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 156 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 Vision
The Pangolin Specialist Group’s vision is:
Pangolins are globally celebrated and thriving in viable populations. Conservation action for pangolins from local to international scales is informed by abundant research data and guided by a cohesive pangolin conservation community.
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
Chairs
Ms Keri Parker and Dr Matthew Shirley
Programme Officer
Ms Carly Waterman
Steering Committee
Thematic Chairs
Ex Situ
Dr Maja Gudehus
Dr Rajesh Mohapatra
Contact: [email protected]
Veterinary Focal Point
Vacant
Field Science
Dr Dan Ingram
Dr Tariq Mahmoood
Contact: [email protected]
Law Enforcement and Combatting Wildlife Trade
Mr Ambika Khatiwada
Contact: [email protected]
Trade & Traffic Database Focal Point
Dr Sarah Heinrich
Contact: [email protected]
Local Communities and Cultural Engagement
Ms Elisa Panjang
Ms Tessa Ullmann
Contact: [email protected]
Outreach and Education
Ms Keri Parker (interim Chair)
Taxonomy
Dr Philippe Gaubert
Mr Sean Heighton
Contact: [email protected]
Regional Chairs
Central Africa
Mr Ichu Ichu Goodwill
Ms Carla L. Mousset Momboulou
Contact: [email protected]
East Africa
Mr Stuart Nixon
Dr Claire Okell
Contact: [email protected]
Southern Africa
Ms Helena Atkinson
Ms Kelsey Prediger
Contact: [email protected]
West Africa
Dr Olajumoke Morenikeji
Mr Prince Pascal Agro
Contact: [email protected]
East Asia
Dr Nick Sun
Dr Yifu Wang
Contact: [email protected]
Southeast Asia
Dr Ju Lian Chong
Mr Ade Kurniawan
Contact: [email protected]
Philippines Focal Point
Dr Sabine Schoppe
South Asia
Dr Priyan Perera
Mr Kumar Paudel
Contact: [email protected]
Focal Points
Conservation Planning
Ms Keri Parker
CITES
Dr Dan Challender
Environmental Governance
Vacant
Public Health
Ms Hongying Li
Fundraising
Mr Stewart Muir
World Pangolin Day
Dr Tulshi Laxmi Suwal
Diversity Co-ordinator
Vacant
Red List Authority Co-ordinator
Ms Carly Waterman
Senior Advisors
Ms Lisa Hywood
Dr Sonja Luz
Mr Paul Thomson
Mr Dan Willcox
Former Chairs
Dr Daniel W. S. Challender (Feb 2012 – Feb 2021)
Prof Jonathan Baillie (Feb 2012 – Oct 2016)
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 Interns and designed and hosts the Pangolin Specialist Group website
Wildlife Reserves Singapore – hosted the first Pangolin Specialist Group Conservation Conference in June 2013
Fondation Segré – provided funding for Pangolin Specialist Group to support implementation of CITES, convene Red List workshops and support conservation planning for pangolins (2015-2019)
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, Claire Buchan, Hannah Khwaja 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 Emogor, Nigeria Louise Fletcher, Vietnam Jeff Flocken, USA Oni Foluke, Nigeria Esua Fossung, Cameroon Euphemia Fosab, 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 Karin Lourens, South Africa Sonja Luz, Singapore Tariq Mahmood, Pakistan Paolo Martelli, Hong Kong Karthi Martelli, Singapore/Hong Kong Nick Marx, Cambodia Jerry Mbi Kirensky, Cameroon Francois Meyer, South Africa Nick Min, Taiwan Russell Mittermeier, USA Rajesh Mohapatra, India Michelle Moeller, UK 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 An Nguyen The Truong, Vietnam 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 Priyan Perera, Sri Lanka Adam Peyman, USA Darren Pietersen, South Africa Kelsey Prediger, Namibia 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 Peov Somanak, Cambodia Wangchuk Sonam, Bhutan Francis Tarla, Cameroon Paul Thomson, USA Scott Trageser, Bangladesh Tessa Ullmann, Central African Republic Diogo Verissimo, UK Yifu Wang, China/UK Muhammad Waseem, Pakistan Carly Waterman, UK Katie Wells, UK Leanne Wicker, Vietnam/Australia Daniel Willcox, Vietnam Jasmin Willis, Uk Nicci Wright, South Africa Ling Xu, China |