IUCN-The World Conservation Union
Rue Mauverney 28
Tel.: 0041-22-999-0152 Fax: 0041-22-999-0015
Email: ssc@iucn.org
Plants
African Tree Specialist Group
Chair: Dr. Bienvenu Sambou
Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement,
Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal;
Tel: 221/825 48 21; 221/ 824 37 10; 221/824 23 02;
Fax: 221/24 37 14; Email: enrecada@Telecomplus.sn
Arabian Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Abuzinada
National Commission for Wildlife
PO Box 61681, 11575 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tel.: 00966-1-441-8700 Fax: 00966-1-441-0797
Email: ncwcd@zajil.net
Australasian Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Ms. Jeanette Mill
Australian Nature Conservation Agency
GPO Box 636, 2601 Canberra ACT
Australia
Tel: 61/2/62509509; Fax: 61/2/62509599;
Email: jeanette.mill@ea.gov.au
Bamboo Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: vacant
Bryophyte Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Tomas Hallingbäck
Contact: Mr Nick Hodgetts, 55 Norton Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6BX, UK;
Tel: 44/(0)1476 407142;
Email: nick.hodgetts@ntlworld.com
Bulb Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Dr Alan Meerow, Research Geneticist and Systematist, USDA-ARS-SHRS, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami FL, 33158-1334, USA; Tel: 1/305/254-3635; Fax: 1/305/238-9330;
Email: miaam@ars-grin.gov
Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr. Héctor M. Hernández Macías Contact: Dr Wolfgang Stuppy, Seed Morphologist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Seed Conservation Department, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, W. Sussex, RH17 6TN, UK; Tel. 44/(0)1444 894155; Fax: 44/(0)1444 894110; Email: w.stuppy@rbgkew.org.uk
Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr Bertrand von Arx
Contact: Ms Madeleine Groves, Conservation Projects Development Unit, RBG Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK; Tel: 44/208/3325584;
Fax: 44/208/3325582;
Email: m.groves@rbgkew.org.uk
China Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chair: Prof. Wang Xianpu and Dr Qin Hain-ing
Contact: Prof. Wang Xianpu, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xin Cun 20, Nan Xiang Shan, Beijing 100093, China; Tel: 86/10/62590833; Fax: 86/10/62590833;
Email: wsy@public.east.cn.net Dr Qin Hain-ing: Director: National Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, 20 Nan Xin Cun, Xiang Shan, Haidiangu, Beijing, 100093, China; Tel: 86/10 6259-0834
Fax: 86/10 6259-0833;
Email: hainingqin@ns.ibcas.ac.cn
Conifer Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Dr Aljos Farjon, Curator of Gymnosperms,
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew,
Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE,
United Kingdom
Tel: 44/208/3325402; Fax: 44/208/3325278;
Email: a.farjon@rbgkew.org.uk
Cycad Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. John Donaldson
National Botanical Institute
Kirstenbosch
P/Bag x7, 7735 Claremont
South Africa
Tel.: 0027-21-762-1166 Fax: 0027-21-762-3229
Email : donaldso@nbict.nbi.ac.za
Eastern African Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairwoman Ms STella Simuyu
Plant Conservation & Propagation Unit
National Museum of Kenya
P.O. Box 45166, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel.: 00254-2-742131 Fax: 00254-2-741424
Email : nmk@africaonline.co.ke
European Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairmann Dr. Klaus Ammann
Universität Bern
Systematisch-Geobotanisches
Altenbergrain 21
CH-3013 Bern, Schweiz
Tel.: 0041-31-631-4937 Fax: 0041-31-332059
Email : klaus.ammann@ips.unibe.ch
Fungi Specialist Group -IUCN
Chair: Prof. Regis Courtecuisse
Department de botanique, faculte des sciences
pharmaceutiques et biologiques
B.P. 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
Tel: 0033-320-964040; Fax: 0033-320-859009
Email: rcourtec@phare-univ-lille2.fr
Galapagos Plant Specialist Group -IUCN
Chair: Dr Alan Tye
Contact: Dr Alan Tye, Head, Department of Botany,
Charles Darwin Research Station ,
Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Postal address: CDRS, Casilla 17-01-3891,
Quito, Ecuador;
Tel/Fax: 593/5 526146/526147/527013/527014;
Email: atye@fcdarwin.org.ec
Indian Ocean Island Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairperson Dr. Dominique Strasberg
Université de La Reunion
