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along over 30% of the world’s coastlines. They support thriving ecosystems and local livelihoods and provide various benefits to people, yet their conservation status needs to be better understood. Moreover, recent ocean warming and marine heatwaves combined with other an- thropogenic stressors (e.g. exploitation, overgrazing and pollution) have resulted in the loss of. 90% of kelp forests in regions of Australia, theUSA andMexico, with significant implications for associated biodiversity and local economies. By 2025, the Seaweed Specialist Group aims to assess the conservation status of at least 120 Laminarian species. The Seaweed Specialist Group invites researchers and


practitioners, especially those in phycology, ecology, cli- mate change and conservation, to reach out with inquiries, offers of collaboration, and contributions that support our conservation efforts.


NUR ARAFEH-DALMAU1,2 (nadalmau@stanford.edu),


ERLANIA2,3 ,EMMA CEBRIAN2,4 ,LOYISO V. DUNGA2,5, PAULO HORTA2,6 ,CAYNE LAYTON2,7 ,ERASMO C. MACAYA 2,8 ,LUISA MANGIALAJO2,9 ,PIPPA J. MOORE2,10 ,ALEJANDRA


MORA-SOTO2,11 ,MAGGIE M. REDDY2,5 ,ALBERTUS J. SMIT2,12 ,PIKE SPECTOR2,13 ,VAN TU NGUYEN2,14 ,


JANA VERDURA2,9 and JACQUELINE B. POCKLINGTON2,15 1Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, USA. 2IUCN Species Survival Commission Seaweed Specialist Group. 3National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia. 4Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Blanes,


Spain. 5University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 6Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis,


Brazil. 7University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. 8Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. 9Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, ECOSEAS, Nice, France. 10Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK. 11University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada. 12University ofWestern Cape, Bellville, South Africa. 13California Ocean Protection Council, Sacramento, USA. 14Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam. 15Deakin University, Queenscliff, Australia


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Workshop for the protection of Chinese giant salamanders


The Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus is the largest extant amphibian, is categorized as Critically Endangered as a result of overexploitation and habitat loss (Tapley et al., 2021, Oryx, 55, 373–381) and requires conserva- tion attention. Andrias davidianus is actually a species com- plex, and has recently been divided into several species: A. sligoi (Turvey et al., 2019, Ecology and Evolution, 9, 10070– 10084.), A. jiangxiensis (Chai et al., 2022, Zoological Research,


43, 469–480) and A. cheni (Gong et al., 2023, Chinese Journal of Zoology, 58, 651–657). It is likely there will be further taxo- nomic splits. Although the current conservation needs of these species are partially understood (Chen et al., 2018, Ecology and Evolution, 8, 3098–3108), the conservation actions needed to prevent the extinction of the named and as yet unnamed species need to be clarified. With this purpose in mind, the NGO Green Camel Bell,


the Zoological Society of London and the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, held a workshop on the conservation of Chinese giant salamanders, in Lanzhou, China, in October 2023. The attendees, represent- ing a diverse array of stakeholders, agreed on a series of key actions: research to resolve the taxonomic conundrums, field surveys to identify and protect remaining pure popula- tions, investigations to identify how Chinese giant salaman- der farming could benefit conservation, refinement of the process for releasing individuals from farms, work to encourage legislative changes, research to improve our understanding of the species’ behaviour and ecology, and adoption of better practices to protect against pathogen introduction and transmission.


JINGMAO1,2 ,CHUNBIN LI1,CHENHAOJIA LIU2 ,ZHONG ZHAO2, XIANMAO FAN3,JIEWANG4,QINGHUA LUO5,TIAN ZHAO6, WENBOWANG7,FENG OUYANG8,JIYONGWANG9,ZHIGANG QIAO10,ZHIQIANG LIANG11,WUYING LIN12,PEIWANG13,DAJIE GONG14,WEISHI LIU15,FANG YAN16,ANDREWA. CUNNINGHAM17, BENJAMIN TAPLEY17,18 ,SAMUEL T. TURVEY17 and AMAËL BORZÉE18


(amaelborzee@gmail.com)


1College of Resources and Environment Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. 2Gansu Green Camel Bell Environment and Development Center, Lanzhou, China. 3Bikou Town Taihe Giant Salamander


Breeding Base, Wen County, Gansu Province, China. 4Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China. 5College of Biological and Chemical


Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, China. 6College of Fisheries, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. 7Department of Life Sciences, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang, China. 8FAO/GEF wetland pro- gramme, Nanchang, China. 9Guiyang Qianren Ecological Conservation Center, Guiyang, China. 10Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. 11Hunan Fisheries Science Institute, Changsha, China. 12iConserve Eco-Technology Co.,


Shenzhen, China. 13Jishou University, Jishou, China. 14Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China. 15Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China. 16School of


Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China. 17Zoological Society of London, London, UK. 18IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group


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Oryx, 2024, 58(2), 145–154 © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International doi:10.1017/S0030605323001928


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