IUCN SSC Asian Action Partnership Group

2018 Report

Simon Stuart

Chair Mission statement Network Simon Stuart Avert the of Capacity building: capacity building and training land and freshwater vertebrates in Southeast strategy developed and priorities agreed. Location/Affiliation Asia. Proposal development and funding: an increase Synchronicity Earth, London, UK in funding available to support ASAP species Projected impact for the 2017-2020 conservation and prevent extinctions. Number of members quadrennium Synergy: at least 80 organisations are official 80 partner organizations By the end of 2020, we envision a number ASAP Partners. of Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP) Communicate Social networks species (Critically Endangered land and fresh- Communication: ASAP species communication Twitter: water vertebrates found in Southeast Asia) strategy developed and being implemented. @IUCN_ASAP will have benefited from effective conserva- tion action. ASAP will have: created an enabling Website: Activities and results 2018 www.speciesonthebrink.org environment to catalyse effective conservation action for ASAP species with a focus on those Plan most neglected; increased funding available for Planning the conservation of ASAP species; developed i. The ASAP 5-year strategy has been finalised a comprehensive capacity building and training and first year implemented in 2018; the official strategy to improve Southeast Asian leader- strategy launched in March 2019. (KSR #31) ship and conservation capacity; and developed ii. A conservation action plan for Rhinoplax appropriate tools and mechanisms to raise vigil launched in 2018; a regional conserva- the profile of ASAP species, increasing under- tion action plan for Manis javanica has been standing and awareness of the urgent need to produced; a conservation needs assessment avert ASAP species extinctions. was carried out as part of a Red Listing work- shop for Asian and Freshwater . Targets for the 2017-2020 quadrennium (KSR #31) Plan iii. Co-chairs of the ASAP ex situ working group Planning: (1) ASAP strategy developed and are in place and identifying ASAP species to priorities agreed; (2) conservation action of initiate ex situ conservation efforts and partner- ASAP species promoted with increased imple- ships. (KSR #25) mentation (ongoing) and specific conservation strategy and action plans developed for at least three ASAP species; (3) ex situ Working Group with clearly defined goals created. Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) Photo: Wildlife Reserves Singapore/David Tan

Vietnamese Pond /Annam Leaf Turtle ( annamensis) Photo: Wildlife Reserves Singapore/David Tan

Celebes Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra) Photo: Wildlife Reserves Singapore/David Tan

Network Acknowledgements Summary of activities 2018

Capacity building We thank Wildlife Reserves Singapore as the Species Conservation Cycle ratio: 3/5 i. A capacity development and training strategy host organisation for the ASAP Secretariat and Plan 3 ||| has been developed. Priorities and roadmap are the major financial contributor to the initia- Network 3 ||| to be agreed in 2019. (KSR #17) tive. We are extremely grateful to all organisa- Communicate 1 | Proposal development and funding tions that have contributed to the core costs of the ASAP Secretariat: IUCN SSC through Main KSRs addressed: 17, 25, 28, 30, 31 i. We have been engaging with ASAP part- Resolutions addressed: WCC-2016-Res-009 ners and donors to increase funding for ASAP their partnership with the Environment Agency KSR: Key Species Result species conservation. Work is ongoing into – Abu Dhabi, European Association of Zoos development of a new funding mechanism for and Aquaria (EAZA), Global Wildlife Conserva- ASAP species conservation. (KSR #30) tion (GWC), Synchronicity Earth through their partnership with the Taiwan Forestry Bureau, Synergy TRAFFIC, WCS and an anonymous donor. We i. At the end of 2018, we had 80 organisations also thank Croeni Foundation and Pixel Ninja signed up as ASAP Partners. (KSR #28) for their continued support with our website. Communicate The conservation of ASAP species would not be Communication possible without the continued dedication and i. A communication strategy has been devel- innovative approaches of ASAP Partners, along oped with planned implementation to start in with the donors who support their work. 2019. (KSR #28)