IUCN SSC Standards and Petitions Committee
Overview and description
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The IUCN SSC Standards and Petitions Committee (SPC) is responsible for ensuring the quality and standards of the IUCN Red List and for ruling on petitions against the listings of species on the IUCN ...
Group leadership
Prof Resit AKCAKAYA
More about the SPC
The Standards and Petitions Committee has developed and regularly updated, the Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, which gives detailed and specific guidance on the correct use of the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. When a disagreement about the listing of a particular species on the IUCN Red List leads to a formal petition, the Standards and Petitions Committee acts as the final judge and makes a binding ruling on the petition.
SPC also gives advice on the interpretation of the Red List Criteria; response to requests for scientific advice and guidance from the Red List Technical Working Group of the Red List Committee, the IUCN Species Programme and from Red List Partners; reviews Red List training materials and approaches; reviews proposed changes to the Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels; reviews all assessments made using only Criterion E; periodically reviews assessments made by Red List Authorities, Red List Partners and the IUCN Species Programme; and comments on specific assessments forwarded by the IUCN Species Programme.
Standards and Petitions Committee work
The impact of the SPC on conservation is indirect, through its efforts to maintain and increase the credibility and reliability of the IUCN Red List as the most authoritative source of the conservation status of species.
Conservation Assessments
Produce a new version of guidelines for the application of the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.
Annual Report
Learn about SPC’s work and results in 2023.
Previous reports:
2022 SPC Annual Report
2021 SPC Annual Report
2020 SPC Annual Report
2019 SPC Annual Report
2018 SPC Annual Report
2016-2017 SPC Annual Report