Am a researcher and conservationist of 35 years standing and have worked on Asian galliformes, mountain ungulates, tigers, wild buffalo to name a few. Am presently the CEO and Chief of Conservation at ...
IUCN COMMISSION GROUP
IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group
Overview and description
Description:
Committed to the world wide conservation and sustainable management of all native populations of Galliformes species and their habitats.
Group leadership
Dr Rahul KAUL
Co-Chair
Am a researcher and conservationist of 35 years standing and have worked on Asian galliformes, mountain ungulates, tigers, wild buffalo to name a few. Am presently the CEO and Chief of Conservation at the Wildlife Trust of India.
We aim to use the expertise of the conservation breeding community together with field conservationists and partners to develop a ‘one plan’ approach that will enhance the population of the Critically Endangered Edwards’s Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi, probably our most threatened extant species).
Specialist Group work
Galliformes on the IUCN Red List
GSG contributes information and expertise to status assessments for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species to inform conservation efforts.
Annual Report
Learn about GSG’s work and results in 2023.
Previous reports:
GSG Annual Report 2022
GSG Annual Report 2020
GSG Annual Report 2019
GSG Annual Report 2018
GSG Annual Report 2016-2017
Alagoas Curassow (Mitu mitu), Extinct in the Wild. Photo by Luis Fabio Silveira
Photo: Luis Fabio Silveira
Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) with chicks foraging in Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Andrew Massyn/Public Domain.
Photo: Andrew Massyn
Photo by Suzy Brooks/Unsplash
Photo: Suzy Brooks/unsplash
