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. As part of the IUCN Secretariat, the Species 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 his office in Bath, UK.
Who to contact
Species Survival Commission Chair's Office
Taxonomic and thematic areas
Birds - Jean-Christophe Vié and Dena Cator
Mammals - Dena Cator
Plants - Jane Smart and Craig Hilton-Taylor
Invertebrates - Jean-Christophe Vié
Amphibians and Reptiles - Dena Cator
Fish - Jean-Christophe Vié
Freshwater Species - Will Darwall , Kevin Smith and David Allen
Marine Species - Kent Carpenter
Invasive Species - Jean-Christophe Vié
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
International agreements
- Bern Convention - Jane Smart and Jean-Christophe Vié
- CITES - Jane Smart, Thomasina Oldfield and Dena Cator
- Convention on Biological Diversity - Jane Smart
International Whaling Commission - Jean-Christophe Vié - Migratory Species Convention - Jean-Christophe Vié
- Ramsar Convention - Jean-Christophe Vié
Communications
General Communications - Lynne Labanne 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
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
