Submitted by
saikiaa
on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 04:16
General Information
Resolution
43997
IUCN Constituent
Asia Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
South and East Asia
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Nature Society Singapore ( Singapore )
IUCN Commissions
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
No obstacles were encountered
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Based on available evidence, the Specialist Group believe that many populations of Asian horseshoe crabs have experienced serious declines and any incentive to export horseshoe crabs to the USA could lead to further population declines.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
The IUCN SSC specialist group will continue to work on bringing range States together to work on conservation of the Asian Horseshoe crab
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat