AZE.Qrk 11/14/05 5:14 PM Page 1 Mexico/Isla Socorro (MX34) Photo by Mike Parr ALLIANCE FOR Volcano rabbit Romerolagus diazi Azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Mexico/Sur del Valle de México (MX55) Portugal/Azores, east of São Miguel (PO1) Photo by Alejandro Velázquez Zero Extinction Photo by Leo J.R. Boon/Cursorius Pinpointing and Preventing Imminent Extinctions • www.zeroextinction.org Whooping crane Grus americana Asia Minor spiny mouse Costa Rica/Osa US/Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (US2), Acomys cilicicus Peninsula (CR2) Canada/Wood Buffalo National Park (CA2) Turkey/Silifke (TU2) Photo by Mike Parr Photo by USFWS he Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a joint initia- Photo by Ahmet Karatas tive of 52 biodiversity conservation organizations, T aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safe- guarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. The goal of the Alliance is to create a front Flat-backed spider tortoise Pyxis planicauda Madagascar/Menabe Forest (MA13) Dusky gopher frog Rana sevosa line of defense against extinction by eliminating threats and Photo by John Behler, Bronx Zoo/WCS US/Glen's Pond in Mont Nimba viviparous toad Okinawa rail US10 Worthen's sparrow Spizella wortheni De Soto National Forest (US5) Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis Gallirallus okinawae Photo by Suzanne L. Collins/The Center Guinea/Mont Nimba (GU1) Mexico/Saltillo savanna (MX47) Torrey pine Pinus torreyana restoring habitat to allow species populations to rebound. Japan/Yambaru (JA8) Photo by Ray Bieber for North American Herpetology Photo by Piotr Naskrecki Photo by Takuki Hanashiro/BirdLife International US/Torrey Pines State Reserve (US12) Photo by David Coyote CA2 [email protected], www.dcoyote.com US11 Santa Marta parakeet Pyrrhura viridicata Golden-crowned sifaka Propithecus tattersalli RS2 Colombia/Parque Nacional Natural Madagascar/Daraina Forest (MA9) Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (CO28) Photo by David Haring/Duke University Primate Center Photo by Fundación ProAves, www.proaves.org EUROPE, NORTH RS1 CA1 CENTRAL ASIA, AMERICA SP1 AM1 KG1 AND JAPAN US6 IT1 JA5 JA2 PO1 US4 TU1 IR3 JA4 TU2 JA3 JA9 AF1 JA7 CN21 US12 IS1 BD1 PO2 CN19 CN3 CN17 MX35 US7 BD2 IR1 IR2 CN5 US9 US8 CN1 MX31 US5 US1 CN12 US3 ID10 CN23 MX37 CN6 CN18 MX28 MX30 CN2 CN13 CH15 CN14 JA1 MX25 MX29 US2 CN10 CN7 MX36 CN8 MX17 CN16 JA8 MX26 PK1 ID7 CN11 MX32 MY1 MY2 CN22 JA6 US16 MX4 MX47 ID13 MX33 CN20 CN4 MX21 CU15 CN9 CU7 ID5 MX3 CU10 CU2 US17 CU6 CU11 VM2 CU8 CU4 CU1 US13 US18 CU3 CU5 CU12 CU13 MY3 CU17 HA8 US14 MX27 CU18 CU14 HA1 DR2 PR4 CU9 HA7 HA4 ATLANTIC US15 MX34 GT5 HO7 PR3 BV1 VM6 HO1 HO13 JM2 CU16 DR1 ID14 VM3 GT6 JM5 HA2 DR3 PR1 HO10 JM4 JM1 PR2 CP1 GT8 HA3 HA6 MT1 PH8 GT9 HO5 JM3 OM1 Area enlarged at left GT3 HO14 HA5 MX7 MX56 GT1 HO2 DO1 ID1 VM5 NM2 MX39 GT2 HO11 ID15 HO8 SL1 NM1 MX18 GT4 AFRICA ID6 PH4 MX44 GT7 HO9 HO3 CO30 SV2 ET4 ES1, HO4 HO6, HO12 CO28 SV1 ID2 ID8 PH10 MX23 GN1 OCEAN VM1 PH2 MX49 MX19 DJ1 ID16 VM4 PH9 MX62 VE17 VE16 VE13 TD1 ID11 P ACIFIC MX57 MX55 MX6 ET2 MX38 CARIBBEAN, VE3 VE12 TD2 ID3 PH3 PH5 MX45 MX20 CR3 VE14 VE9 VE4 ID9 MX61 MX48 PA2 CO32 VE11 CR1 PH7 PH1 MX14 MX22 CR2 CR4, PA3 ID12 ID4 