NABR Commends the IUCN's Decision to Reassess the Status of Long-Tailed Macaques

, /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) commends the Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s decision to reassess the 'Endangered' designation of long-tailed macaque monkeys ( ). "NABR is pleased that the IUCN will reassess its designation of long-tailed macaques as 'Endangered'," said , president of NABR. "The IUCN's decision to uplist long tailed macaques to 'Endangered' in 2022 was not justified, nor supported by scientific information.

NABR looks forward to working with the IUCN to ensure the scientific integrity of its processes." In 2023, NABR convened a technical review team to review the basis of the IUCN designation. In , NABR filed a formal petition with the IUCN followed by an expanded petition in .

The expanded petition requested that the IUCN undertake a new science-based assessment of the species' status. NABR's expanded petition demonstrates that the 2022 review by Hansen et. al.

, which the IUCN used as the basis for its decision to uplist the long-tailed macaque's status, misrepresents existing data. A separate petition filed by Dr. asserts that the Hansen et al.

(2022) review authors possess conflicts of interest that require further investigation by the IUCN. This petition remains pending before the IUCN. While the IUCN does not have any legislative or regulatory authority, its 'Red List' may influence policy decisions regarding the species.

The IUCN's decision to reassess its 'Endangered' designation of long-tailed ma.