Faculté des Sciences
Laboratoire de Biologie Vegetale/Herbari
BP 7151
97715 Saint-Denis, Cedex 9
Reunion
Tel.: 00262-9381-70 Fax: 00262-9381-66
Email : dominique.strasberg@univ-reunion.fr
Indian Subcontinent Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. C.R. Babu
Department of Botany, University of Delhi,
10, Calvary Lines
110007 Delhi
India
Tel.: 0091-11-2511266 Fax: 91/11/7256237
Email : c_r_babu@hotmail.com
Japanese Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Tetzukazu Yahara
Department of Biology
Kyushu University
812-81 Hakozaki Fukuoka
Japan
Fax: 0081-92-6322741
Email : tyahascb@mbox.nc.kyushu_u.ac.jp
Korean Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Kim Yong-Shik
Dept. of Landscape Architecture
College of Natural Resources
Yeungnam University
712-749 Kyongsan, South Korea
Tel.: 0082-5381-02975 Fax: 0082-5381-33812
Email : yskim1@ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr
Legume Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Nigel Maxted
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, BT15 2TT
United Kingdom
Tel.: 00 44 1214145571 Fax: 0044 1214145463
Email : N.Maxted@bham.ac.uk
Lichen Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Christoph Scheidegger
Contact: Dr Christoph Scheidegger,
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest,
Snow and Landscape Research,
Zürcherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf 8903,
Switzerland;
Tel: 41/1/739-2439; Fax: 41/1/739-2215;
Email: christoph.scheidegger@wsl.ch
Macronesian Island Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairwoman Dr. Julia Perez de Paz
Contact: Juan Manuel Lopez Ramirez,
Jardin Botanico Canario ‘Viera y Clavijo’,
Apdo. de Correos, 14 de Tafira Alta,
35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands, Spain;
Tel: 349/282/19583; Fax: 349/282/19581;
Email: jmlopez@grancanaria.com
Madagascar Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr. Charlotte Rajeriarison
Contact: 32 Cité des Professeurs,
Fort-Duchesne, Antananarivo 101,
Madagascar;
Tel: 261/20 222 68 83;
Email: charlotte.rajeriarison@blueline.mg
Medicinal Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Danna Leaman
Contact: Canadian Museum of Nature,
PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4,
Canada;
Tel: 1 (613) 235-7213; Fax: 1 (613) 235-9622;
Email: djl@green-world.org
Mediterranean Island Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Dr. Bertrand de Montmollin
biol. conseils
s.a. rue de la Serre 5
CH-2000 NeuchâTel, Schweiz
Tel.: 0041-32-7255-024 Fax: 0041-32-7255-290
Email : gspim@biolconseils.ch
North American Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairwoman Ms. Peggy Olwell
Endangered Species Program Coordinator
Bureau of Land Management-Washington,
1849 C Street NW, LSB-204,
Washington, D.C. 20240,,USA;
Tel: 1/202/4527764; Fax: 1/202/4527702;
Email: Peggy_Olwell@blm.gov
Orchid Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Philip Cribb
Contact: Ms Shelagh Kell,
36 Broad Street,
Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QF,
UK;
Tel/Fax: 44/1297/444542;
Email: shelagh.kell@dial.pipex.com
Palm Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr William Hahn
Contact: Dr William Hahn, Assistant Professor,
Centre for Environmental Research,
Columbia University,
1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027,
USA;
Tel: 1/212/854-8189; Fax: 1/212/854-8188;
Email: WH55@Columbia.edu
Philippine Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Scientist III (Curator), Botany Division,
National Museum,
PO Box 2659 P.Burgos St., Manila
Philippines
Tel:0063-527-1218; Fax: 00-63-2- 527-1218
Email: bicpu@info.com.ph;
Pteridophyte Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr Tom Ranker and Clive Jermy
Contact: Mr Anthony Clive Jermy,
Godwins House, Staunton-on-Arrow,
Leominster, HR6 9LE, UK;
Tel/Fax: 44/1544/388-776;
Email: c.jermy@cwcom.net
South Atlantic Island Plants Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks
Contact: Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks,
P.O. Box 48, St Helena Island,
South Atlantic Ocean,
STHL 1ZZ, UK;
Tel: 290 4419; Fax: 290 4978;
Email: mount.pleasant@helanta.sh
Southern African Plant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Janice Golding
Programme Manager, Threatened Species & IUCN/SSC Red List Authority for southern Africa,
National Botanical Institute Directorate,
Biodiversity Policy and Planning,
