IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Training
Learn from global experts how to best plan and implement conservation translocations. Since 2016, 106 participants from 21 countries have attended our training in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. This has resulted in breakthroughs for many endangered species.
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Welcome to
The (CTSG) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) is working with others to face emerging threats, restore species, and yield wide-ranging benefits for nature and people. Actions of our practitioners worldwide illustrate that there is hope and that positive change is possible.
Our Vision: A world where courageous action repairs nature’s past damage and guards against threats of the future
Our Mission: To empower responsible conservation translocations that save species, strengthen ecosystems, and benefit humanity
News & Events
Edinburgh 2026
Publication of the 8th book in the Global Conservation Translocation Case Study Series
Abu Dhabi, 2025
Release of IUCN Guidelines on Responsible Translocation of Displaced Organisms
Abu Dhabi, 2025
IPTC 2022, 1st International Plant Translocation Conference
Rome, Italy
Welcome to
The () of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is working with others to face emerging threats, restore species, and yield wide-ranging benefits for nature and people. Actions of our practitioners worldwide illustrate that there is hope and that positive change is possible.
News & Events
ICTC 2026, 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference
Edinburgh 2026
Publication of the 8th book in the Global Conservation Translocation Case Study Series
Abu Dhabi, 2025
Release of IUCN Guidelines on Responsible Translocation of Displaced Organisms
Abu Dhabi, 2025
IPTC 2022, 1st International Plant Translocation Conference
Rome, Italy