Launching of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Indonesia Species Specialist Group

Global South leadership is key to achieving post 2020 conservation targets. To support this, we recently established the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Indonesia Species Specialist Group, conducting the first workshop on 15 June 2023, in Bogor, attended offline and online by the advisory group and founding members from across Indonesia. The new specialist group aims to coordinate nationwide expertise across taxonomic groups and disciplines to support the government and other stakeholders in efforts to reverse the decline of biodiversity through evidence-based decision-making and policy development. The group will be the nexus of diverse stakeholders to accommodate the growing number of Indonesian experts, including the new generation of conservationists; increase the representation of understudied taxonomic groups and regions; and advocate the use of science in decision making, to establish the national Red List index as an indicator for the Indonesian Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.