Private Bag X101,
Pretoria, 0001
South Africa;
Tel. 27/12-804 3200 ext. 232; Fax: 27/12-8045343;
Email: golding@nbipre.nbi.ac.za
Temperate Broadleaved Tree Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Dr. David Hunt
83, Church Street
Milborne Port
Sherborne
DT9 5DJ Dorset
Tel.: 0044-1963-250899 Fax: 0044-1963-250999
Email: DavidHunt@Davidhunt.demon.co.uk
Temperate South American Plant Specialist Group -IUCN
Chairman Dr. Carlos Villamil
Universidad Nacional del Sur
Departamento de Biologíca
8000 Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Tel.: 0054-91-25196 Fax: 0054-91-552025
Email : uscbv@criba.edu.ar
Mammals
African Elephant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Holly Dublin
Contact: Programme Officer,
IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group,
PO Box 68200, Nairobi,
Kenya;
Tel: 254/2/576461; Fax: 254/2/570385;
Email: afesg@ssc.iucn.org
African Rhino Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Martin Brooks
Contact: Richard Emslie, Scientific/Programme Officer, KZN Wildlife,
PO Box 13053 Cascades,
Pietermaritzburg 3202,South Africa;
Tel: 27/33 845-1472, 27/33 343-4065;
Fax: 27/ 33 845-1498;
Email: remslie@kznwildlife.com
Afrotheria Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Galen B. Rathbun
Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy,
California Academy of Sciences,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,
c/o PO Box 202, Cambria, CA 93428-0202,
USA;
Tel/Fax: 1/805/927-3059;
Email: grathbun@CalAcademy.org
Antelope Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairman Dr. Richard D. Estes
5 Granite Street
NH 03458 Peterborough, U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-603-9249-804 Fax: 001-603-9249-804
Email: estes@top.monad.net
Asian Elephant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Prof. Raman Sukumar
Contact: Joshua David, Assistant to the Chair,
IUCN/SSC AsESG Technical Secretariat,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 12, Karnataka, India;
Tel: 91/80 3600382 / 3600985 (extn – 221);
Fax: 91/80 3602280;
Email: joshua@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Asian Rhino Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Dr. Tom Foose
International Rhino Foundation
1400 International Road
OH 43732 Cumberland, U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-717-765-9373 Fax: 001-717-765-9375
Email : irftom@aol.com
Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr Simon Hedges
c/o 4 Malthouse Cottages,
Lee Lane, Lee, Romsey, SO51 9LH,
UK;
Tel: 44/23/8073-3852;
Email: simonhedges@wildlife-net.freeserve.co.uk
Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: John Seebeck and Chris Dickman
Contact: Mr John Seebeck, P.O. Box 500,
Senior Wildlife Policy Officer,
Department of Natural Resources and Environment,
Victoria, 4/250 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne,
VIC, 3002, Australia;
Tel: 61 (3) 9412-4298; Fax: 61 (3) 9412-4586;
Email: john.seebeck@nre.vic.gov.au
Bear Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr Harry V. Reynolds
Contact: Mr Harry V. Reynolds,
Wildlife Research Biologist,
Alaska Department of Fish and Game – Fairbanks,
1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK.99701-1599
USA
Tel: 1/(907) 459-7238; Fax: 1 (907) 451-9723;
Email: harry_reynolds@fishgame.state.ak.us
Bison Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr Cormack Gates (North American)
Dr Wanda Olech (European)
Contact: Dr C. Cormack Gates, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Environmental Design,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta,
T2N 1N4, Canada;
Tel: 1/403/220-3027; Fax: 1/403/284-4399;
Email: ccgates@nucleus.com
Dr Wanda Olech, Department of Animal Genetics,
Warsaw Agricultural University,
Przejazd 4, Brwinow, 05-840,
Poland;
Email: olech@panim.impan.gov.pl
Canid Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Ms. Laura Handoca
Oxford University
South Parks Road
OX1 3PS Oxford, United Kingdom
Tel: 44/1865/271289; Fax: 44/1865/271211;
Email: canids@zoology.oxford.ac.uk
Caprinae Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Mr Marco Festa-Bianchet
Departement de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke J1K 2R1 Quebec, Canada
Email : Marco.Festa-Bianchet@USherbrooke.ca
Cat Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Drs Urs and Christine Breitenmoser
Contact: KORA, Thunstrasse 31,
