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The Amphibian Assessment Process

The Amphibian Assessment Process. Background to Amphibians on the IUCN Red List. Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) Partnership between IUCN, CI and NatureServe Initiated in 2001

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The Amphibian Assessment Process

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  1. The Amphibian Assessment Process

  2. Background to Amphibians on the IUCN Red List • Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) • Partnership between IUCN, CI and NatureServe • Initiated in 2001 • Concluded first global assessment in 2004 with the publication of results in www.globalamphibians.org, www.iucnredlist.organd Stuart et al. (2004) Science paper • 5,743 amphibian species assessed • www.globalamphibians.org phased out to avoid confusion • GAA coordinating team dissolved in 2008

  3. Background to Amphibians on the IUCN Red List • IUCN SSC Amphibian Red List Authority (Amphibian RLA) implemented in 2009 to take over the role of the GAA coordinating team

  4. Outside IUCN Within IUCN Unreviewed Assessment Reviewed Assessment Checked, reviewed assessments Checked, reviewed assessments Peer review process IUCN Red List Unit Reviewers Red List Authorities One needed for every assessment The Red List assessment process • Specialist Groups, Red List Authorities • Global Biodiversity Assessment projects • Regional projects • Regional/national assessments (endemic species) • Other assessors Assessors

  5. Amphibian RLA • Restructuring the membership: • Currently 21 Tier I RLAs Interns

  6. Other important changes Citation of assessments • Assessors: IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and other organized groups/organizations • Reviewers: Reviewer names, typically members of the Amphibian RLA and/or members of the IUCN Species Programme • Contributors: A list of all the people, past and present, who have contributed to the assessment as experts, listed in alphabetical order (by first name) • Facilitators/compilers: A list of current facilitators compilers, listed by alphabetical order (first name) E.g. South African Frog Re-assessment Group (SA-FRoG) & IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2010. Anhydrophrynengongoniensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 March 2011.

  7. Goals and objectives • To make the Amphibians on the Red List database self-sustaining • To continue to work on updating amphibian assessments, including new assessments and reassessments • To adopt several strategies for updates (one-on-one, workshops and online discussion forums) • To increase local and regional capacity with regards to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria • To decentralize the global assessment process and empower regional/national groups to take stewardship of their endemic species (e.g. South Africa)

  8. For more information Amphibian Specialist Group and RLA www.amphibians.org On the GAA http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/amphibians Or contact Ariadne Angulo(ariadne.angulo@iucn.org) or Jennifer Luedtke (Jennifer.LUEDTKE@iucn.org)

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