On behalf of the IUCN Red List and the IUCN Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group, I would like to thank you for creating the online petition Help carnivorous plants before they become extinct. You have helped draw attention to carnivorous plant conservation (we see you have nearly 500 signatures!) and it appears that several signatories have also donated to our campaign. Thank you!
We recently saw your posts, which linked us to your petition site and website, and found your email there. We also noted your concern on Facebook about the campaign ending, and we wanted to let you know that we plant to continue running our campaign to support the IUCN Red List assessments of carnivorous plants until we reach our goal of USD 25,000. Raising this amount will enable us to bring together the world’s leading carnivorous plant experts for a 5-day assessment workshop at Kew Gardens, London in 2016. The outcome will be that many species will be classified for the first time and their conservation status known. Attendees will also develop a plan for assessing all remaining species, some of which require field trips to remote locations.
For the last few months we have been working closely with carnivorous plant societies and nurseries around the world to spread the word about the campaign. While our end-of-year goal for 2015 was to reach USD 25,000 in donations, our long-term aim is to raise an additional USD 100,000 over the course of 2016 to enable the assessment of all remaining carnivorous plant species.
I hope that we can count on your support as we progress onto this next phase in our campaign. Your efforts are much appreciated.