In Panel received a new three-year mandate to advise Sakhalin Energy (Shell interest 27.5% minus one share) in Russia on assessing and managing its impact on western gray whales. IUCN and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) have continued to collaborate with others in Nigeria to monitor the biodiversity recovery in areas where SPDC’s new remediation standard is being applied (see Spill prevention and response in Nigeria).