Guideline
Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations
Version 1.0 of the IUCN's core translocation guidance, produced by the Reintroduction and Invasive Species Specialist Groups' Task Force on Moving Plants and Animals for Conservation Purposes and published in 2013 by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland (57pp). Its production was funded by Al Ain Zoo, Abu Dhabi, and the Karl Mayer Foundation.
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Frequently asked questions
What are IUCN SSC guidelines?
IUCN Species Survival Commission guidelines are technical guidance written by specialist groups for people who plan and carry out conservation work. They are guidance rather than law, but governments and zoo associations have adopted the core reintroduction guidelines into their own policies. The IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG) was founded in 1988 as one of the specialist groups of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. It is now called the Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (CTSG). Its original reintroduction guidelines became official IUCN policy in 1995.
Which other guidelines are in the library?
This site holds 10 guidelines and 8 translated editions of the core guidelines. Besides Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations, the guidelines are IUCN Guidelines for amphibian reintroductions and other conservation translocations, Guidelines for the Rescue, Rehabilitation Release and Post-release Monitoring of Andean Bears, Guidelines for the In-situ Translocation of the African Elephant for Conservation Purposes, Guidelines for Reintroduction of Galliforms for Conservation Purposes, Guidelines for Re-establishing Grey Partridges Through Releasing, Guidelines for Nonhuman Primate Reintroductions, Guidelines for the Rehabilitation and Translocation of Gibbons, Guidelines for the Reintroduction of Great Apes and IUCN Guidelines for the Placement of Confiscated Animals.
In which languages is it available?
In addition to English, this site holds the core guidelines in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, French, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Is it free to download, and can I reuse it?
The PDF is free to download, with no login or fee. The file is 495 KB. Many IUCN publications allow reproduction for educational or other non-commercial purposes with full acknowledgement of the source. Each PDF states its own citation and reuse terms on its title or copyright page, so use that wording where one is given.
How should I cite Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations?
Use the citation printed in the document where one is given, and add the address of this page if you are citing the web version: https://www.iucn-ctsg.org/project/reintroduction-guidelines-2013/.