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UAE (October 2024) and CoP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia (October 2024). In Abu Dhabi, the Fungal Conservation Committee, comprising the chairs of fungal specialist groups and other key contributors, met to review existing quadrennium targets with regards to accomplishments and challenges, to plan for the upcoming year, and to brainstorm emerging opportunities. Two sessions were held for the broader SSC community, which were well attended by members of several plant groups and other related specialist groups. Fungal specialist groups received two awards in honour of increased activities. In its first 4 years the Fungal ConservationCommittee has
A clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa captured by a camera trap in Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Jilong County, China, on 16 September 2023.
2024. Two camera traps within the core zone of the Reserve each captured an image of the clouded leopard, on 9 and 16 September 2023, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documentation of the clouded leopard in Jilong County, c. 1,000 km from the species’ previously re- cognized habitat in Medog County. This discovery suggests there may be other potential
clouded leopard habitats in China beyond the four currently recognized sites. Additionally, the newrecord is close to two locations in Nepal where the clouded leopard has been recorded: Langtang National Park (c. 50 km away) and Annapurna Conservation Area (c. 300 km away; Ghimirey & Acharya, 2017, Oryx, 52, 166–170). This region may serve as a migration corridor for clouded leopards. Further re- search in this region will promote international collabo- ration for the conservation of this species.
We thank the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve Administration for their funding and support through the project Snow Leopard Distribution, Population, and Habitat Monitoring in Mount Qomolangma.
YU DING1 ,NANWU1 ,YIXUAN LIU1 ,HUA ZHONG1 , LHABA CERING2 and KUN SHI1,3
1Eco-Bridge Continental, Beijing, China. 2Qomolangma
National Nature Reserve Administration, Rikaze, China. 3Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Fungi gaining ground at recent CBD and IUCN meetings
Increasing interest in fungal conservation was evident at two recent global conservation events: the IUCN Species Sur- vival Commission (SSC) Leaders meeting in Abu Dhabi,
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met many of its initial targets, including major advances in global fungiRed List assessments (fromthree in 2003 to near- ly 1,000 in 2024), the creation of national specialist groups and conservation networks (e.g. the Brazil and Colombia Fungal Specialist Groups; Drechsler-Santos et al., Oryx, 57, 421–422;Motato-Vásquez et al., Oryx, 57, 691), and establish- ing productive engagement with the Global Centre for Spec- ies Survival based at the Indianapolis Zoo, USA. Thematic specialist groups have been formed on Aquatic Fungi (Fer- nandes et al., Oryx, 58, 282) and on Fungal Use, in partnership with the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. This rise in activities has increased scientific output and public interest in fungal conservation,whichwe hope to build onwith increased outreach and educational opportunities. For ex- ample, in 2025, with financial support from the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods SpecialistGroup,we plan to host awork- shop on fungal conservation and gender inCotonou,Benin, in conjunction with the fourth meeting of the International Society for Fungal Conservation and a special issue of Current Conservation dedicated to fungal conservation. AtCoP16, the newly formed FungalConservationNetwork,
comprising members of the Fungal Conservation Committee plus other mycologists, presented initial plans for a Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation. The Strategy will provide tools and resources for countries to include fungi in their con- servation efforts and identify a fungal conservation research agenda. Additionally, the UK and Chile presented the Pledge for Fungal Conservation. Efforts to develop the Pledge were led by the Fungi Foundation and 3Fs Initiative, and it received additional support fromColombia, Benin, Spain,Mexico, Italy, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Cambodia and Guinea. Although thePledgedid notmakeitontothe latest agenda, Chile made a statement in the final plenary, inviting parties within the context of decision CBD/CoP/15/28 on Biodiversity and Agriculture to submit detailed information on the conserva- tion of fungi within the framework of the Soil Biodiversity Action Plan. This could lead to the inclusion of fungi in na- tional and international legislation, policies and agreements.
I thank members of the Fungal Conservation Committee for review of this piece. Any mistakes are my responsibility.
Oryx, 2025, 59(1), 10–18 © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International doi:10.1017/S0030605324001819
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