is symptomatic of the…
The recipients of the second round of SSC EDGE Internal Grants have been selected.
Today, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, a joint task force of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Species Survival Commission and the World Commission on Protected Areas, announces that Caspian seals have been awarded three Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, as part of a tranche of 14 new IMMAs…
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Over recent decades, community-based environmental monitoring has exploded in popularity. A special section inÌýBioScienceÌýdescribes the potential for such efforts to advance the scientific enterprise well into the future…
This International Black Sea Action Day, 31st October, 11 habitats of Red-List Endangered Black Sea harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins as well as Vulnerable Black Sea common dolphinsÌýhave been formally awarded Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) status by the…
Primate experts from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and Re:wild release new study that finds even the most ambitious and cutting-edge offsets are not yet enough to effectively protect Critically Endangered chimpanzees
Blog — All forms of conservation rely on taxonomy, the scientific field concerned with identifying and classification of organisms. Nowadays, the conservation field is facing a dearth of taxonomists and taxonomic knowledge opening up the possibility of “many species are going extinct before they…