CH-3074 Muri b. Bern, Switzerland;
Tel: 41/(31) 951-9020; Fax: 41/(31) 951 9040;
Email: urs.breitenmoser@ivv.unibe.ch
or ch.breitenmoser@kora.ch
Cetacean Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Randall Reeves
OKAPI Wildlife Associates
27 Chandler Lane, Hudson
JOP 1HO Quebec, Canada
Tel.: 001-514-458-7383 Fax: 001-514-458-7383
Email: rrreeves@accent.net
Chiroptera Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Prof. Paul Racey; Mr Anthony Hutson
Contact: Mr Anthony Hutson, Winkfield,
Station Road, Plumpton Green,
East Sussex BN7 3BU, UK;
Tel: 44/0/1273 890341; Fax: 44/0/1273 890859;
Email: hutsont@pavilion.co.uk
Deer Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Susana Gonzalez
Contact: Dr Susana Gonzalez, Inst. Invest. Biol.,
Clemente Estable, Av. Italia 3313, Montevideo, 11 600, Uruguay
Tel: 598/(2) 487-1616; Fax 598 (2) 487-5548
Email: sugonza@iibce.edu.uy
Edentate Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Gustavo Boucharde da Fonseca
Contact: Ms Jennifer Pervola Fermin (Deputy Chair),
13501 Hamlet Sq. Ct.,
Germantown, Md 20874, USA;
Tel: 1/301/528 9132;
Email:jl.fermin@verizon.net
Equid Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairwoman Dr. Patricia Moehlman
The Wildlife Conservation Society
Box 2031, Arusha, Tanzania
Tel.: 00255-57-7504 Fax: 00255-57-8271
Email : tan.guides@habari.co.tz
Hyaena Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Gus Mills
National Parks Board SA
Private Bag X402
1350 Skukuza, South Africa
Tel.: 0027-1311-65611 Fax: 0027-1311-65467
Email: gusm@parks-sa.co.za
Insectivore, Tree Shrew and Elephant Shrew Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr. Werner Haberl
Contact: Dr Werner Haberl, Hamburgerstr. 11/17,
Vienna, A-1050,
Austria; Tel/Fax: 43/(1) 586-1094,
Email: shrewbib@sorex.vienne.at
Lagomorph Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Andrew Smith
Arizona State University
Dept. of Zoology, Tempe
85287-1501 Arizona, U.S.A.
Tel.: 1/480/965-4024; Fax: 1/480/965-2519
Email : a.smith@asu.edu
Mustelid, Viverrid and Procyonid Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Vacant
Chairwoman Procyonid Sub-group
Dr. Angela Glatston
Email : A.R.Glatston@inter.nl.net
New World Marsupial Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Ricardo A. Ojeda
ZoologRa y EcologRa Animal
Casilla de Correo 507
5500 Mendoza
Argentina
Tel.: 0054-61-287995 Fax: 0054-61-287370
Email: rojeda@lab.cricyt.edu.ar
Otter Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact Herr Claus Reuther
Otter-Zentrum Hankensbüttel
Aktion Fischotterschutz e.V.
Sudendorfallee 1
29386 Hankensbüttel
Tel.: 05832-980833 Fax: 05832-980851
Email : Aktion.fischotterschutz@t-online.de
Pangolin Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Jung-Tai Chao
Division of Forest Protection
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
53 Nan Hai Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: 886/2/3817107 or 886/2/3091846;
Fax: 886/2/3142234; Email: jtchao@serv.tfri.gov-tw
Pig, Peccary and Hippo Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Mr William Oliver
Fauna & Flora International
Great Eastern House
Tenison Road
CB1 2DT Cambridge
United Kingdom
Tel: 44/1223/571000; Fax: 44/1223/461481;
Email: WLROliver@aol.com
Polar Bear Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr Scott L. Schliebe
US Fish & Wildlife Service,
1011 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA;
Tel: 1/907 786 3812; Fax: 1/907 786-3816;
Email: scott_schliebe@fws.gov
Primate Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Russell Mittermeier
Conservation International
1919 M Street NW Suite 600,
Washington DC 20036, USA;
Tel: 1/202 912-1031;
Email: r.mittermeier@conservation.org
Rodent Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Giovanni Amori
CNR- Institute for Ecosystem Studies
c/o Dept. Animal and Human Biology
via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome
Italy
Tel: 06/49918013; Fax: 06/4457516;
Email: giovanni.amori@uniroma1.it
Seal Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Vacant
Sirena Specialist Group – IUCN
Mr John Reynolds, Marine Science Department,
Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33711,
USA, Tel: 1/(813) 864-843, Fax 1/(813) 864-8388;
Email: reynolje@eckerd.edu
South American Camelid Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Hernán Torres
Contact: Hernán Torres,
Consultor en Estudios Ambientales, Huelén N° 85.
