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Species Conservation Planning Sub-Committee (SCPSC) The SCPSC has existed since 2010. Its main purposes are to introduce and develop the SSC approach to developing species conservation strategies and to encourage Specialist Groups as the primary audience to develop conservation strategies for their priority species. In 2013, SCPSC members played significant roles, usually as facilitators, in a variety of planning events, covering species such as the brown howler monkey, the western Derby eland, Edward’s pheasant, the okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dama gazelle in the Sahara, the Caucasus goitred gazelle, and the Eastern bongo workshop on an inter-regional basis. Our Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) members ran further planning events. We also provided input to a programme of training for species conservation planning in the Maghreb, through participation in workshops in Tunisia and Algeria, run by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation. During the year, SCPSC membership was expanded with representatives of the other SSC Sub-Committees; the full SCPSC met in August 2013, and laid out a schedule of actions. These are being progressed by a series of small working groups. The Chair participated in the first meeting of the Climate Change Specialist Group (CCSG) in December, which will lead to a comprehensive approach to including climate change in species conservation planning. He is also on a working group of the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) as part of a push to implement the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. Activities in 2013 contributed to the current IUCN Species Strategic Plan’s specific targets through introducing planning to, and assisting, more Specialist Groups; the planning methodology is being developed to handle the diverse conservation situations in which planning is needed, further ensuring climate change receives adequate attention; with CBSG, we are well on the way to having 40 species conservation strategies completed and endorsed by the end of the quadrennium. A major focus for 2014 will be to stimulate planning for invertebrate animals, plants and aquatic species. Our core work has been possible through the generosity of the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, through the SSC Chair’s Western Giant Eland (Tragelaphus derbianus ssp. derbianus) Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List. © Derbianus CSAW/Tom Junek Office, and the Karl Mayer Foundation, for which we are most grateful. Mark R. Stanley Price Chair, Species Conservation Planning Sub-committee Standards and Petitions Sub-Committee We are responsible for ensuring the quality and standards of The IUCN Red List, developing guidelines for the application of The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, and ruling on petitions against the listings of species on The IUCN Red List. Guidelines: The Standards and Petitions Sub-Committee (SPSC) released version 10 of Red List Guidelines in February and another version (10.1) with minor changes in September. The SPSC then met in December 2013, to discuss a number of major issues, including: 1. Managed and introduced populations (“What is Wild?”), involving conditions under which subpopulations that are managed or those resulting from conservation translocations (assisted migration) can be included in an IUCN Red List assessment. 2. Attitude settings, involving appropriate default settings for risk tolerance and dispute tolerance, which are particularly relevant for assessments based on uncertain data. 3. The proper use of habitat models for estimating AOO and EOO; and dealing with discontinuities in species distributions when estimating EOO. 4. Clarification of the use of the “severe fragmentation” for insular species, and the use of pre-disturbance generation length for exploited populations. The results of these discussions have been incorporated into version 11 of The IUCN Red List Guidelines, which is now under review by the Red List Committee and the Red List Technical Working Group. Consultations: SPSC provided comments on various issues, including those related to polar bears, marine species, insular species, amphibians, and IUCN Red List training materials. Misconceptions: SPSC is contributing to a general paper on common misconceptions about The IUCN Red List criteria, categories, and process. Uncertainty: SPSC is coordinating a review of methods for calculating uncertainties for parameters used in IUCN Red List assessments. Climate change: SPSC is involved in ongoing work for quantifying the impact of climate change on species extinction risks, and is contributing to activities of the Climate Change Specialist Group (CCSG). H. Resit Akçakaya Chair, Standards and Petitions Sub-Committee 100 IUCN species Annual Report 2013
Publications Summary 2013 Lemurs of Madagascar: a strategy for their conservation 2013–2016 English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/efiles/ documents/2013-020.pdf Elephants in the Dust: The African Elephant Crisis English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2013-002.pdf Global re-introduction perspectives: 2013: further case-studies from around the globe English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2013-039.pdf Great apes and FSC: implementing ‘ape friendly’ practices in Central Africa’s logging concessions English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/SSC-OP-049.pdf French: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/documents/SSC- OP-049-Fr.pdf Guidelines for reintroductions and other conservation translocations English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2013-009.pdf Invasive alien species: the urban dimension: case studies on strengthening local action in Europe English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2013-027.pdf Jamaican Iguana: species recovery plan, 2006–2013 English: https://portals. iucn.org/library/sites/ library/files/ documents/2013-028.pdf Vital but vulnerable: climate change vulnerability and human use of wildlife in Africa’s Albertine Rift English: http://www.iucn.org/ dbtw-wpd/edocs/SSC- OP-048.pdf Assessment of the socioeconomic value of freshwater species for the northern African region English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2012-042.pdf French: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2012- 042-Fr.pdf Bonobo (Pan paniscus): conservation strategy 2012–2022 English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2012-083.pdf French: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2012-083-Fr.pdf 2012 published since Species 54 IUCN Red List categories and criteria, version 3.1, second edition English: http://jr.iucnredlist. org/documents/redlist_cats_ crit_en.pdf French: http://www. iucnredlist.org/documents/ redlist_cats_crit_fr.pdf Spanish: http://www.iucnredlist.org/ documents/redlist_cats_crit_sp.pdf French: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/ reg_guidelines_fr.pdf Spanish: http://www.iucnredlist.org/ documents/reg_guidelines_sp.pdf Arabic: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/ RL-2011-001-Ar.pdf Grauer’s gorillas and chimpanzees in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Kahuzi-Biega, Maiko, Tayna and Itombwe landscape: conservation action plan 2012–2022 English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2012-080.pdf French: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/ library/files/documents/2012-080-Fr.pdf IUCN situation analysis on East and Southeast Asian intertidal habitats, with particular reference to the Yellow Sea (including the Bohai Sea) English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/SSC-OP-047.pdf Chinese: http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/ edocs/SSC-OP-047-Zh.pdf Korean: https://cmsdata.iucn.org/ downloads/47_mackinnon_etal_2012_ intertidal_report_web_korean.pdf Priceless or worthless?: the world’s most threatened species English: https://portals. iucn.org/library/sites/ library/files/documents/2012-096.pdf Spineless: status and trends of the world’s invertebrates English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/2012-064.pdf Guidelines for application of IUCN Red List criteria at regional and national levels: version 4.0 English: http://www. iucnredlist.org/documents/ reg_guidelines_en.pdf The conservation status and distribution of reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula English: https://portals.iucn. org/library/sites/library/files/ documents/RL-53-002.pdf Publications Summary 101
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