IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group
IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group commenting on conservation issues relating to threatened whales, dolphins and porpoises
- The IUCN published Red List update 2025-2 on October 10th, coinciding with the 2025 World Conservation Congress. Sperm Whales remain Vulnerable and Lahille’s Bottlenose Dolphins were assessed as ‘Endangered. Check out our news item for more: tinyurl.com/45yn4rvk #IUCN #RedList #Conservation
- This year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress convened over 10,000 global environmental stewards. The CSG's booth highlighted cetacean conservation planning and action and our members contributed to presentations and discussions. Read our latest news post for some event highlights: shorturl.at/HPtMW
- Come visit us at booth 134 during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, October 9th-15th, 2025! The booth, themed 'Conservation Planning and Action for Cetaceans,' will feature the work of the CSG and partners to spread awareness and increase support for our collective efforts. shorturl.at/CaV8B
- Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) and the CSG go hand-in-hand, using robust science to identify areas where research, monitoring, management and threat mitigation are key. As of 2025, 323 IMMAs have been identified to protect cetacean populations. Learn more at our news item: shorturl.at/1UO5w
- CSG seeks to understand unusually low population numbers for a previously regarded #conservation success story! Read more about why eastern North Pacific gray #whale populations are potentially experiencing a decline from modern environmental risks at our latest news item: shorturl.at/Jst3o
- The CSG maintains archives from the IUCN Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel. The panel assessed potential threats to critically endangered western gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia from an oil & gas development project, bringing together CSG scientists & industry. Check out: shorturl.at/XY0xv!
- Sinking lines on octopus traps reduce the risk of whale #entanglement in South Africa: Read more about how robust scientific studies of whale behaviour around #fishing gear mitigated the risk of fatal entanglement for inshore Bryde's whales, regionally assessed as Vulnerable: shorturl.at/d25d0
- Plan Ocean, an NGO founded by CSG member Dr. Youngran Lee, collaborates closely with government stakeholders to promote conservation action for the #Endangered narrow-ridged finless porpoises (NRFP). Learn more about NRFP conservation at our latest news item: shorturl.at/UIU1d #IUCNRedList
- Swim for dolphins! To help raise awareness and funding for conserving a Critically #Endangered population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River., a small team of advocates, led by CSG members, swam downstream along 120 km of the current range of the subpopulation. Read more at: shorturl.at/BlguB
- In November 2024, the CSG worked with the IUCN SSC and WCPA chairs to draft and send a letter of concern that has helped to halt a potentially harmful LNG development in an Important Marine Mammal Area in the Gulf of California. Read more at: shorturl.at/VwvwF #conservation #IUCN #cetaceans
- In January 2025, the Gephyreus Project reached a significant milestone with the launch of its dedicated website, www.gephyreus.org/en, designed to advance the #conservation of Lahille's bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus). Learn more at our latest news item: shorturl.at/h9bJa
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