Environment and Ecology
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Indian wildlife conservationist Vivek Menon has been elected as the Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) for 2025–2029.
- He is the first Asian to head the Commission in its 75-year history.
About Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- The SSC is IUCN’s largest scientific network, focused on species conservation and halting biodiversity loss globally.
- Established in: 1949, alongside the formation of IUCN.
- The SSC oversees the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
