Dr David Mallon has been the Co-Chair of the IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group since 2004. Also a member of the IUCN SSC Caprinae, Cat, Equid, Giraffe and Okapi, and Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Groups, he is a Special Advisor to the SSC. He has been a member of the IUCN Red List Committee since 2011, and is a member of the IUCN Species Conservation Success Task Force.
The addax desert antelope may be the world’s rarest hoofed mammal, with as few as 100 animals left in the wild. Despite oil exploration and extraction in and around their last remaining habitat,...