About IUCN and SSC

IUCN The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is a union of nations, government departments, non-political organizations and sympathetic international bodies,which was founded in 1948. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

IUCN The Species Survival Commission (SSC) serves as the main source of advice to The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and its members on the technical aspects of species conservation. It is a network of volunteer members. It seeks to mobilise action by the world conservation community for species conservation, particularly those species threatened with extinction and those of importance for human welfare.