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
