With World Pangolin Day being celebrated on Saturday 15th February this year, over the next few days the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group will be outlining what it and some of its members are doing to raise awareness about pangolins and the research and other initiatives being undertaken to conserve these amazing species.
A video covering the 1st IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group Conservation Conference, held last June at Wildlife Reserves Singapore, can be seen by CLICKING HERE.
We also have a number of articles written by our members detailing what they are doing for pangolins and their conservation. The first seven articles are:
Indian pangolins in captivity, by Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra, Pangolin Conservation Breeding Center, Nandankanan Zoological Park, India and member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Ecology of the Sunda pangolin in Sabah, Malayisa, by Elisa Panjang, Institute of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Chinese pangolin conservation in Eastern Himalayas of Nepal, by Ambika Prasad Khatiwada, Conservation Officer of National Trust for Nature Conservation in Nepal and member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Pangolin research in Namibia, Paul Rankin, Bruno Nebe and Dr. Debbie Shaw of Pangolin Research Mundulea and members of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Releasing pangolins in Vietnam, by Louise Fletcher, of the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program and member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Ecology, Genetics and Conservation of Pangolins, by Helen Nash, a PhD student at the National University of Singapore and member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
Pangolin research and conservation in Africa, by Darren Pietersen, Africa Vice-Chair of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group and Chair of the African Pangolin Working Group.
To read the articles, CLICK HERE.