Oficina 301,
Providencia-Santiago,
Chile;
Tel/Fax: (562) 264 2148;
Email: torrescamelidsud@terra.cl
Tapir Specialist Group – IUCN
Patricia Medici, IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Avenida Perdizes, 285, Vila São Paulo, Teodoro Sampaio São Paulo BRAZIL
CEP: 19280-000,
Tel: 55/(18) 3282 4690; Email: epmedici@uol.com.br
Wolf Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. David Mech
US Fish & Wildlife Service
North Central Forest
1992 Folwell Avenue,
MN 55108 St Paul
U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-612-649-5231 Fax: 001-612-649-5233
Email: mechx002@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Birds
Bustard Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Dr Asad Rafi Rahmani, Director,
Bombay Natural History Society,
Hornbill House, Dr Salim Ali Chowk,
Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai, 400023
India; Tel: 91/(22) 282-1811; Fax: 91 (22) 283-7615;
Email: director.bnhs@vsnl.com
Cormorant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Herr Mennobart von Eerden
Directoraat-General Rijkswaterstraat
Postbus 600, 8200 AP Lelystad
Netherlands;
Tel: 31/320/260/915; Fax: 31/320/234300;
Email: m.veerden@riza.rws.minvenw.nl
Cracid Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Daniel Brooks
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology,
Houston Museum of Natural Science,
One Hermann Circle Drive,
Houston, Texas, USA
Tel: 1/713/639/4776;
Crane Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. George Archibald
International Crane Foundation
E11376 Shady Lane Road
Baraboo
53913 Wisconsin
U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-608-356-9462 Fax: 001-608-356-9465
Email: george@savingcranes.org
Diver and Loon Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Joseph Kerekes
Canadian Wiildlife Service,
45 Alderney Drive,
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N6,
Canada;
Tel: 902/4266356; Fax: 1/902/4264457;
Email: joe.kerekes@ec.gc.ca
Duck Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr James Robinson
Wetland Biodiversity Unit,
The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust,
Slimbridge, Glos GL2 7BT,
England;
Tel: 44/1453891900 ext. 263; Fax: 44/1453890827;
Email: james.robinson@wwt.org.uk
Flamingo Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Alan R. Johnson
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat
Le Sambuc
F-13200 Arles
France
Tel.: 0033-90-972013 Fax: 0033-90-972019
Email: alanjhsn@aol.com
Goose Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Bart Ebbinge
Contact: Dr Bart Ebbinge,
International Nature Management Group,
Dept. of Ecology & Environment, Alterra,
P.O. Box 47,
6700 AA WAGENINGEN
The Netherlands
Tel:31/317 47 87 29; Fax. 31 317 42 49 88
Email: b.s.ebbinge@alterra.wag-ur.nl
Grebe Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Jon Fjeldsa
Zoological Museum 4 afd
Universitetsparken 15
Denmark
Tel: 45/323/21023; Fax: 45/353/21010;
Email: jfjeldsaa@zmuc.ku.dk
Grouse Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairwoman Frau Ilse Storch
Wildbiologische Gesellschaft München e.V
Linderhof 2
82488 Ettal
Germany
Tel: 08822-9212-21; Fax 08822-9212-12;
Email: storch.wildlife@t-online.de
Heron Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Heinz Hafner
Responsable des études ornithologiques,
Fondation Tour du Valat pour l’Etude
et la Conservation de la Nature,
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc,
Arles 13200,
France;
Tel: 33/4/9097 2013; Fax: 33/4/9097-2019;
Email: hafnerhp@aol.com;
Dr James Kushlan,
P.O. Box 1930,
Edgewater, MD 21037-1930,
United States of America;
Tel: 1/410/2634206;
Email: Jkushlan@aol.com
Megapode Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. René Dekker
National Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 9517
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel.: 0031-71-514-3844 Fax: 0031-71-513-3344
Email : dekker@nnm.nl
Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group – IUCN
Warnell School of Forest Resources,
