Re-introductions: A Comprehensive Approach

Pritpal S. Soorae

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2003)

Re-introductions: A Comprehensive Approach

Pritpal S. Soorae^▸^▾

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Submitted: 2 June 2025
Published: 2003-06-01

Abstract

Due to an increasing number of species translocations worldwide the IUCN in 1987 developed the IUCN Position Statement on the Translocation of Living organisms. This position statement acknowledged that translocation is a powerful tool in the management of the natural environment and, when properly used, offers great benefits to natural biological systems and to man but if misused has the potential to cause enormous damage.

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IUCN. 1987. The IUCN Position Statement on Translaocation of Living Organisms. Prepared by the Species Survival Commission in collaboration with the Commission on Ecology and the Commission on Environmental Policy, Law and Administration. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 20 pp.
IUCN. 1998. Guidelines for Re-introductions. Prepared by the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 10 pp.

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Guidelines

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Soorae, P. S. (2003). Re-introductions: A Comprehensive Approach. Tapir Conservation, 12(1), 15-17. http://www.tapirconservation.org/index.php/tc/article/view/49

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[1] IUCN. 1987. The IUCN Position Statement on Translaocation of Living Organisms. Prepared by the Species Survival Commission in collaboration with the Commission on Ecology and the Commission on Environmental Policy, Law and Administration. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 20 pp.

[2] IUCN. 1998. Guidelines for Re-introductions. Prepared by the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 10 pp.