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ASG Updates New Web Site Coming Soon In the next couple of weeks, the ASG will be launching its new website. Still located at www. amphibians.org, this new website will use a number of new technologies and social media tools to forward the ASG’s mission and facilitate communication amongst our members. The structure of the website is not designed to be static but to evolve with the needs of our members. For this reason, we are eager to hear your feedback. The website will feature three main sections: (1) “Our Work;” (2) “Resources;” and (3) the “Red List Forum,” the global amphibian assessment forum designed to help update the IUCN amphibian database. The “Our Work” section will deliver blog posts, details of ASG partnerships and projects and information on current campaigns such as the “Search for Lost Frogs” and the “Global Amphibian BioBlitz” (GAB) a citizen-science effort to collect distribution data on amphibians from the public. Although this section will be of interest to members, it will be focused more towards the general public, helping to provide an insight into activities being undertaken around the world to conserve amphibian populations. Project partners will be able to provide updates on activities to highlight their achievements and the challenges they face. The “Resources” section will be designed specifically for our members. This section will showcase publications, where you will find the FrogLog archive along with other ASG and non-ASG publications. Over time, one of our goals is to develop a comprehensive library of regional amphibian action plans. If you would like a publication to be featured on the website, please contact James Lewis at jplewis@amphibians.org. international events. Members and the general public will have the ability to add specific events from the ASG calendar to their personal Google Calendar. If you would like to publicize an event on the ASG calendar, you can either contact James Lewis at jplewis@amphibians.org or your Regional Chair. The new publications display format. An interactive Google calendar will also be available within the “Resources” section. Each Regional Chair will have access to the calendar to be able to include any upcoming regional or Interactive Google calendar. 4 | FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011
The GAB uses expert verified amateur photos to confirm the occupancy of a species in places overlapping the range map. By contributing observations to the GAB and commenting on occupancy within places, the public can verify and provide feedback on species distributions. For example, a photo might confirm that a species indeed persists in a state. Another contribution might reveal that a population persists in a county outside the range map. Lastly, if a contributor suspects a species is absent from a county overlapping the range map, this can be expressed on the map by leaving comments on the occupancy within that place. The resulting data are made available to the expert community to include in assessments at their discretion. To contribute to the GAB, click the ’Add Observation’ button on the GAB home page which will be located at: http://www. amphibians.org/redlist/gab . We hope that you find the resources both interesting and useful, and we welcome your feedback on how we can further develop the website to meet your needs. Members Page. Details of all Regional and Country Chairs will be included along with a list of members. Within the “Resources” section will also be a list of all current members and Regional Chairs separated by broad geographical zones as outlined in FrogLog 96. This comprehensive list will include contact emails for all Regional Chairs, similar to the format on the current website. The third section, the “Red List Forum,” is in collaboration with the IUCN SSC Amphibian Red List Authority (Amphibian RLA) and the GAB. In an effort to address amphibian reassessments and engage with a wider spectrum of experts in the assessment process, the Amphibian RLA is trialing an online assessment forum. At first, a selection of draft assessments from a recent workshop in the Dominican Republic will be open for feedback, and other assessments will continue to be added to the forum as they reach the assessment consultation process. Assessments will be available for feedback for a specified period of time, after which feedback will be considered/incorporated and the updated assessment will be sent out for external review. The distribution maps in these assessments show either new modified draft range maps or previously published maps (where there are no changes to distribution) alongside contributions from the GAB. The Amphibian Assessment Forum, a collaboration with the IUCN / SSC Amphibian Red List Authority and the GAB to engage a wider spectrum of experts in the assessment process. FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 5
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