{"id":140,"date":"2015-06-15T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/?p=140"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:22:44","slug":"new-webpage-for-cycad-specialist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"New Website for Cycad Specialist Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to IUCN \/ SSC Cycad Specialist Group\u2019s new website!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speciesconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-223 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MBZ-logo-donor-14-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"MbZSCF_ID_VERT_PAN\" width=\"167\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MBZ-logo-donor-14-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MBZ-logo-donor-14.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>In 2015, the CSG will undertake a\u00a0major update to the conservation status of cycads for the\u00a0IUCN\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Red<\/span> <span class=\"il\">List<\/span> of Threatened Species.\u00a0A generous grant for this work was recently obtained through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speciesconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To support and broaden this initiative, this new website will help\u00a0achieve CSG objectives in these ways:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide up-to-date public information about cycad conservation.<\/li>\n<li>Broaden this communication via modern responsive web design.<\/li>\n<li>Support strategic expansion of the CSG membership.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance communication and coordination among CSG members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please join me in recognizing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cycad.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Cycad Society<\/a> for their<a href=\"http:\/\/cycad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-224 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TCS-logo-color-low-res-new.gif\" alt=\"TCS-logo-color-low-res-new\" width=\"160\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> longtime sponsorship of\u00a0the original CSG website, which contains\u00a0important and extensive archived resources, such as publications, links, and documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to IUCN \/ SSC Cycad Specialist Group\u2019s new website! In 2015, the CSG will undertake a\u00a0major update to the conservation status of cycads for the\u00a0IUCN\u00a0Red List of Threatened Species.\u00a0A generous grant for this work was recently obtained through the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. To support and broaden this initiative, this new website &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/?p=140\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Website for Cycad Specialist Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cycadgroup.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}