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הספר האדום של חסרי החוליות בישראל Israel National Red List of Invertebrates הספר האדום של חסרי החוליות בישראל Israel National Red List of Invertebrates Pilot Project Report 2018 – 2020 The Entomology Lab for Applied Ecology, SMNH, TAU Israel National Red List of The Problem Activities & outputs 2018 - 2020 Invertebrates (INRI) Invertebrates are by far the most diverse Engaged taxonomic group and often the least Executive Summary 2020 known about. Globally there are millions of Scientific and Advisory Committees convened The Entomology Lab for Applied Ecology species and only a fraction of them are 27 taxonomic groups investigated SMNH TAU named and described. 23 experts attended Red List training Loss of biodiversity across the globe is one workshop in October 2019 of the world’s most pressing crises, with many species declining to critically low Data collected Mission statement levels and with significant numbers going 13 teams submitted Metadata for 20 To provide a robust and valuable tool for extinct. taxa covering 11-13,000 species species and habitat conservation Invertebrates in particular are facing Species lists were submitted for 17 taxa management in Israel, by assessing and severe and rapid declines, mainly due to covering 2,411 species identifying invertebrate species that are increased use of pesticides, habitat loss 13 Rapid classification lists were threatened with extinction. and climate change. At the same time, submitted for 1,186 species they are crucial species for key ecosystem Project Coordinator services such as pollination - insects Red List Assessments Dr. Tania Bird pollinate 35% of global food production. 20 species across 9 taxa were assessed Project Director using the Selected species method Ittai Renan together with 21 experts Advisory Committee 58 butterflies were assessed using the All species method together with 5 Dotan Rotem NPA butterfly experts Dr. Noam Leader NPA Dr. Yariv Malihi NPA 36 species were reviewed and approved Prof. Tamar Dayan SMNH-TAU by IUCN Red List Authorities Uri Ramon OLI SMNH-TAU Dr. Ana Trakhtenbrot MoE Israel has one of the highest uses of Network Alon Rothschild SPNI agricultural pesticides in the world. 54 taxonomic experts were contacted Yahel Porat JNF Source: Times of Israel. and are informed or involved in the INRI Dr. Yoav Motro MoA Photo: Doron Horowitz/Flash90 The project coordinator attended an IUCN led workshop for the Red List of Scientific Committee The Response Dotan Rotem NPA European Hoverflies in Lesbos, Greece Dr. Ofer Steinitz NPA Governments and civil society have Two distinguished Red List Authorities Dr. Netta Dorchin SMNH-TAU responded to this challenge by setting are actively supporting the project Dr. Yaron Hershkovitz SMNH-TAU clear conservation targets, such as the Laibale Friedman SMNH-TAU Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Projected Impact 2018-2020 Dr. Efrat Gavish-Regev NNHC-HUJ 2020 targets, and the EU Biodiversity Dr. Yael Mandelik NNHC-HUJ Strategy for 2030. By the end of 2021, we envision: (1) All (147) butterfly species in Israel to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is Red List Authorities have been assessed and the results to be an internationally accepted, objective made publicly available; (2) Significant Prof. Axel Hochkirch, Chair of IUCN Species standard, used as a tool to tackle the progress in conducting Red List Survival Commission (SSC) Invertebrate extinction crisis, providing essential assessments for three other invertebrate Conservation Working Group information on the risk of extinction and groups; (3) A total of 300 invertebrate Red conservation trends for wild species. Dr. Monika Bohm, IUCN SSC Butterfly Specialist List assessments to be achieved; (4) A list of habitats of importance and Group and IUCN SSC Red List Authority 70 countries worldwide have undertaken threats facing endangered invertebrate Coordinator, National Red List Director, ZSL National Red List assessments for species produced; (5) Progress made in invertebrate groups. Of these, 13 are OECD raising awareness of invertebrates and members. their conservation issues in Israel. The INRI project was established to provide We also expect to contribute to the first coordinated effort to document, conservation policy in Israel by informing collate and assess risk of extinction for the Nature and Parks Authority (NPA) and invertebrates in Israel. the Ministry of Environmental Protection The pilot project 2018-2020 investigated (MoE) about the invertebrate species in the different challenges and solutions urgent need of conservation. These Lucanus cervus is one of the most endangered scarab beetles in Israel. within the assessment process. combined efforts will help to create more Photo: Oz Rittner secure invertebrate populations in