The IUCN Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) is one of the six commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Species Survival Commission, the largest of the IUCN's six commissions, is a science-driven network consisting of 9,000 volunteer experts working in more than 160 Specialist Groups, including 17 invertebrate groups, Red List Authorities, and Task Forces. The IUCN Species Strategic Plan outlines conservation priorities, with the current plan covering the period from 2021 to 2025.
3-493: Primate Conservation is a journal published by the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Primate Specialist Group about the world's primates. First published as a mimeographed newsletter in 1981, the journal today publishes conservation research and papers on primate species, particularly status surveys and studies on distribution and ecology. Besides these regular papers, the journal has also been
6-591: A significant place for primatologists to publish descriptions of new primate species in Primate Conservation . From South America, this includes the Caquetá titi ( Callicebus caquetensis ) described in 2010 and the Madidi titi ( Plecturocebus aureipalatii , Syn.: Callicebus aureipalatii ). From the island of Madagascar , new lemur species scientifically described in the pages of the journal include
9-914: The Montagne d'Ambre dwarf lemur or Andy Sabin's dwarf lemur ( Cheirogaleus andysabini ), the Ankarana dwarf lemur ( Cheirogaleus shethi ), and two new species of mouse lemurs ( Microcebus ). IUCN Species Survival Commission Since 2016, Jon Paul Rodríguez is the chair of the commission. SSC Specialist Groups are primarily taxon-specific volunteer organizations made up mostly of research biologists and natural historians. Some groups focus on conservation issues specific to certain plants, animals, and fungi, while others work on broader goals like species reintroduction into former habitats, addressing climate change , wildlife health, and promoting sustainable use and trade. National Species Specialist Groups are also another type of specialists groups promoted by
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