Welcome to the home page of the IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (ASG). ASG is one of more than 120 Specialist Groups that are part of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
ASG is the world's leading body of scientific and practical expertise on the status and conservation of all antelope species. It is a global network of specialists concerned with the conservation, monitoring, management, and study of antelopes.
The overall aim of ASG is to promote the long-term conservation of antelopes and their habitats worldwide, and the recovery or restoration of antelope species, populations and communities where feasible.
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The Antelope Specialist Group has made the entire collection of Gnusletter available online
The Antelope Specialist Group has made the 30 years-old archive of Gnusletter, the ASG Newsletter, available online…
13 May 2011 | Downloads - publication
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The 2011 April issue of Gnusletter is available to download
Welcome to the first GNUSLETTER edition in 2011. This volume is particularly full of information due to numerous activities by the ASG membership and others, and in part because of our Special Edition of GNUSLETTER presented in July 2010, which did not contain our standard information format... …
02 May 2011 | Downloads - publication
Announcement of the first Giraffe conference
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) together with the IUCN SSC ASG International Giraffe Working Group (IGWG) are organizing a conference on the conservation and management of giraffe in Africa
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) together with the IUCN SSC ASG International Giraffe Working Group (IGWG) invites all scientists, students, wildlife managers, and decisionmakers in the field of giraffe research, conservation and management to attend the first ever ‘wild’ giraffe Indaba (conference) in Africa at the Etosha Safari Lodge, Namibia, from 4 to 7 July 2011, including a half-day seminar on 7 July 2011:
‘The Conservation and Management of giraffe in Africa – looking forward’.
To find out more information about the conference, please download the conference package either on the GCF website or in the attached pdf file.
Antelopes featured in the latest Reintroduction Specialist Group Book
A few Antelope species feature in the latest Reintroduction Specialist Group Book
A few cases of antelope reintroduction management were included in the latest RSG Book, namely the hirola, the Arabian oryx and the Eastern bongo.