Israel. Assessment methods Results of Pilot Study Recommendations Rapid Classification Assessed species Butterflies, land snails, scorpions, crabs and mayflies are good candidates for Twenty species were selected by experts, Rapid classification (RC) allows experts to using the All species method. Other taxa and underwent Red List assessment. The provide a quick preliminary judgement are also suitable if there is enough most common threats were urban regarding the threat status for each technical support to help the experts development and drought due to regional species, without having to invest time in collate the data. conducting a full Red List assessment. climate change. Species that are potentially threatened or Bees, moths and freshwater species may The most common conservation needs of unknown status can then be prioritised be good candidates for the Selected were site and habitat protection and for detailed assessment. species method. restoration, while the most common 27, 2% 10, 1% research need was field surveys. Spiders, ants and beetles may be good candidates for a Sampled species 43, 4% 84, Butterflies approach. 149, 7% 13% Four taxa were found to require significant technical support to collate data before they can be assessed. Project needs 456, 417, 38% 35% A transparent, reliable database and a strong GIS system are both crucial to ensure successful project outputs and EX THR UN LC ND TD NA Parnassius mnemosyne is threatened by to enable assessment updates to be climate change, which is shrinking its range in made when new data become available. Mount Hermon. Photo: Oz Rittner The success of the National Red List Rapid Classification of 1,186 species across 23 taxa. Legend: EX- Extinct, THR - Threatened, Three families of butterflies (58 species) relies heavily on data availability and UN- Unknown, LC- Least Concern, ND- No were assessed using the All species participation of the experts. Technical Data, TD- Taxonomic Deficiency, NA- Not method. 14% were found to be critically support to help handle and capture Applicable endangered, 5 of which are only found in data will significantly increase expert the Hermon. 64% were considered least motivation. 1,186 species underwent rapid concern during Rapid classification and Many species require field surveys to classification, of which 233 are endemic were not assessed further. to Israel. 13% were considered potentially better understand their distributions, a key parameter in the Red List threatened (THR) and a further 35% 1 1 2 unknown (UN), indicating that just under 2% 1% assessment. 3% half the species potentially require in 8 The results of the National Red List 14% depth assessment using IUCN Red List assessment are informative and protocol. important, and need to be incorporated 4 into an invertebrate conservation action 7% plan for Israel. Red List assessments – IUCN Protocol 1 Once the RC list is complete, species can 2% Acknowledgements be assessed using the highly standardised 4 We thank the Israel Nature and Parks IUCN Red List protocol. 7% Authority for their support of this project. In There are three main methods for addition, we thank the Advisory and Scientific assessment: 37 64% Committee members for their contributions. Lastly, we thank all the experts who All species within a monophyletic group contributed to the pilot project. In particular, are assessed we thank Dubi Benyamini, Ofir Tomer, Orr Selected species that are likely to be Comay, Israel Pe’er and Guy Pe’er for their participation in the butterfly assessments. threatened are assessed A Random sample of species within a monophyletic group are assessed Different taxa will be suited to different Prepared by Dr. Tania Bird and Ittai Renan methods depending on a) the number of Correspondence: [email protected] species in the taxon; b) the knowledge of ecology and threats to the species; Red List Assessments of 58 species of c) data quality and availability for the butterfly in 3 families. majority of the species in the taxon. Table of Contents 1. Project Motivation .............................................................................................................. 5 2. Project Membership ........................................................................................................... 7 3. INRLI Project Goals & Aims................................................................................................. 8 4. Project activity .................................................................................................................... 9 Phase 1: Pilot study to identify methods and relevant species (Dec 2018 – Jun 2020) .......... 9 Phase 2: Recommendations (2020-2021): ................................................................................ 9 Phase 3: Projected (2021- 2023)
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