Book · 2018
Global Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018
Published in 2018 (302pp) with forewords including one from Axel Moehrenschlager and SSC Chair Jon Paul Rodriguez. It opens with blister beetle and butterfly reintroductions in Sweden and the USA, staghorn coral restoration in the Florida Keys, and the Tequila splitfin in Mexico, before moving through fish, amphibian and reptile case studies.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the Global Conservation Translocation Perspectives series?
It is a series of books of case studies from conservation translocation projects around the world, edited by Pritpal S. Soorae for the IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, formerly the Re-introduction Specialist Group. This site holds 8 volumes, dated 2008 to 2025.
How many case studies are in this volume?
This site catalogues 59 case studies from the 2018 volume, each on its own page, covering 30 countries. By taxon group they are mammals (24), plants (11), birds (6), invertebrates (6), reptiles (5), fish (4) and amphibians (3).
How is each case study laid out?
Each one follows the same format: an introduction, the project's goals and success indicators, a project summary, the major difficulties faced, the major lessons learned, and the project's own assessment of its success, on a scale from highly successful to failure.
Is the volume free to download?
Yes. The full volume is a PDF that opens from the Download button on this page, with no login or fee. It is 15.9 MB.
How should I cite this volume?
Cite it by its editor, year and title: Soorae, P. S. (ed.) (2018). Global Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018. Where the PDF prints its own citation, use that wording. The address of this page is https://www.iucn-ctsg.org/project/global-reintroduction-perspectives-2018/.