PH6 MX46 MX1 MX40 ET3 SR3 MX8 PA1 GU1, CI2, LI1 NI2 NI1 CM3 FM1 MX53 FM3 MX11 MX41 P ACIFIC GH1 ET1 SR2 LI2 CM5 SR4 MX2 MX15 CI3 CM1 SR1 ML3 ML2 FM2 MX63 CM6 PH11 MX52 MX43 CI1 CM2 IN1 ML1 OCEAN MX54 CM4 IN11 MX51 MX9 VE15 SO1 IN8 MX5 BR25 EC3 EG1 SO2 IN23 MX42 MX10 MX12 Area enlarged OCEAN KE1, UG1 INDO MALAYA MX50 below left IN14 MX59 MX16 EC13 EC9 EC14 EC17 ST1 AND KE2 MX60 MX13 EC7 EC19 IN9 IN16 EC8 IN17 IN26 0 mi 200 EC10 EC12 EC18 IN13 MX58 MX24 DC2 IN15 EC11 EC2 AND CENTRAL INDIAN IN24 IN22 IN18 0 km 200 EC4 EC5 EC16 BR32 DC3 KE4 IN6 EC6 EC1 DC1 PE29 PE20 KE3 SE4 SE2 IN29 EC15 PE5 TZ7 TZ2 IN28 PP5 PE11 PE6 PE16 TZ1 SE3 IN19 PE22 PE30 TZ5 IN3 IN7 PP2 PE3 IN5 PE31 PE23 PE2 BR1 TZ3 TZ6 IN27 IN25 PP3 FP3 PE15 BR10 IN10 PE8 IN4 IN2 IN12 SI3 FP7 PE21 PE26 BR11 TZ4 FP9 PE12 BR34 PP1 PE28 PE7 PE13 BR20 SE1 IN21 AU3 FP6 PE9 OCEAN PP6 FP8 PE24 BR38 SI2 FP2 PE10 BR24 AO1 AU5 PP4 SI1 PE17 PE18 BR17 BR18 CS2 IN20 PE19 BR21 CS3 MA14 VE8 PE27 PE4 PE14 BR29 VE5 CS1 MA9 VE7 PE1 SM1 VE2 PE25 AND SOUTH BR3 BR39 MADAGASCAR MA15 VE18 MZ2 AUSTRALASIA VE1 BL7 BR30 BR12 MA8 AU8 FP4 VE6 BL4 MI1 MA5 AU15 FJ5 FJ4 BL3 BL2 AU4 FJ2 CO26 CO44 BL6 BL5 MA12 AU18 FP5 MA1 FJ3 FJ1 CO21, VE10 BL1 ZI2 MA10 CH6 CH7 BR28 BR36 AU2 CO17 MA6 MU1 CO8 CO18 BR16 BR13 BR27 MZ1, ZI1 MA13 NC4 BR6 MA2 CO27 BR22 LR1 MU2 CK1 FP1 CO2 CO10 BR23 BR19 CO6 BR4 BR33 NC1 NC2 CO45 BR35 MA4 AU6 CO23 CO43 CO42 BR9 BR5 MA11 NC3 CO37 AR3 BR26 BR7 AU14 CO41, CO46 CO20 BR14 MA16 MA7 UK1 CO5 CO12 BR2 AU9 CO16 CO7 BR8 MA3 CO14 BR31 AND PACIFIC CO11 CO40 AMERICA CO3 CO19 AR5 BR15 CO31 AU13 CO38 CO22 AR1 AU12 CO34 CO48 BR37 CO29 CO9 CO13 CO24 SA3 AU10 CO15 SA1 Marvelous spatuletail CO39 CH1 AS17 Loddigesia mirabilis CO25 AU1 CO33 CO1 CH3 SA4 SA2 Perú/Pomacochas (PE23) AU16 Photo by Heinz Plenge Kakapo Strigops habroptilus AU7 New Zealand/Codfish Island (NZ3) CO35 UK3 Photo by Don Merton CH5 FR1 AU11 CO4 CH2 AR2 CO36 CO47 0 mi 100 Miller Projection CH4 0 mi 1000 0 km 100 UK2 NZ6 AR4 0 km 1000 Land cover data: NZ5 NZ4 Tom Patterson, National Park Service Golden poison frog NZ7 NZ2 Phyllobates terribilis Colombia/Río Saija (CO39) Photo by John White/CalPhoto Ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis Bridled nail-tailed wallaby NZ3 US/Cache River area Onychogalea fraenata Photo by Arthur Allen, colorized by Australia/Taunton National Park (AU14) George M. Sutton/Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photo by Dave Watts The recent exciting rediscovery of the AZE members have initially identified ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache 595 sites that must be effectively NZ1 River area of Arkansas will result in the protected if 794 of the world's most New Zealand/Upper designation of a new AZE site. The AZE endangered species are to survive. The Waitaki Valley (NZ7) site list will continue to evolve over time location of each of these sites is depict- Photo by Mike Parr Jamaica ground iguana Cyclura collei as new sites are identified, and existing ed as a point on this map, and the sites Maui parrotbill Pseudonestor xanthophrys Roti Island snake-necked turtle Jamaica/Hellshire Hills (JM3) sites and species safeguarded. are also listed by region and country on US/East Maui Watershed (US14) Chelodina mccordi Photo by Glenn