Overview
- The list names ten priorities — Saint Lucia fer de lance, European eel, Indian rainbow tarantula, Temminck’s pangolin, cao vit gibbon, blackchin guitarfish, Utila spiny-tailed iguana, saker falcon, wild tulips, clouded leopard.
- Planned 2026 work includes a new cao vit gibbon census, an assessment of trade impacts on the saker falcon in Central Asia, and continued research on European eels.
- Conservation measures will support a pangolin rehabilitation clinic in Mozambique, strengthen marine protections for blackchin guitarfish, and expand community patrols in Cambodia’s Virachey National Park.
- Early updates include European eels detected during freshwater monitoring in Georgia after a long absence, triggering additional study.
- Surveys on Utila, Honduras, indicate the spiny-tailed iguana population has risen to roughly 7,000–14,000 from 3,000–6,000, while UK eel numbers are reported down about 95% over 25 years.