A Primer on the IUCN Red List

Описание: A Primer on the IUCN Red List
Invertebrate Conservation Skills Webinar by Mike Hoffmann

The IUCN Red List is arguably the most influential conservation tool today, helping to inform conservation planning, management, monitoring and decision making.

By the end of this webinar attendees will understand what the IUCN Red List is and what it aims to do, how the criteria and categories broadly work, and how it is compiled and used. This session will:
Introduce the IUCN Red List, including its history and what it aims to achieve;
Provide a brief overview of the categories and criteria and some commonly misunderstood issues with their application;
Explain who is involved and how the Red List information is produced;
Discuss how Red List information is used;
And finally touch briefly on future directions.

About the tutor

Mike Hoffmann heads up global wildlife recovery programmes at the Zoological Society of London. He has more than two decades of experience in international conservation, including having spent 10 years with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where he worked extensively on the Red List. He is the former Chair of the IUCN Red List Committee and has participated in more than 1000 species assessments for multiple taxa ranging from mammals to seagrasses.


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