Gerber, Zoological Society of San Diego Photo by Eric VanderWerf Fuertes's parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi the reverse, along with the species that Conifer: Dacrydium guillauminii Indonesia/Roti Island (IN20) Photo by R. Andrew Odum, The Toledo Zoo Colombia/Reserva Colombia/Reserva Natural El Mirador (CO34) are resticted to them. The AZE web site: New Caledonia/Plaine des Lacs (NC2) Natural El Paujil (CO43) Photo by Fundación ProAves www.proaves.org Photo by Timothy Waters Photo by Fundación ProAves www.zeroextinction.org also provides additional details on the sites, the AZE approach, and on what needs to be done next to protect AZE sites and their unique imperiled species worldwide. Copyright © 2005 National Geographic Society Washington, D.C. American Zoo and Aquarium Association Conservation Breeding Island Conservation Association World Pheasant Specialist Group CIPAMEX Asociación Association International "Les Amis Naymlap Iguana des Oiseaux" Foundation IUCN Iguana Specialist Group Charles Darwin Foundation • Hawai'i Endangered Bird Conservation Program • Instituto Ecologia Applicata • NOEˆ Conservation • Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Development Association of Ethiopia Zero_Extinct_Side2_REV.qsd 11/18/05 10:19 AM Page 1 BR33 Serra do Mar CO42 Santuaro de Fauna y Flora Guanentá GT8 Sierra de Santa Cruz PE26 Río Abiseo Islamic Republic of Iran (IR) ET2 Little Abbai River Nectophrynoides poyntoni ᱻ MY2 Fen Shui Ling Valley FP3 Hatutaa Island ALLIANCE FOR Calyptura cristata Kinglet calyptura ᯈ Atelopus monohernandezi ᱻ Eleutherodactylus trachydermus ᱻ Aulacorhynchus huallagae Yellow-browed toucanet ᯈ IR1 Dezful Nilopegamys plumbeus Ethiopian water mouse Nectophrynoides wendyae ᱻ Picea farreri i Gallicolumba rubescens Marquesan ground-dove ᯈ Myrmotherula fluminensis Rio de Janeiro antwren ᯈ CO43 Reserva Natural El Paujil Ptychohyla sanctaecrucis ᱻ PE27 Río Mantaro-Cordillera Central Crocidura susiana Iranian shrew ET3 Metu-Gore-Tepi forests TZ5 Ukaguru Mountains MY3 Namataung National Park FP4 Makatea, Tuamotus BR34 Serra do Urubu Crax alberti Blue-billed curassow ᯈ GT9 Sierra de Xucaneb Atlapetes melanopsis Black-spectacled IR2 Shah Reza Desmomys yaldeni Yalden's desmomys Churamiti maridadi ᱻ Sitta victoriae White-browed nuthatch ᯈ Ducula aurorae Polynesian imperial-pigeon ᯈ Philydor novaesi Alagoas foliage-gleaner ᯈ CO44 Sincelejo Plectrohyla teuchestes ᱻ brush-finch ᯈ Allactaga firouzi Iranian jerboa ET4 Simen Mountains National Park TZ6 Uluguru Mountains Philippines (PH) FP5 Maruapo Valley, Tahiti BR35 Serra dos Orgaos Phrynops dahli Dahl's toad-headed turtle ᱩ Haiti (HA) PE28 Río Santa Valley IR3 Shir-Abad Cave Capra walie Walia ibex Malaconotus alius Uluguru bush-shrike ᯈ PH1 Cuernos de Negros Pomarea nigra Tahiti monarch ᯈ Cycloramphus stejnegeri ᱻ CO45 Sonsón south HA1 Citadel Laferriere Phrynopus spectabilis ᱻ Batrachuperus gorganensis Gorgan salamander ᱻ Ghana (GH) Nectophrynoides cryptus ᱻ Crocidura negrina Negros shrew FP6 Mohotani, Marquesas Zero Extinction Eleutherodactylus erythromerus ᱻ Eleutherodactylus bernali ᱻ Eleutherodactylus poolei ᱻ PE29 Talara Israel (IS) GH1 Bobiri Forest Reserve Nectophrynoides pseudotornieri ᱻ Stachyris nigrorum Negros