The IUCN Species Survival Commission gratefully recognizes its extensive network of volunteers who make production of the IUCN Red List possible. Those individuals who have contributed time and expertise are listed in the Acknowledgements. SSC also wishes to acknowledge those donors whose major financial contributions support a wide variety of SSC activities, as well as development and production of the IUCN Red List.
The French Ministry for Foreign Affairs (DgCiD – Direction générale de la Coopération internationale et du Développement) promotes the international implementation of the main environmental conventions that came out of the Rio Summit, notably the CBD. In general, DgCiD provides two main types of financial support: (1) le Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire (FSP), to finance the support institutions in developing countries, especially in Africa; and (2) le Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), to finance development projects that have a significant impact upon biodiversity, the greenhouse effect, international water resources, desertification, etc. DgCiD provides support to the work of international conservation NGOs, and in particular to IUCN in all its capacities (headquarters, regional offices, and commissions) but especially for the publication of reference material on the state of the environment. This is why DgCiD has supported the publication of this Red List analysis.
The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation came into being in August 2003 as a result of a merger between The Maurice Laing Foundation, founded by Sir Maurice Laing in June 1972 and The Rufford Foundation founded in June 1982 by John Hedley Laing. The Foundation is a private grant-making trust. This programme supports registered charities whose work is concerned with nature conservation, the environment, and sustainable development, with approximately half of the Foundation's funding going to these areas. Through a grant to the Institute of Zoology in the UK, the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation provides support for the annual compilation and production of the IUCN Red List, and in particular the compilation of this publication.
BirdLife International is a partnership of people for birds and the environment. The BirdLife Partnership is the leading authority on the status of birds and their habitats. BirdLife International is a partner in the Red List Programme and is also the Listing Authority for birds on the IUCN Red List and through its Partnership, works closely with the IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups in this capacity. For over 20 years, BirdLife has published information on globally threatened bird species in regional Red Data Books and global Red Lists, such that birds are recognized as the best-documented group of species. Over ten million people support the BirdLife Partnership of national non-governmental conservation organizations and local networks. Partners work together on shared priorities, programmes, and policies, learning from each other to achieve real conservation results. The BirdLife Partnership promotes sustainable living as a means of conserving birds and all other forms of biodiversity.
Conservation International (CI) has been actively involved the Red List Programme for over ten years. CI's mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. CI believes that the Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally and economically. CI supports the Red List Programme in particular through its Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, but also through its regional Centers for Biodiversity Conservation.
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) at Conservation International works to strengthen the ability of CI and other institutions to identify and respond to emerging threats and pressures affecting the Earth's biological diversity. As a partner in the Red List Programme, CABS collects and compiles the baseline data needed to address the extensive gaps in our knowledge about biodiversity and its threats. To this end, CABS has established a joint biodiversity assessment unit with the IUCN Species Survival Commission, which is coordinating the Global Amphibian Assessment and the Global Mammal Assessment. CABS also provides direct support to a number of IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups.
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that plays an active role in the Red List Consortium, in particular by helping to coordinate the Global Amphibian Assessment in the western hemisphere. NatureServe serves as the secretariat for the network of natural heritage programmes and conservation data centres that now include 76 independent biodiversity inventory programmes operating throughout the Americas. NatureServe and its member programmes have been assessing the condition and distribution of species and ecosystems, and maintain comprehensive databases on North American vertebrates, vascular plants, and selected invertebrate groups. They also have significant data holdings for selected regions and species in Latin America.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of Conservation International, The Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. CEPF provides strategic assistance to nongovernmental organizations, community groups and other civil society partners to help safeguard Earth's biodiversity hotspots. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. The CEPF is providing major financial support to the Global Mammal Assessment.
Together with the Moore Family Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has generously funded the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science's Biodiversity Assessment Unit, and thereby supports the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a federal government department specializing in energy, minerals and metals, forests and earth sciences. NRCan deals with natural resource issues that are important to Canadians, looking at these issues from both a national and international perspective, using its expertise in science and policy. How land and resources are managed today will determine the quality of life for Canadians both now and in the future. NRCan hosts the web server for the IUCN Red List.
Wetlands International (WI) is a leading global non-profit organization dedicated solely to the work of wetland conservation and sustainable management. Well-established networks of experts and close partnerships with key organizations provide Wetlands International with the essential tools for catalysing conservation activities worldwide. Its activities have been carried out in over 120 countries. WI's mission is to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations through research, information exchange and conservation activities, worldwide. WI managed the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) funding for the IUCN/SSC Eastern Africa freshwater assessment project, a regional Red List assessment of many aquatic taxa. WI has jointly with SSC resurrected the Global Freshwater Fish Specialist Group that will continue to assess freshwater fish for the IUCN Red List.
The IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) is a 5-year action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem-based management and stakeholder participation will help solve the water dilemma of today – bringing rivers back to life and maintaining the resource base for many. WANI provides support to the SSC Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme to collect the base-line species data.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) provides significant annual operating support to the SSC. WWF's contribution supports the SSC's minimal infrastructure and helps ensure that the voluntary network and Publications Programme are adequately supported. WWF aims to conserve nature and ecological processes by: (1) preserving genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity; (2) ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable both now and in the longer term; and (3) promoting actions to reduce pollution and the wasteful exploitation and consumption of resources and energy. WWF is one of the world's largest independent conservation organizations with a network of National Organizations and Associates around the world and over 5.2 million regular supporters. WWF continues to be known as World Wildlife Fund in Canada and in the United States of America.