About TTF

Mission Statement

The Tomistoma Task Force, within the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group, is dedicated to:

• quantifying the status of Tomistoma schlegelii in the wild
• identifying the threats to which they are exposed
• promoting appropriate actions in cooperation with range states that may achieve sustainable conservation benefits for the species.

 

Task Force

Tomistoma Task Force was established at the 16th Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group in Gainesville (Florida, 7-10 October 2003).

It was agreed that people outside the range states needed to play a much more active role in cooperating with and assisting range states to conserve Tomistoma — assistance with surveys, training, education, research, conservation action and both financial and human resources.