the University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602-2152,
USA;
Tel: 1/706/5425815;
Email: jcarroll@smokey.forestry.uga.edu
Pelican Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair (Old World) Dr. Alain Crivelli
Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat
Le Sambuc
F-13200 Arles
France
Tel.: 0033-90-972013 Fax: 0033-90-972019
Email: a.crivelli@tourduvalat.org
Pheasant Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Peter Garson
University of Newcastle
Dept. of Agriculture & Environmental Science
King George VI Building
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Tel: 44/191/2226674; Fax: 44/191/2227891
Email : peter.garson@ncl.ac.uk
Rail Specialist Group-IUCN
Chair: Dr Barry Taylor
University of Natal,
Private Bag X01, Pietermaritzburg,
Scottsville 3209,
South Africa;
Tel: 27/(331) 2605-116; Fax: 27/(331) 2605-105;
Email: taylorb@zoology.unp.ac.za
Seaduck Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Stefan Pihl
Department of Wildlife Biology
National Environ. Research Institute
Grenavej 12, Kalo, 8410 Ronde, Denmark
Tel: 0045-892-01506; Fax: 0045-892-01515
Email: sp@dmu.dk
Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chair: Dr Malcolm Coulter;
Co-Chair: Mr. Wim Van den Bossche
Contacts: (New World) Malcolm C. Coulter,
P.O. Box 480 Chocorua,
New Hampshire 03817, USA;
Tel: 1/603/3239342; Fax: 1/603/3239342;
Email: CoulterMC@aol.com;
(Old World) Mr. Wim Van den Bossche,
BirdLife Belgium,
Kardinaal Mercierplein 1,
2800 Mechelen,
Belgium
Tel: 32/15297249; Fax: 32/15/424921;
Email: wim.vandenbossche@natuurpunt.be
Swan Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Jan Beekman
Lodewijk Tripstraat 4-N,
1052 ES Amsterdam,
The Netherlands;
Tel. 020-6828695;mobile: 06-25504011;
Email: bewicks_swan@xs4all.nl
Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman: Mr Baz Hughes
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust,
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BT,
United Kingdom
Tel: 44/1453/891916 ext: 259; Fax: 44/1453/890901;
Email: baz.hughes@wwt.org.uk
Wader Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr David Stroud
Wader Study Group, Monkstone
House House, City Road, Peterborough PE1 1JY,
United Kingdom
Tel: 49/1773/866810; Fax: 44/1733/555948;
Email: david.stroud@jncc.gov.uk
Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Yves Ferrand
CNERA – Avifaune Migratrice,
BP 20,
78612 Le Perreay, En Yvelines Cedex,
France;
Tel: 33/130466016 Fax: 33/130466099;
Email: y.ferrand@oncfs.gouv.fr
Reptiles and Amphibians
African Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. William Branch
Curator of Herpetology
Port Elizabeth Museum
P.O. Box 13147
6013 Humewood, South Africa
Tel.: 0027-41-561051 Fax: 0027-41-562175
Email : pemwrb@zoo.upe.ac.za
China Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Department of Biological Science
and Biotechnics,
Yantai Normal University, Yantai,
Shandong, 264025, China;
Email: pyli@public.ytptt.sd.cn
Crocodile Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Prof Harry Messel
Contact Dr. James Perran Ross
Florida Museum of Natural Sciences
University of Florida
Gainsville, 32611 Florida, U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-904-392-1721 Fax: 001-904-392-9367
Email : prosscsg@flmnh.ufl.edu
European Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair Mr Keith Corbett
Herpetological Conservation Trust
655 a, Christchurch Road
Boscombe, BH1 4AP Bournemouth
United Kingdom
Tel.: 0044-1202-391319 Fax: 0044-1202-392785
Global Amphibian Specialist Group-IUCN
Chair: Dr Claude Gascon
Contact: Dr Claude Gascon, Deputy Director, CABS,
Conservation International,
1919 M St. N.W. Suite 600, Washington DC 20036
USA Tel: 1 (202)975-9717; Fax: 1 (202) 331-0570;
Email: c.gascon@conservation.org
Iguana Specialist Group-IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr Allison Alberts; Jose Ottenwalder
Contact: Dr Allison Alberts,
Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species,
Zoological Society of San Diego,
P.O. Box 551, San Diego, CA 92112, USA;
Tel: 1/619/5573955; Fax: 1/619/5573959;
