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About the GAA
 Project Overview
Partners
Methods
Data Collection
Data Review
Data Consolidation
Data Analysis
Future Steps
Use and Citation
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Partners
The Global Amphibian Assessment is a collaboration among scientists from IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Conservation International, and NatureServe, with participation by over 600 amphibian experts from more than 60 countries.
The central coordination of the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) was carried out by the IUCN/SSC — CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Unit based at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International (CI/CABS). The four members of the unit working on the GAA are Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Michael Hoffmann, with administrative support from Laara Manler (until July 2005) and Noura Bakkour (since August 2005). Bruce Young of NatureServe has served as a fourth member of the GAA coordinating team, with particular responsibilities for coordination of work in the Americas. This small team is dependent on the expertise of the world's amphibian experts for the success of the Global Amphibian Assessment. A full listing of all the participants in the assessment can be found in the Acknowledgements.
In 2001, the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) at Conservation International began the Biodiversity Assessment Initiative, an ambitious project to establish biodiversity monitoring baselines for over 100,000 of the world’s species.
The Global Amphibian Assessment was only the first phase of the Biodiversity Assessment Initiative. IUCN/SSC and CI/CABS are also collaborating with other partners to complete a global assessment of all mammals, and the global assessment of all reptiles is now underway. New staff members have also joined the team to begin a Global Marine Species Assessment. The goals for each species group assessment are the same: to map the distribution and assess the conservation status of each species in order to establish global baselines for biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning.
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