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The National Workshop for the Red list of Nepal Mammals was held on 7-8^th April at the new National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) Research and Conservation Centre in Lalitpur, to assess the conservation status of mammal species in Nepal using the IUCN categories and criteria applied at the National level.

In attendance were over 40 participants from Nepal NGO’s and the Nepal government, and additionally, many contributed information via personal communication. Over 200 species were assessed over the two day workshop including those species assessed during a one day workshop held for bat species on March 23rd.

In addition to assessing species, conservation recommendations were made for every species. The workshop also highlighted that over 60% of herbivore species and almost 50% of carnivore species were Threatened with extinction and that the small mammals were the most underrepresented group of species with 50% listed as Data Deficient.

The NRL workshop

 Working groups at the workshop

 ZSLs Dr. Raj Amin concluding the workshop

The new paper by Zamin et al reviews National Red Lists (NRLs) produced globally and analyses data gaps in geography and taxonomy. The paper also discusses a correlation between NRL datasets and gross domestic product and vertebrate species richness.

Published in Conservation Biology, the PDF can be accessed below:

National Red Listing beyond the 2010 target

National Red List Citations File

Valuable new additions to the National Red List database include Red Lists of Ireland, South Africa and Cyprus.

The library now also features Red Lists of UK birds, Venezuelan plants, Irish bees, Irish molluscs, Irish Vascular Plants, English threatened species and Cyprus species.

Your results can be downloaded as an excel file - as long as it doesnt exceed 100 entries in any one search. If you would like to export more than 100 entries please contact info@nationalredlist.org for assistance.

Search for species or regions

In order to share the Biodiversity Indicators Partnerships extensive knowledge and experience in regional and national indicator development, the 2010 BIP has created the National Biodiversity Indicators Portal. This portal, a companion website to the main 2010 BIP site, is the only resource for countries and regions looking to develop and use biodiversity indicators:

The website: www.bipnational.net

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Accompanying information document

The Nepal Technicians Workshop was a success, collecting vital information towards the National Red List Workshop to be held in March.

For more information see

Nepal National Red List

Celebrating the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

A tiger-sized leap for conservation

29 October 2009

In a tiger-sized leap for conservation in Bangladesh, the Forest Department have created the first national Tiger Action Plan for the country.

With less than 3500 wild tigers left in the entire world, the 300-500 tigers of the Bangladesh Sundarbans represent one of the largest remaining intact populations, and therefore plays a significant part in the future of the species.  However, like the remaining tigers in other countries, the Sundarbans tigers face many threats.

Tigers are poached for the souvenir trade and to supply the international demand for tiger bone to make traditional Asian medicines. In addition, the Sundarbans suffers the highest numbers of fatal tiger attacks in the world; sometimes more than 50 people per year are killed. As a result, tigers are killed in retaliation when they stray into villages. The tiger’s main food source, spotted deer, is also illegally poached for domestic consumption. The tiger’s forest home – the Sundarbans itself - is threatened by unsustainable extraction of forest resources to feed a growing nation, and sea-level rise and changes in freshwater flow are also cause for concern.

To guide tiger conservation efforts over the next eight years, the Bangladesh Forest Department has developed the first Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan 2009-2017, with support from the Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh, the Zoological Society of London, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the University of Minnesota.  The launch of the Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan is timely – officials from all tiger countries are this week converging at the Global Tiger Initiative Conference in Kathmandu to discuss how to put a halt to the fast decline of wild tigers.  Bangladesh Forest Department officials and representatives from the joint Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh and Zoological Society of London tiger project are in attendance to work with the other tiger countries to find innovative ways of tackling the tiger crisis.

The Action Plan focuses on the tiger, but indeed describes how saving the tiger will also help to save the Sundarbans, which represents almost half of Bangladesh’s remaining forest.  Without a doubt this is a task that needs the support of the nation - one of the greatest challenges facing the forest and its tigers is the need to balance the current demands on the Sundarbans whilst ensuring it survives for future generations, of both people and wildlife.   

The Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan is available for download:

Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan

More details on the existing tiger conservation efforts in Bangladesh can be found on www.sundarbanstigerproject.info .

Christina J. Greenwood is from the Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) and Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Christina is a co-author of the Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan and working with the WTB and ZSL teams to grow the tiger conservation effort in Bangladesh in line with the contents of the Action Plan.

ZSL Symposium: Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Bridging the Gaps Between Global Commitment and Local Action. 18th and 19th of June.

The launch of nationalredlist.org is scheduled for launch at the ZSL symposium on the 18th of June. Dr Jonathan Baillie will be discussing The Red List as a method of assessing the state of biodiversity.