Email: aalberts@sandiegozoo.org
Madagascar and Mascarene Reptile &
Amphibian Specialist Group -IUCN
Contact: Dr Gerald Kuchling
Department of Zoology
University of Western Australia
Nedlands, WA 6907 , Australia
Tel: 0061-8-9380/2227; Fax: 0061-8-9380-1029
Email: kuchling@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Marine Turtle Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Vacant
Contact: (Interim Administrator)
Dr James Perran Ross, Programme Officer,
Florida Museum of Natural History,
Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida 32601, USA;
Tel: 1/352/8462566; Fax: 1/352/3929367;
Email: mtsg@flmnh.ufl.edu
South American Reptile Specialist Group – IUCN
Cátedra de Herpetología Museo de La Plata
Paseo del Bosque s/nº,
1900 – La Plata
Argentina;
Tel: 54/(21) 234-515; Fax: 54 (21) 226-111;
Email: williams@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
South and SouthEast Asian Reptile Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Indraneil Das
Institute of Biodiversity &
Environmental Conservation;
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS),
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak,
Malaysia;
Tel: 082/671000; Fax: 082/671903;
Email: idas@mailhost.unimas.my
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Mr John Behler and Anders Rhodin
Contact: Mr John Behler,
Wildlife Conservation Society,
2300 Southern Boulevard,
Bronx, New York 10460,
USA;
Tel: 1/(718) 220-5157; Fax: 1/(718) 220-7114;
Email: JBehler@wcs.org
Fish
Caribbean Freshwater Fish Specialist Group-IUCN
Co-Chairs: Carlos Rodríguez and Michael Smith
Contact: Dr Michael Smith,
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science,
Conservation International,
1919 M St. N.W. Suite 600,
Washington DC 20036, USA;
Tel: 1/202/912/1520; Fax: 1/202/912/0772;
Email: m.smith@conservation.org
Coral Reef Fish Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Terry Donaldson
International Marinelife
Alliance, Marine Laboratory,
University of Guam, 303 University Drive,
UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923
USA;
Tel: 1/(671) 735-2175; Fax:1/(671) 734-6767;
Email: donaldsn@uog9.uog.edu
Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group – IUCN
Contact: Dr Yvonne Sadovy
Department of Ecology and Biodiversity
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China;
Tel: 00852-2859-8977; Fax: 00852-2517-6082
Email: yjsadovy@hkusua.hku.hk
Salmon Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Guido R. Rahr, President, Wild Salmon Center,
The Natural Capital Center, 721 NW 9th Ave,
Suite 290, Portland, Oregon 97209, USA
Tel: 503-222-1804
Email: grahr@wildsalmoncenter.org
Shark Specialist Group -IUCN
Co-Chair: Dr Sarah Fowler; Dr John A. Musick
Contact: Dr Rachel Cavanagh,
SSG Programme Officer,
Nature Bureau International,
36 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road,
Newbury RG14 5SJ, Berkshire, UK;
Tel: 44/1635/550380; Fax: 44/1635/550230;
Email: rachel@naturebureau.co.uk
Sturgeon Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Mohammad Pourkazemi
Director, International Sturgeon Research Institute (IERTO), PO Box 41635-3464, Rasht, Iran;
Tel: 98 1316606503 Fax: 98 131 6606502
Email: pkazemi_m@yahoo.com
Invertebrates
European Invertebrate Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Deborah Procter
Species Advisor dealing with invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles
JNCC Monkstone House, City Road
Peterborough PE1 1JY, United kingdom
Tel: 44 1733 866209; Fax 44 1733555948
Email: deborah.Procter@jncc.gov.uk
Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Keith Crandall
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology,
Brigham Young University, 574 Widtsoe Building,
Provo UT 84602
USA
Tel: 1/(801) 378-3495; Fax: 1/(801) 378-7423
Email: keith_crandall@byu.edu
Mollusc Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-chair Dr. Mary Seddon
Biodiversity & Systematic Biology
National Museum & Galleries of Wales
Cathays Park
Cardiff
United Kingdom
Tel.: 0044-1222-573343 Fax: 0044-1222-239009
