Axel Hochkirch is Curator for Ecology at the national museum of natural history in Luxembourg and associate professor in the Department of Biogeography at Trier University, Germany. He is an expert in ...
IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee

Overview and description
Description:
Group leadership
Dr Axel HOCHKIRCH
Axel Hochkirch is Curator for Ecology at the national museum of natural history in Luxembourg and associate professor in the Department of Biogeography at Trier University, Germany. He is an expert in insect biodiversity and conservation genetics, and the author or co-author of > 200 publications dealing with a broad field of biodiversity-related topics. His main interest is invertebrate conservation.

MISSION
Foster the conservation of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates and their habitats around the world. We assess their conservation status, raise awareness and engage in practical conservation of these most species-rich taxonomic groups on Earth.
Invertebrate Conservation Committee work
We facilitate invertebrate conservation by enhancing knowledge of the diversity and their conservation status, defining their conservation priorities, utilizing knowledge to support and implement conservation action and ensuring sufficient resources to facilitate long-term invertebrate conservation.
Research activities
Develop monitoring standards for selected groups of invertebrates.
ICC on the IUCN Red List
To inform conservation efforts, ICC assesses species for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Annual Report
Learn about ICC’s work and results in 2023.
Previous reports:
2022 ICC Annual Report
2021 ICC Annual Report
2020 ICC Annual Report
2019 ICC Annual Report
2018 ICC Annual Report
2016-2017 ICC Annual Report