The motion for the conservation of Asian horseshoe
crabs (Tachypleus tridentatus, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius
rotundicauda) was successfully adopted at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic
of Korea, 6–15 September 2012.
Nature Society (Singapore) was the main sponsor of
the motion.
Co- Sponsors were:
· Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law,
Singapore
· Centre for Environmental Legal Studies, PACE
University, USA
· Bombay Natural History Society, India
· Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of
Natural Resources, Philippines
· Malaysian Nature Society,
Malaysia
NSS’ IUCN Coordinator, Mr Vinayagan Dharmarajah,
who had actively spearheaded the motion on behalf of NSS, represented NSS at
the Congress.
The full motion can be found at the link below:
http://portals.iucn.org/docs/2012congress/motions/en/M-034-2012-EN.pdf
The complete list of Resolutions & Recommendations adopted by the IUCN during the 2012 World Conservation Congress can be found at:
https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/resolutions_and_recommendations__in_english.pdf
Our motion for the conservation of the Asian Horseshoe Crabs can be found on page 41-43 of the booklet.
For more information on our Horseshoe Crab Rescue
and Research Project, click here.