IUCN Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group Join us.

[Marcel van den Broek 31]

Sorry for posting in English, but this group communicates in English and I noticed a lack of Germans in the signing up :yes: so here is their message:

 

 

In October 2012 the Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group (CPSG) was created as one of about 100 Specialist Groups that form the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN. Run by volunteer experts and with data input from experts and amateur conservationists from around the globe, the mandate of the CPSG is quite broad and is expected to involve conservation projects of all kinds.

 

In some cases existing projects wishing to become IUCN approved may receive guidance or advice from the CPSG. But the initial and most urgent goal of the CPSG is to re-assess all species of all genera of carnivorous plants for the IUCN Red List. Without correct classification, imperiled species cannot receive the appropriate attention to conserve them.

 

Chaired by Robert Cantley and with Sir David Attenborough as Patron, the group is currently very small (July 2014) as it was in a start up phase but with the public launch at the 2014 ICPS conference we now invite you to sign up on our homepage: www.iucn-cpsg.org

 

You can contribute your knowledge as a Specialist Member or just follow our progress by receiving forthcoming Newsletters as a General Member. The degree of involvement you may have is up to you. Go ahead, it’s free and more members means more influence…

 

Signing up as a General Member is automatic. If you choose the option of applying as a Specialist Member you will be listed as a general member first and later on contacted by a group member. This is so we can separate serious enlistments from someone who just like the title Specialist but if you’re serious please don’t let that scare you from applying. There are many ways to help!

[Stefan 736]

Hi Marcel,

 

nice to meet you here in the German forum. I signed in a few minutes ago but i missed the Genus Byblis. Does that have any reason?

 

(Off topic: Do your Byblis flower now? Mine sown the same time as yours are doing so!)

 

Kindest regards

Stefan

[Marcel van den Broek 31]

Hi Marcel,

 

nice to meet you here in the German forum. I signed in a few minutes ago but i missed the Genus Byblis. Does that have any reason?

 

(Off topic: Do your Byblis flower now? Mine sown the same time as yours are doing so!)

 

Kindest regards

Stefan

Byblis is an oversight, it should be added when Robert gets to updating the website. All is just starting to move, but Robert is now recruiting people to actually do all things that need to be done which is why I'm spreading the news.

 

Guehoi is flowering very well, the others not yet.

 

Let's see if I can keep the non English in the loop, sorry for the grammar:

Byblis ist ein Versehen, es sollte hinzugefügt werden, wenn Robert bekommt die Aktualisierung der Website. Alles ist gerade erst anfangen zu bewegen, aber Robert ist jetzt die einstellung Menschen tatsächlich alle Dinge die getan werden müssen su suchen . Das was,warum ich die Verbreitung der Nachrichten angefangen hat.

Guehoi ist sehr gut Blüte, die anderen noch nicht.

 

(Did I screw that up badly?)

[Markus Welge 758]

Hi Marcel,

 

thank you for the announcement in our forum. I appreciate this project and I'm glad that these prominent personalities support it. 

Particularly with Sir David as its patron the project gets the needed emphasis and I hope many cp-enthusiasts will follow.

 

Cheers,

Markus