The IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group is a voluntary network of experts from around the world including field biologists, social scientists, zoologists, veterinarians, ecologists and geneticists, all of whom are actively involved in pangolin research and conservation.
We are an advisory body to IUCN and currently have 148 members from 37 countries around the globe.
The Pangolin Specialist Group was re-established in February 2012 in recognition of the widespread threats to pangolins globally and to address the lack of understanding of the species and their conservation needs.
Our Mission
The Pangolin Specialist Group’s mission is to:
To work within the framework of the IUCN SSC to secure a future for wild pangolins through advancing knowledge on pangolin status, threats and conservation priorities, and by catalysing action to conserve them.
Objectives
The Pangolin Specialist Group’s overarching objective is to serve as leaders in pangolin conservation globally by:
- Assessing the conservation status of pangolins for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Providing advice to IUCN and other conservation stakeholders
- Catalysing and undertaking scientific research to learn more about pangolins, the nature and severity of their threats, and to devise appropriate conservation actions
- Contributing to multilateral environmental agreements on pangolin related issues (e.g. CITES)
- Developing global conservation strategies and supporting the development of species-specific, national and regional conservation strategies
- Providing technical support to pangolin research and conservation projects and advising on captive husbandry, rescue and release protocols.
Structure
Chair
Dr. Daniel W. S. Challender
Vice-Chairs
Darren Pietersen
Helen Nash
Keri Parker
Lisa Hywood
Paul Thomson
Thai Van Nguyen
Other
Programme Officer & IUCN Red List Authority Co-ordinator: Carly Waterman
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Pangolin Specialist Group, please click here to find out more.
Supporters
We are extremely grateful to the following for their support:
Institutional supporters
Zoological Society of London – hosts the Pangolin Specialist Group
Financial supporters
Zoological Society of London – funds our part-time Programme Officer, Research Intern and designed and hosts the Pangolin Specialist Group website
Wildlife Reserves Singapore – hosted the first Pangolin Specialist Group Conservation Conference in June 2013
First Pangolin Specialist Group Conservation Conference, Singapore, 2013
Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund
Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong
Houston Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
TRAFFIC
First Pangolin Range States Meeting, Vietnam, 2015
United States Fish and Wildlife Service – supported the attendance of members of the Pangolin Specialist Group at the First Pangolin Range States Meeting
Individuals
We thank our former interns, Katie Wells, Lydia Katsis, Hannah Khwaja, Claire Buchan and Jasmin Willis, and all of our individual donors for their ongoing support.
Members
Click below to see a list of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group members or visit the Member Projects page to find out more about their work protecting pangolins.
Fakhar Abbas, Pakistan Gary Ades, Hong Kong Prince Pascal Agro, Ghana Excellence Akeredolu, Nigeria Hugues Akpona, Benin Faraz Akrim, Pakistan Nguyen The Truong An, Vietnam Shaista Andleeb, Pakistan Lucy Archer, UK Masood Arshad, Pakistan Helena Atkinson, South Africa Jonathan Baillie, USA Bhaskar Bhandari, India Linh Bao, Cameroon Maxwell Boakye, Ghana Chris Brown, Namibia Thomas Bruce, UK/Cameroon Claire Buchan, UK Francis Cabana, Singapore Rod Cassidy, Central African Republic Dan Challender, UK Shavez Cheema, Brunei Darussalam Fotang Chefor, Cameroon Jason Chin, Taiwan Ju lian Chong, Malaysia James Compton, Vietnam Ellen Connelly, Zimbabwe Tim Davenport, Tanzania Paul de Ornellas, UK Maria Diekmann, Namibia Josh DiPaola, Thailand Chhimi Dorji, Bhutan Rebbecca Drury, UK Will Duckworth, UK Sarah Durant, UK Charles Emoger, Nigeria Louise Fletcher, Vietnam Jeff Flocken, USA Oni Foluke, Nigeria Esua Fossung, Cameroon Phillippe Gaubert, France Animesh Ghose, Bangladesh Lalita Gomez, Malaysia Rajeev Goyd, Nepal Thomas Gray, Malaysia Alex Grioni, Hong Kong Maja Gudehus, Central African Republic Markus Handschuh, Cambodia Sean Heighton, South Africa Sarah Heinrich, Australia Douglas Hendrie, Vietnam Rachel Hoffmann, UK Ruben Holland, Germany Reg Hoyt, USA Riaz Hussain, Pakistan Lisa Hywood, Zimbabwe Ichu Godwill Ichu, Cameroon Dan Ingram, UK Nausheen Irshad, Pakistan Razak Jaffar, Singapore Ray Jansen, South Africa Jess Jimerson, Vietnam Jonas Kambale Nyumbu, Cameroon Prativa Kaspal, Nepal Bhau Katdare, India Lydia Katsis, UK Hem Katuwal, Nepal Claude Mov Linkey Iflankoy Keboy, DR Congo Ambika Khatiwada, Nepal Hannah Khwaja, UK Kinley Kinley, Bhutan Liz Komen, Namibia Antoinette Kotze, South Africa Alexis Kriel, South Africa | Kanitha Krishnasamy, Malaysia Ved Kumar, India Ade Kurniawan, Singapore Levita Lagrada, Philippines Aakash Lamba, India Tulshi Laxmi Suwal, Nepal Jimmy Lee, Malaysia Paige Lee, Singapore Yang Li, China Hongying Li, US/China Norman Lim, USA/Singapore Sonja Luz, Singapore Tariq Mahmood, Pakistan Paolo Martelli, Hong Kong Karthi Martelli, Singapore/Hong Kong Nick Marx, Cambodia Jerry Mbi Kirensky, Cameroon Nick Min, Taiwan Russell Mittermeier, USA Rajesh Mohapatra, India Ara Monadjem, Swaziland Olajumoke Morenikeji, Nigeria Dana Morin, USA Carla Louise Mousset Moumbolou, Gabon Stewart Muir, UK Helen Nash, Singapore Bruno Nebe, Namibia Kaustuv Raj Neupane, Nepal Elliot Newton, UK Thai Van Nguyen, Vietnam Tshering Nidup, Bhutan Richard Nisbett, USA Sone Nkoke, Cameroon Claire Okell, Kenya Alegria Olmedo, UK Annette Olsson, Cambodia Helen O'Neill, UK Wendy Panaino, South Africa Elisa Panjang, Malaysia Keri Parker, USA Kumar Paudel, Nepal Somanak Peov, Cambodia Priyan Perera, Sri Lanka Darren Pietersen, South Africa Chris Ransom, UK Madhu Rao, Singapore Jaap Reijngoud, Holland Peter Riger, USA Scott Roberton, Vietnam Sabine Schoppe, Philippines Gono Semiadi, Indonesia Jammejay Sethy, India Debbie Shaw, UK Chung Tong Shek, Hong Kong Chris Shepherd, Canada Wu Shi Bao, China Matt Shirley, USA Franklin Simo Talla, Cameroon Olufemi Sodeinde, USA Withoon Sodsai, Thailand Durojaye Soewu, Nigeria Wangchuk Sonam, Bhutan Francis Tarla, Cameroon Paul Thomson, USA Scott Trageser, Bangladesh Tessa Ullmann, Central African Republic Diogo Verissimo, UK Yifu Wang, China/UK Carly Waterman, UK Katie Wells, UK Leanne Wicker, Vietnam/Australia Daniel Willcox, Vietnam Nicci Wright, South Africa Ling Xu, China |