Email : Mary.Seddon@nmgw.ac.uk
Odonata Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Jan Van Tol
P.O. Box 24,
2250 AA Voorschoten,
Netherlands;
Tel: 31/71/568-7606; Fax: 31/71/568-7600
Email: tol@nnm.nl
Social Insect Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Donat Agosti
Embassy of Switzerland 10,
Abdel Khalek Saroit,
P.O. Box 633, Cairo,
Egypt;
Tel: 1/202/5758133 or 1/5758284;
Email: agosti@amnh.org
Southern African Invertebrates Group -IUCN
Chair: Prof. Michael Samways
Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, University of Stellenbosch,
Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602
South Africa; Tel: 27/725017818
Email: samways@sun.ac.za
South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr B. A. Daniel and
Professor T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Contact: Dr. Daniel B. A. Scientific Officer,
Zoo Outreach Organisation, 29-1,
I Cross East, Bharathi Colony,
P.B. 1683 Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641004, India;
Tel: 91/422 561-087, 91/422/480/185;
Fax: 91/422/563/269; Email: ba_daniel@yahoo.com;
Professor T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Flat 6, 42 (22), Kamdar Nagar, Nungambakkam,
Chennai, TN 600034, India, Tel: 91/44 827-0682
Disciplinary
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group – IUCN
Chairman Dr. Ulie Seal
12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Road
Apple Valley, 55124-8151 Minnesotta, U.S.A.
Tel.: 001-612-431-9325 Fax: 001-612-432-2757
Email : office@cbsg.org
Invasive Species Specialist Group – IUCN
Re-Introduction Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Dr Frederick Launay
Senior Conservation Officer.
Environmental Research &
Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA)
P.O. Box 45553 Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates (UAE);
Tel: 971/2/693/4506 or 693/4628;
Fax: 971/2/681/0008;
Email: PSoorae@erwda.gov.ae
Sustainable Use of Wild Species Specialist Group – IUCN
Chair: Mr Leif Christoffersen
Contact: David Beamont,
Administration and Communications Officer,
IUCN Sustainable Use Team, IUCN USA Multilateral Office, 1630 ConnecticutAvenue, 3rd Floor, NW Washington DC, USA 20009;
Tel: 1/202 518 2053; Fax: 1/202 387 4823
Email: dbeamont@iucnus.org
Veterinary Specialist Group – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr Richard Kock and Dr William Karesh
Contact: Dr Richard A Kock, Technical Assistant –
Wildlife Veterinary Expert,
PACE Epidemiology, Organisation of African Unity,
Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources,
P.O.Box 30786, Nairobi,
Kenya; Tel: 254/2/334550; Fax: 226565;
Email: richard.kock@oau-ibar.org
Task Forces
Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force – IUCN
Chair: Dr James Hanken
Contact: Dr Tim Halliday,
International Director and Dr John Wilkinson,
International Coordinator, Department of Biology,
The Open University,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA,
UK;
Tel: 44/1908/653831; Fax: 44/1908/653744;
Email: t.r.halliday@open.ac.uk
and j.wilkinson@open.ac.uk
Declining Pollination Task Force – IUCN
Chair: Peter G. Kevan
Dept. Environmental Biology,
University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1,
Canada;
Tel: 1/519 824-4120 x2479;
Email: pkevan@uoguelph.ca
Plant Conservation Committee-IUCN
Chair: Assoc. Prof. David R Given
Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation,
Lincoln University,
New Zealand;
Tel: 643/325/2811; Fax: 64/3/325/3844;
Email: givend@attglobal.net
Red List Committee – IUCN
Chair: Dr Georgina Mace
Contact: Craig Hilton-Taylor,
Red List Programme Officer,
219c Huntingdon Road,
Cambridge, CB3 ODL, UK;
Tel: 44/(0)1223 277966; Fax: 44/(0)1223 277845;
Email: redlist@ssc-uk.org
Species Information Service Committee – IUCN
Co-Chairs: Dr Andrew Smith and
Professor Luigi Boitani
Contact: Dr Mariano Gimenez Dixon,
Species Programme,
IUCN-The World Conservation Union,
Rue Mauverney 28,
1196 Gland,
Switzerland;
Tel: 41/( 0)22 9990155; Fax: 41/( 0)22 9990015;
Email: mgd@iucn.org
