2. World Commission on Protected Areas 1300 members Commission on Education & Communication 600 members Commission on Environmental Economics & Social Policy 350 members Commission on Ecosystem Management 300 members Species Survival Commission 7000 members Commission on Environmental Law 550 members More than 120 Specialist Groups and Task Forces Species Programme World Conservation Congress

3. A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity IUCN/SSC V ISION The extinction crisis and massive loss of biodiversity are universally adopted as a shared responsibility resulting in action to reduce this loss of diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems SSC G OAL

4. SSC A CTIVITIES Monitor and evaluate the status of species Identify threats Prioritise actions to reverse threats Produce Action Plans Contribute to global conservation policies, for example - invasive species Provide advice to IUCN members, governments, NGOs IUCN Species Survival Commission

5. S HARING SSC I NFORMATION, K NOWLEDGE, A ND T OOLS Websites Red List of Threatened Species Species – the SSC journal 64 Action Plans 50+ Specialist Group newsletters Listservs Policy guidelines E-Bulletin

6. S UPPORT T O I NTERNATIONAL C ONVENTIONS Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna Convention on Biological Diversity Convention on Migratory Species Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

7. R ED L IST P ROGRAMME 33,798 species listed 12.5% of the World’s flora Quantifiable criteria Red List Criteria review Regional / National Guidelines www.redlist.org

8. Bryophyte Cactus and Succulent Conifer Fungi Lichen Palm Medicinal Plant Taxonomic Specialist Groups Bulb Carnivorous Plant Cycad Legume Orchid Pteridophyte Temperate Broadleaved Tree

9. Arabian Plant Australasian Plant China Plant Eastern Africa Plant European Plant Galapagos Plant Indian Ocean Island Plant Indian Subcontinent Plant Japanese Plant Geographic Specialist Groups Korean Plant Macaronesian Island Plant Madagascar Plant Mediterranean Island Plant North American Plant Philippine Plant South Atlantic Island Plant Southern African Plant Temperate South American Plant

10. How can conservation information on Crop Wild Relatives be brought into the network?