IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Chair: Dr Holly T. Dublin
Contact: Diane Skinner, Diane.Skinner@iucn.org +254 20 890506
Newsletter: Pachyderm
Mailing List: AfESG Listserv
Publications: 
African Elephant Status Report 2007
African Elephant Status Report 2002
Website: IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group

Chair: Dr Martin Brooks
Contact: +27 33 347 1100, rhinopmb@gmail.com
Newsletter: Pachyderm
Publications:
Guidelines for the in situ re-introduction and translocation of African and Asian rhinoceros
African Rhino: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Website: The International Rhino Foundation

Chair: Dr Galen B. Rathbun
Contact: +1 805 927 3059, grathbun@calacademy.org
Newsletter: Afrotherian Conservation
Mailing List: ASG Listserv
Publications:
African Insectivora and Elephant-Shrews: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Website: IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group

Chair: Dr Mariella Superina
Contact Dr Mariella Superina, +54 261 524 4160,  msuperina@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar and John Aguiar, j.aguiar@conservation.org
Newsletter: Edentata
Website: IUCN/SSC Anteaters, sloths and armadillos Specialist Group

Co-Chairs:  Dr Philippe Chardonnet and Dr David Mallon
Contact: Dr Philippe Chardonnet, +33 1 5659 7755, igf@fondation-igf.fr
Dr David Mallon, +44 1457 853 560, d.mallon@zoo.co.uk
Newsletter: Gnusletter
Publications:
Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 1 East and Northeast Africa
Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 2 Southern, and South-central Africa
Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 3 Western and Central Africa
Antelopes: Global Status Survey and Regional Conservation Action Plan Part 4. North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
Website: IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group
Subgroup website: IUCN/SSC North African Antelope Specialist Subgroup

Co-Chairs: Dr Simon Hedges and Mr Ajay Desai
Contact: Mr Simon Hedges, +44 56032 04998
shedges@wcs.org  or simonhedges_wcs@yahoo.co.uk 
Mr Ajay Desai, +91 984 563 5840, ajayadesai.1@gmail.com
Newsletter: GAJAH
Publications:
The Asian Elephant: An Action Plan for its Conservation
Website: IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group

Chair: Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar
Contact: +91-361-2230250 bibhab@aaranyak.org 
Newsletter: Pachyderm, Asian Rhinos
Publications:
Guidelines for the in situ re-introduction and translocation of African and Asian rhinoceros
Asian Rhinos: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: Asian Rhinos
Report on the Regional Meeting for India and Nepal IUCN / SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group (AsRSG)
Website: The International Rhino Foundation

Chair: Dr James Burton
Contact: jburton@earthwatch.org.uk
Newsletter:
Newsletter of the Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group 
Saola Working Group Newsletter
Website: IUCN/SSC Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group

Co-chairs: Professor Paul A. Racey and Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellin
Contact: Prof Paul A Racey, +44 1224 272 858, p.racey@abdn.ac.uk
Dr. Rodrigo Medellin, +52 55 5622 9042, medellin@miranda.ecologia.unam.mx                                                   Publication:
Microchiropteran Bats: Global Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Website:  IUCN/SSC Bat Specialist Group

Chair Dr David L. Garshelis and Dr Bruce McLellan
Contact Dr David L. Garshelis, +1 218 327 4146, dave.garshelis@dnr.state.mn.us  Dr Bruce McLellan, bruce.mclellan@gov.bc.ca
Publication Bears: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Website IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group

Co-Chairs: Dr Cormack Gates (North America) and Dr Wanda Olech (Europe)
Contact: Dr Cormack Gates, +1 403 278 5879, ccgates@nucleus.com
Dr Wanda Olech, +48 (22) 593 6578, wanda_olech@sggw.pl
Publication:
European Bison: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Subgroup website: North America

Chair : Dr Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Contact: +44 (01865) 393 113 ext 100, canids@zoology.oxford.ac.uk or claudio.sillero@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Publication:
Foxes, Wolves, Jackals, and Dogs: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Canids
African Wild Dog: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan)
Ethiopian Wolf: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 
Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Newsletter: Canid News Online
Mailing list: canids-L@maillist.ox.ac.uk
Website: IUCN/SSC Canids Specialist Group

Chair: Prof. Marco Festa-Bianchet
Contact: +1 819 821 8000 ext. 2061, m.festa@usherbrooke.ca
Publication:
Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae
Newsletter: Caprinae News
Website: IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group

Chair: Dr Christine Breitenmoser and Dr Urs Max Breitenmoser
Contact : Dr Christine Breitenmoser, +41 31 951 90 20, ch.breitenmoser@kora.ch Dr Urs Max Breitenmoser, +41 31 951 90 20, Urs.Breitenmoser@ivv.unibe.ch
Publication:
The Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Newsletter: Cat News
Website: IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group

