Contacts
Species Programme staff are responsible for coordinating and guiding the activities of SSC Specialist Groups and network-wide initiatives as well as individual programmes. Part of the IUCN Secretariat, the Programme is based at IUCN’s international headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, but its staff are based in two further locations - Cambridge, UK, and Washington DC, USA. The SSC Chair works from her office in South Africa.
Who to contact
Species Survival Commission Chair's Office
Taxonomic and thematic areas
Birds - Jean-Christophe Vié and Dena Cator
Mammals - Jan Schipper, Mike Hoffmann and Dena Cator
Plants - Jane Smart, Craig Hilton-Taylor and Julie Griffin
Invertebrates - Jean-Christophe Vié and Julie Griffin
Amphibians and Reptiles - Neil Cox, Mike Hoffmann, Dena Cator
Fish - Jean-Christophe Vié and Julie Griffin
Freshwater Species - Will Darwall , Kevin Smith and David Allen
Marine Species - Kent Carpenter, Suzanne Livingstone and Julie Griffin
Invasive Species - Jean-Christophe Vié and Julie Griffin
Re-introduction - Jean-Christophe Vié and Dena Cator
Wildlife Health - Jean-Christophe Vié and Dena Cator
Conservation Breeding - Jean-Christophe Vié and Dena Cator
Sustainable Use and Trade - Thomasina Oldfield, Jane Smart and Dena Cator
Technical issues
IUCN Red List and Assessments - Craig Hilton-Taylor and Caroline Pollock
Biodiversity Indicators - Jean-Christophe Vié
Policy Issues - Jane Smart
Species Information Service - Jim Ragle
GIS - Vineet Katariya
Data Analysis - Janice Chanson
International agreements
- Bern Convention - Jane Smart and Jean-Christophe Vié
- CITES - Jane Smart, Thomasina Oldfield and Dena Cator
- Convention on Biological Diversity - Jane Smart and Julie Griffin
- International Whaling Commission - Jean-Christophe Vié
- Migratory Species Convention - Jean-Christophe Vié
- Ramsar Convention - Jean-Christophe Vié
Communications
General Communications - Lynne Labanne, Julie Griffin and Dena Cator
Marketing - Lynne Labanne and Jane Smart
Red List Website - Jim Ragle, Craig Hilton-Taylor and Jane Smart
Species Newsletter, E-bulletin and Species website - Lynne Labanne
Species Survival Commission Chair's Office sscchairoffice@iucn.org
Administration
General Support for Specialist Groups - Dena Cator and Julie Griffin
Finances - Hugo Ruiz Lozano, Maureen Martindell and Jean-Christophe Vié
SSC Membership Details and Online Registration - Claire Santer
Meetings and Travel Logistics - Doreen Zivkovic
General enquiries - species@iucn.org
