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Lemur News 5__2000 .Pdf Cover Foto: Lepilemur dorsalis in Manongarivo; photo taken by Harald Schütz LEMUR NEWS The Newsletter of the Madagascar Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group PSG Chairman: Russel A. Mittermeier Addresses for contributions PSG Deputy Chairman: William R. Konstant Jörg U. Ganzhorn Institut für Zoologie Editors Universität Hamburg Jörg U. Ganzhorn Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 Ken Glander D-20146 Hamburg Berthe Rakotosamimanana Germany Michael Schwibbe Fax: +49 40 42838 5980 E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Editors Anja Ganzhorn Berthe Rakotosamimanana Brigitte M. Raharivololona Dépt. de Paléontologie et d'Anthropologie Biologique Klaus Rupp Faculté des Sciences Birgit Thede Université d'Antananarivo B.P. 916 Layout Antananarivo Heike Klensang Madagascar E-mail: [email protected] Number of copies: 1500 ISSN 0343-3528 Lemur News Vol. 5, 2000 Page 1 mation Service (SIS). A Working Group of SSC volunteers, led by the Lagomorph Specialist Group Chair Andrew EDITORIAL Smith and Steering Committee member Luigi Boitani, has examined the capacity and information needs of the volun- teer network to participate in SIS and has analyzed in detail SSC’s current services to the conservation community and We are pleased to announce that the Margot Marsh Biodi- how these products and analyses could be enhanced through versity Foundation awarded another grant to continue the SIS. production and circulation of Lemur News Vol. 5 and 6. The The proposed program envisions a world-wide Species Infor- renewal of the grant came just in time. Primatology seems to mation Service (SIS) that is easily accessible to the conser- have entered a new era in Madagascar. Today, there are vation and development communities (scientists, natural many more researchers active in the country with a very resource managers, educators, decisionmakers, and do- strong component of Malagasy collegues working for Go- nors). Thousands of species conservation experts through- vernment institutions, NGOs, consultants, or research asso- out the world will have capacity to equitably, proactively, ciates than just a few years ago. Lemur News Vol. 1 listed al- and effectively contribute to the conservation of biodiversity most everybody among the editors who was working in Ma- with quality information provided to the conservation and dagascar or with lemurs at that time. If we would do the development decision-making processes. The network will same now,we would have to copy almost a phone book. Many be a decentralized means of sharing information that can be of these new researchers on the scene sent us contributions. accessed by users interested in information at different geo- Nineteen of the 38 authors of research articles in the present graphical scales (global, regional, national, and subnatio- Lemur News are Malagasy. Therefore we feel that Lemur nal), and that is flexible so as to be adaptable to the user’s News is on the right track and actually serves as an instru- needs. ment to provide a forum to make new information available, A single (one-size-fits-all) system to suit the capabilities and facilitate communication and to exchange ideas. expectations of all Specialist Groups is neither possible nor In February 2000 a workshop, organized and sponsored by desirable, thus, planning has incorporated a flexible appro- Conservation International, the Margot Marsh Biodiversity ach to the architecture of the SIS. The modular data mana- Foundation, and the Walt Disney Institute for Conservation gement system ensures minimum requirements and is was held in Orlando. The goal of the workshop was to review adaptable toward the needs of individual Specialist Groups. the evidence and to compile a list of primate taxa that should The modular system sets standards to facilitate data ex- be considered as taxonomic entities for conservation action. changes while allowing Specialist Groups to build in compo- A summary of the results of this workshop will be included nents that meet particular requirements relevant to the in the next volume of Lemur News. The important message taxa under their purview. Particular attention in the deve- for research in Madagascar is that we are far from having lopment process is also being given to aspects of quality as- enough information on species distributions, population si- surance and the protection of intellectual property rights of zes and at least vague ideas on what to consider a taxonomic data owners. unit. This is a challenge for all of us. Diurnal species can be At present, a full-prototype SIS modular software package described reasonably well, but evolution produced much has been developed and provided to Specialist Groups for re- less differentiation in nocturnal species that can be detected view. A small planning group met in March to execute a logi- visually.Here we might have to resort to acustic, olfactory or cal framework analysis, a process that helped to clarify SIS genetic differences. All of these require new technical facili- development and implementation activities, SIS partners, ties, training and awareness what a