Chair Dr Randall Reeves
Contact +1 450 458 6685, rrreeves@okapis.ca
Publication
Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin assessment workshop report, Solomon Islands case study of Tursiops aduncus
Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World's Cetaceans
Dolphins, Porposies, and Whales: 1994-1998 An Action Plan for the Conservation of Cetaceans
Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity 1988-1992
Mailing list CSG Listserv

Co-chairs: Dr Susana Gonzalez and Dr William J. McShea
Contact: +598 2 487 1616, sugonza@iibce.edu.uy ; dsg-iucn@iibce.edu.uy
+1 (540) 635 6563 McSheaW@si.edu
Publication: Deer: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Newsletter: Deer Specialist Group News
Mailing List: DSG Listserv
Website: IUCN/SSC Deer Specialist Group

Chair Dr Patricia Moehlman
Contact +255 27 250 7504, tan.guides@habari.co.tz
Newsletter Equid Specialist Group Newsletter
Publication
Zebras, Asses, and Horses: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Wild Equids
Website: IUCN/SSC Equids Specialist Group

Chair Dr Rebecca Lewison
Contact +1 619 594 8287, rlewison@sciences.sdsu.edu
Publication
Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Newsletter Suiform Soundings; Hippo SG Newsletter
Mailing list OSG Listserv
Website IUCN SSC Hippo Specialist Group 

Chair: Dr Kay Holekamp
Contact: +1 517 432 3691, holekamp@msu.edu
Newsletter: Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter
Publication: Hyaenas: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Website: IUCN/SSC Hyaena Specialist Group

Chair Dr Andrew T. Smith
Contact +1 480 965 4024, a.smith@asu.edu
Publication
Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Mailing list LSG Listserv
Website: IUCN/SSC Lagamorph Specialist Group

Chair Dr Jim Conroy
Contact +44 1330 825 157, jim@celticenvironment.wanadoo.co.uk
Publication Otters: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Newsletter Otter SG Bulletin; Asian Otter Newletter
Mailing list OSG Listserv
Website: IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group

Chair Dr Andrew Taber
Contact +1 212 380 4463 taber@wildlifetrust.org
Publication
Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Newsletter Suiform Soundings
Mailing list OSG Listserv
Website IUCN/SSC Peccaries Specialist Group

Chair Dr William Oliver
Contact +63 2 522 4505; Email: wlroliver@aol.com
Publication
Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
Newsletter Suiform Soundings
Mailing list OSG Listserv
Website IUCN/SSC Pig Specialist Group

Chair Dr Kit Kovacs
Contact kit.kovacs@npolar.no

Chair: Dr Andy E. Derocher
Contact: Contact +1 780 492 5570, Email: derocher@ualberta.ca
Publication
Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 13th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Nuuk, Greenland 
Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the IUCN/ SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Seattle, Washington, USA 
Website: IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group

Chair Dr Russell Mittermeier

Contact  +1 703 341 2421; Anthony Rylands: a.rylands@conservation.org
Publication
Action Plan for African Primate Conservation: 1986-1990
Lemurs of Madagascar: An Action Plan for their Conservation 1993-1999 African Primates: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (Revised edition)
Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: West African Chimpanzees
Best Practice Guidelines for Reducing the Impact of Commercial Logging on Great Apes in Western Equatorial Africa
Best Practice Guidelines for the Re-introduction of Great Apes
Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Populations
Best Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Mitigation of Conflict Between Humans and Great Apes

Newsletters Primate Conservation Neotropical Primates Asian Primates Lemur News African Primates
Database A.P.E.S. database
Website Primate Specialist Group

Co-chairs: Prof Helene Marsh and Dr Benjamin Morales-Vela
Contact: +61 (7) 4781 5802 helene.marsh@jcu.edu.au +52 (983) 216 666 bmorales@ecosur.mx
Publication:
Dugong: Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories
Newsletters: Sirenews

Chair: Dr. Jerry Belant
Contact: jbelant@cfr.msstate.edu Tel +1 662 325 2996
Website: IUCN SCC Small Carnivores Specialist Group
 

Chair Dr Gabriela Lichtenstein
Contact glichtenstein@fibertel.com.ar, Tel/fax (54 11) 4782-7251 / 4783-655
Newsletter Cartas Noticias
Publication
South American Camelids: An Action Plan for their Conservation
Website: IUCN/SSC Camelids Specialist Group

Chair: Mrs. Patricia Medici
Contact: +55 67 3341 8732 (phone / fax), +55 67 9965 6960 (cell phone)  epmedici@uol.com.br , medici@ipe.org.br, epm5@kent.ac.uk
Newsletter (printed / online): Tapir Conservation
Publications:
Malayan Tapir Action Plan (2003)
Mountain Tapir Action Plan (2004)
Baird's Tapir Action Plan (2005)
Lowland Tapir Action Plan (2007) (Portuguese only)
Tapirs: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (1997)
Mailing list: Tapir Talk - tapirtalk@uol.com.br
Website: IUCN / SSC Tapir Specialist Group