ACRS is the only international symposium dedicated specifically to the sharing of research and strategies to empower the future of amphibian conservation!
ACRS helps to bring together amphibian conservationists and researchers from around the world to gain experience, learn new ideas and make contacts!
With a strong focus on early career conservation and research practitioners, ACRS is helping to build a future for global amphibian conservation efforts!
ACRS brings together amphibian conservation researchers from all fields and backgrounds, including academics, veterinarians, field biologists and members of the zoo community!
The two-day meetings provide a platform to present a wide array of talks and posters covering evidence-based approaches and management strategies that promote amphibian conservation!
Previous topics have covered disease, ecotoxicology, genetics, ex-situ husbandry, captive breeding, reintroduction programs, surveying techniques, habitat utilisation, in situ programs, amphibian trade and urban ecology.
What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Symposium! The deadline for abstract registration is 29th March 2019.
ACRS is co-organized by the Amphibian Survival Alliance, the @chesterzoo and the Manchester Metropolitan University.
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The salamander #chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, #Bsal), that is causing massive mortality of #salamanders in Europe, was not detected in an intensive survey of wild North American #amphibians!
Through intensive survey efforts, a collaborative team of over 35 researchers led by the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative and USGS National Wildlife Health Center has found no detection of Bsal across the US and one site in Mexico.
The results published on August 3 in Scientific Reports by Waddle et al. found no evidence of Bsal in over 11,000 collected skin swabs. These findings suggest that if Bsal does occur in the US it is not likely to be widespread in many of the high-risk areas that were sampled.
Sign and share this petition requesting that 1) all mining concessions be removed from protected forests in Ecuador, and 2) Reserva Los Cedros be incorporated into the nearby Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve
The highest court in Ecuador has agreed to hear a precedent-setting rights-of-nature case brought on behalf of Reserva Los Cedros, a biodiversity hotspot.
But mining concessions illegally granted by the government in 2017 now put 6 million acres of this area at risk.
The Reserva Los Cedros is home to 207 #threatened species, from spectacled bears to brown-headed spider monkeys, as well as the headwaters of four rivers. It's also critical for trapping carbon.
We are very happy 🐸 to share the news that Dr. @simonstuartSE, the Acting Chair of ASA Global Council, Director of Strategic Conservation at ASA partner @SynchEarth and Former Chair of @IUCNssc has won the 2020 Blue Planet Prize by @afinformation_e
Simon led the development of the categories and quantitative criteria for the @IUCNRedList and contributed to the expansion of the number of species assessed. This scientific basis has established the Red List as the most reliable, widely used data on species extinction risk.
Also, conceiving and leading the Global Amphibian Assessment, Simon warned that the decline in the number of amphibians indicates that not only their habitats but also the surrounding ecosystems are deteriorating.