Simon Hedges Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Leading the development of a robust conservation planning process across ZSL’s Conservation & Policy (C&P) Department to help our teams design effective and adaptive long-term conservation strategies and deliver conservation impact.

The IUCN/SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force is a global advisory group of experts from a range of subjects working on interdisciplinary approaches to wildlife conservation. The Task Force supports the IUCN network, conservation practitioners and international organisations around the world with guidance and information on best practice in this field..

The mission of the Species Conservation Success Task Force is to develop a “Green List of Species” (now known as the Green Status of Species) to document and incentivise successful species conservation and recovery. The framework developed by the Species Conservation Success Task Force aims to complement the IUCN Red List by providing a tool for assessing.

The IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group (CSG) is the world's chief body of scientific and practical expertise on the status and conservation of all canid species. My particular expertise is on Dholes (Cuon alpinus), which I worked on for many years.

Asia

The Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG) is a global network of specialists concerned with the study, monitoring, management, and conservation of Asian Elephants. See the AsESG website at: https://asesg.org/index.php. I was Co-chair with Ajay Desai from 2005 to 2015 and I am still a member. I worked with Ajay Desai and others from IUCN, USFWS, et al...

I was a member of the IUCN/SSC Species Conservation Planning Task Force throughout its lifetime: the task force completed its work in 2008 with the publication of "IUCN/Species Survival Commission. 2008. "Strategic Planning for Species Conservation: A Handbook." Version 1.0. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN Species Survival Commission." [I was a lead writer and.

Asia, Africa, UK

Asian Arks is the only nonprofit organization in the world devoted exclusively to safeguarding Asia’s wildlife by directly managing protected areas under long-term agreements with governments and communities. See our website at www.asianarks.org follow us on Twitter @AsianArks.

Asia, Africa, UK

Asia, Africa, UK

Asia, UK

Indonesia

London, England, United Kingdom

The UK government’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund provides financial support to practical projects around the world which are: developing sustainable livelihoods and economic development, to benefit people directly affected by IWT; strengthening law enforcement; ensuring effective legal frameworks; and reducing demand for IWT products. I served as.

Asia And Africa

I was a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the CITES Monitoring The Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Program and Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) from 2008 through 2016. The TAG was established by CITES to provide technical oversight to both MIKE and ETIS, specifically: to ensure the technical and practical soundness of MIKE and.

Asia And Africa

I was a member of the CITES Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Program’s Dung Survey Task Force throughout its lifetime, 2003–2006. The Task Force completed its work in 2006, with the publication of "Hedges, S. & Lawson, D. [Eds] 2006. Dung Survey Standards for the MIKE Programme. CITES MIKE Programme, Central Coordinating Unit, PO Box.

Asia

The Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group (AWCSG) works to study and protect Asia's nine wild cattle species, all of which are threatened with extinction. See the AWCSG website at https://www.asianwildcattle.org/. I was Chair of the AWCSG from 1994 to 2005 and I am still a member.