method can do and espe- and SIS audiences. Included among the agreed activities are cially what it can not do. Not everything that is "high tech" is software revisions based on the aforementioned review, a better than a ruler and an open eye. workshop to test and analyze this second version, and distri- bution of the working release version. SIS will be supported Jörg U. Ganzhorn by a small Secretariat unit, which will be responsible for Institut für Zoologie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther- providing training and other capacity-building activities to King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany Specialist Groups, links to BCIS, and assistance in the deve- lopment of SIS information products. The principal outco- Ken Glander mes of the planning meeting were a detailed program plan Duke University Primate Center, 3705 Erwin Road, Dur- and funding proposal. Staff and Working Group members ham, NC 27705, USA are now beginning active fundraising to enable SIS imple- mentation. Berthe Rakotosamimanana Dépt. de Paléontologie et d'Anthropologie Biologique, Facul- Links to the Biodiversity Conservation Information té des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar System (BCIS) Michael Schwibbe Concurrently, the relationship between SIS and BCIS is de- Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, D-37077 Göt- veloping in two ways: 1) data management and custodians- tingen, Germany hip polices and guidelines are being developed in tandem to ensure complementarity between SIS and other BCIS mem- bers; 2) BCIS is emerging as a forum for linking SSC’s spe- NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS cies conservation objectives to the ecosystem, protected are- as, and legal conservation objectives of the BCIS members, thus increasing the member’s collective influence on a wide range of policy fora. The complementary strengths and di- The Species Survival Commission (SSC) versity of the BCIS members are proving to be a strong force Species Information Service (SIS) in the conservation and development communities, as evi- denced by the advisory services BCIS is increasingly provi- Since 1994, SSC has, through its volunteer network and gui- ding to intergovernmental and other information manage- ded by its Strategic Plan, been developing a Species Infor- ment initiatives. For example, BCIS participates on the In- Lemur News Vol. 5, 2000 Page 2 formal Advisory Committee of the Convention on Biological Species Information Service - An Update Diversity’s Clearinghouse Mechanism, and in the regional workshops designed to guide development of the Clearing- Introduction house Mechanism. BCIS representatives are also involved This report provides a brief update of progress in develop- in planning processes for two regional biodiversity informa- ment of the SSC Species Information Service (SIS). Develop- tion management initiatives: 1) the Inter-American Biodi- ment of a network-wide information management system versity Information net-work (IABIN); and 2) the Regional was first prioritised with the adoption of SSC's 1994 strate- Biodiversity Information System of the SADC (Southern gic plan. The plan recognised that data, information, and ex- African Development Community) countries. pertise about species biology and status was SSC's most va- BCIS members are now in the process of building a metada- luable asset. Opportunities offered by emerging electronic tabase that will point to the multitude of data and informa- technologies coupled with increasing demands placed on tion resources held by members. The SSC Secretariat has SSC members to provide their information and expertise for completed an initial survey of the many data sets held the IUCN Red List, Action Plans, CITES analyses and other throughout the SSC network to be included in the metadata- advisory services, called for more comprehensive informa- base. Updates and revisions will be ongoing. Three pilot pro- tion management support to network members. jects, funded in part by the initial grant from the Norwegian SIS is comprised of three elements: software, a data custodi- Agency for International Cooperation (NORAD), have been an model, and a central service unit. The software will be agreed upon. SSC and the World Commission on Protected used by SSC Specialist Groups and IUCN Red List Authori- Areas (WCPA) are taking the lead on a project to analyze the ties (in those instances where they are not the same entity), relationship between globally threatened bird and mammal allowing them to collect and organise their data in a stan- species and protected areas. This project will test the princi- dardised form. Data will be managed in the context of a dis- ples of SIS and will contribute to SIS development. Wet- tributed data custodian model, with an aim to manage data lands International is leading a pilot project to develop a glo- as close to the source as possible, and capture the most cur- bal resource of information about wetlands, and TRAFFIC rent information available. In most cases the data custodian is leading the development of a BCIS-wide information re- will be the Specialist Group.
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