IUCN COMMISSION GROUP

IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group

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Overview and description

Description:
IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Sixty-four percent. 464 of the 719 primate species and subspecies currently recognized are threatened or endangered, due to habitat loss, hunting and live capture ...
IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Sixty-four percent. 464 of the 719 primate species and subspecies currently recognized are threatened or endangered, due to habitat loss, hunting and live capture. Sixteen percent (117) are Critically Endangered. The IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG) mission is to maintain the current diversity of the order Primates by ensuring the survival of threatened species wherever they occur and providing effective protection for large numbers of primates in areas of high primate diversity and abundance. The PSG has a Zero Extinction policy for all primate species.

Group leadership

Mr Russell MITTERMEIER

Chair

He is currently Chief Conservation Officer of Global Wildlife Conservation. Among the other positions he has occupied, he was Vice-President for Science and Director of the Primate Program at WWW-U ...

He is currently Chief Conservation Officer of Global Wildlife Conservation. Among the other positions he has occupied, he was Vice-President for Science and Director of the Primate Program at WWW-U, President of Conservation International, and Executive Vice-Chair of Conservation International. 

At a glance

Official name:
IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group
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