Bombus affinis
Paul Williams
Great to see Sarina in the CNN web news item today announcing ‘Endangered bee is first in US’ and congratulations again to all of those involved for getting it declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Let’s see if in 2017 we can move forward towards a lot more Red List assessments in other parts of the world. Hint: I am looking forward to seeing annual reports for 2016 from Regional Coordinators in the next week if possible, so that we can get our annual summary out quickly.
Attached is an editorial from Oryx, from the new SSC Chair, Prof. Jon Paul Rodriguez which may be of interest.
All the very best for 2017, Paul
Chair IUCN-SSC Bumblebee Specialist Group
Dr Paul H Williams | Terrestrial Invertebrates | Life Sciences
Natural History Museum | Cromwell Road | London SW7 5BD | UK
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Visiting Professor | CAAS Institute of Apicultural Research | Beijing
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