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South
Asia Office of the IUCN Freshwater Fish
Specialist Group (IUCN-FFSG) & Freshwater
Fish Conservation Network of South Asia (FFCNSA)
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The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)/Wetland
International (WI) Freshwater Fish Specialist Group
(FFSG) was initiated in 2004 and managed jointly by
the IUCN SSC and WI. The IUCN-FFSG has a mission of
achieving conservation and sustainable use of
freshwater fishes and their habitats through
generating and disseminating sound scientific
knowledge, creating widespread awareness of their
values and influencing decision making process at
all levels. The IUCN-FFSG is based at Chester Zoo,
North of England Zoological Society in Chester,
United Kingdom, with Prof. Gordon McGregor Reid as
the Chair and Dr. Katalin Csatadi as the Program
Officer.
FFSG has 19 regions word-wide, with the activities
of each region being coordinated by a Chair or
Co-Chairs. K. Remadevi, Retired Scientist of the
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) served as the First
Chair of the South Asia region from 2004 to 2012.
As a result of the growing interest and increased
need for awareness, capacity building and research
concerning freshwater biodiversity in the South Asia
region, a regional office of the IUCN-FFSG was set
up at the Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO) in
Coimbatore in October 2012. The South Asia Office
has also initiated the Freshwater Fish Conservation
Network of South Asia (FFCNSA). Apart from
identifying and coordinating a network of
ichthyologists who will work together to raise the
profile for freshwater fish conservation in this
region, some of the proposed activities of the FFSG
South Asia and FFCNSA include: i) updating species
pages and assessments of the conservation status of
newly described species in the IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species (in collaboration with the IUCN
FBU, Cambridge); ii) organizing training programs
and workshops in fish taxonomy and systematics as
well as other topics relevant to the objectives of
the IUCN-FFSG; iii) publishing a half yearly
newsletter and iv) developing education and outreach
materials relevant to freshwater biodiversity
conservation.
Waikhom Viswanath, Professor of Life Sciences at the
University of Manipur, Imphal, Manipur, India and
Rajeev Raghavan, Researcher at the Conservation
Research Group, St. Albert’s College, Kochi, Kerala,
India have been appointed the Co-Chairs to the South
Asia Region for the Quadrennium 2013-2016.
To view the current "MIN" Newsletter
To join FFSG - South Asia Application Form
To view the website IUCN/SSC FFSG (South Asia Office)
More information and future activities of the South
Asia FFSG office will be posted here shortly. For
any information please contact
South Asia Office of the IUCN-SSC/WI Freshwater
Fish Specialist Group (FFSG)
Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO)
12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore
641 035, Tamil Nadu
Phone: 91 422 6575852, 6575853, 6575854
Email: ffsg.sasia@zooreach.org
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