P R O C E E D I N G S O F T H E

For the first time in its 40 year history, CPSG held its Annual Meeting completely virtually. Themeeting, held 7-9 October, was graciously hosted by San Diego Zoo Global, which providedinvaluable technical support and encouragement as we navigated the new normal of virtualevent planning. Special thanks to Debra Erickson and Andrew Schultz from San Diego Zoo fortheir dedication to our meeting!

The use of a virtual platform allowed for record-breaking participation – we welcomed a diversegroup of 300 registrants from across the globe representing over 175 conservationorganizations. We also had a record number of first-time CPSG Annual Meeting participants.

2020 CPSG Annual meeting | Day 1CPSG Meeting first time participants

CPSG: 40 Years of Changing the Future for Wildlife, Kathy Traylor-Holzer, CPSG

The Future of Conservation, the Use of Innovation Science, and HarnessingFrontier Science & Technology, Alex Dehgan, Conservation X Labs

Conservation Planning Works, Caroline Lees, CPSG

The Future of Virtual Meetings, Bri Scully, Spatial

Intro to CPSG Planning Principles & Steps, Phil Miller, CPSG

The Scale of the Problem, the Planning Needs, and the Solution, Jamie Copsey, CPSG

Over the course of the meeting, we looked at the past, present, and future of speciesconservation, and celebrated CPSG’s 40-year anniversary. Recordings of the plenarypresentations can be found by clicking on the titles below:

Plenary Presentations

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The aim of this working group was to provide professionals involved in the IUCN Red Listassessment process and/or species conservation planning with a sound understanding ofthe A2P process and the various stages of the IUCN SSC Assess-Plan-Act framework atwhich it can be brought in and applied to conservation planning for multiple species. Arecording of the working group report presentation can be found here and the writtenreport can be found here.

Three working groups were convened as part of the 2020 CPSG Annual Meeting:

A2P

Caroline Lees

ClaudineGibson

Assessing to Plan (A2P) training session

Working Groups

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This working group focused on issues surrounding group-based population management(both in situ and ex situ) for taxa in which data may be collected and/or managementactions conducted only on groups of organisms, rather than on specific individuals. Itpresented a summary of the Group Management Initiative, a collaborative processinvolving ~ 50 international population experts across diverse taxa to understand andorganize existing tools and processes for group management, with the intent to eventuallydevelop and implement new ones. A recording of the working group report presentationcan be found here and the written working group report can be found here.

Working Groups

GM

Kathy Traylor-Holzer

Kate Rodriguez-Clark

Group Management

CARNIVORES HERPETOLOGY AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES SMALL MAMMALS

FISH TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES BIRDS UNGULATES

PLANTS PRIMATES

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The aim of this working group was to provide an opportunity for participants to collectivelyshare and learn about tips and tools for species conservation planning within a virtualenvironment. The results of the working group will be used in drafting guidelines forspecies conservation planning in a virtual environment. A recording of the working groupreport presentation can be found here and the written report can be found here.

VP

Species Planning in a Virtual Environment: Think Tank

Jamie Copsey

Fabiana Rocha

Working Groups

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ClosingThe meeting closed with a celebration of CPSG’s 40th Anniversary. Attendees hadpreviously been asked to add their messages to one of four on-line anniversary cards,organized by region. For the unveiling of the cards, participants were asked to put on theirparty hats and unanimously wish CPSG a “happy anniversary” in their native language. Theresulting cards and party hat line-up, along with an original song by CPSG Australasia’sRichard Jakob-Hoff, can be viewed here. Dr. Lee Simmons, one of the original members of CPSG, gave reminiscences about theorigins of CPSG: meeting Ulie Seal for the first time in 1968 aboard a Cessna airplane withan immobilized, 650 lb. gorilla; CPSG’s founding in 1979 as the Captive Breeding SpecialistGroup, with Ulie Seal as Chair; and the roots of the unique philosophy, culture, and tools ofpresent-day CPSG. Lee’s full talk can be found here. It was heartwarming to see all of the new and familiar faces over the three meeting days(and the post-meeting Zoom happy hour!). We strove to maintain the collaborative andinclusive feel that comes with a typical in-person CPSG meeting and, based on the post-meeting feedback that we’ve received, we were successful.

ANNIVERSARY PARTY

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THANK YOUto our

DONORS

$50,000+ The Estate of George B. Rabb

$25,000+

$15,000+

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$10,000+Brad & Alice AndrewsAuckland Zoological ParkDallas World AquariumDetroit Zoological SocietyGlobal Conservation AssociatesHouston ZooSan Diego Zoo GlobalWildlife Conservation SocietyWorld Association of Zoos & AquariumsZoo Leipzig

$5,000+Al Ain Wildlife Park & ResortAssociation of Zoos & AquariumsAnne Baker & Robert LacyBalcombe Charitable TrustNordens ArkPoint Defiance Zoo & AquariumSchönbrunner Tiergarten – Zoo ViennaSmithsonian National Zoological ParkTaronga Conservation Society AustraliaZoologischer Garten Rostock

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Linda MalekMilwaukee County ZooNorth Carolina Zoological ParkOregon ZooPaignton ZooRotterdam ZooRoyal Zoological Society of AntwerpRoyal Zoological Society of ScotlandSedgwick County ZooSeoul ZooLee & Marie SimmonsSwedish Association of Zoos & AquariaTaipei ZooTwycross ZooVerband der Zoologischen GartenWilhelma ZooWoodland Park ZooZoo FrankfurtZoological Society of Wales, WelshMountain ZooZoologischer Garten KölnZoos South Australia

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Phoenix ZooRiverbanks Zoo & GardenThrigby Hall Wildlife GardensWhite Oak Conservation CenterWildlife World Zoo & AquariumZoo & Aquarium AssociationZoo de la Palmyre

$500+Chris Byers & Kathy VilaCotswold Wildlife ParkDavid Traylor Zoo of Emporia KattegatcentretLisbon ZooOdense ZooKatey & Mike Pelican Ed & Marie PlotkaRacine Zoological SocietyOliver RyderSafari de Peaugres Tokyo Zoological Park Society Wellington ZooZoo Heidelberg

$250+African Safari, FranceArizona-Sonora Desert MuseumJonathan GippsJulia Hanuliakova & Zoo Design, Inc.Lee Richardson ZooLion Country SafariVicky MeretskyRoger Williams Park ZooRolling Hills ZooSacramento ZooSteinhart AquariumJacqueline & Nick VlietstraMartin Zordan

$100+Alpenzoo InnsbruckJim GuenterSteven J. OlsonKathryn Rodriguez-Clark

$20+David BarnardRichard FrankhamMikko JokinenConnor Killilea for Eloise SundalNancy Sather

Regional Resource Center HostsAMACZOOA & FUNDAZOOAuckland ZooCopenhagen ZooJapan Wildlife Research CenterPAAZAParque das AvesRoyal Zoological Society of ScotlandSaint Louis ZooTaman Safari IndonesiaWildlife Reserves SingaporeZoo Outreach Organisation & WILDZoofari Mexico

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The 2020 Annual Meeting proceedings are published by the Conservation PlanningSpecialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) SpeciesSurvival Commission (SSC). The opinions and recommendations expressed in this reportreflect the issues discussed and ideas expressed by the participants in the meeting and donot necessarily reflect the formal policies of the IUCN, its Commissions, its Secretariat, orits members.