Newsletter · 1997
Re-introduction News May 1997
Issue No. 14 of Re-introduction News (May 1997), reporting that a group survey found 43 percent of African endangered species held in ISIS-tracked captive breeding institutions, alongside reintroduction proposals under review for Jordanian oryx, Mexican prairie dogs and Ecuadorian Andean bears.
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What is Re-introduction News?
Re-introduction News is the newsletter of the IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (ISSN 1560-3709). It carries news and case reports from the group's regional and taxonomic sections, and several issues concentrate on a single group of animals, such as birds, carnivores, reptiles and amphibians, or primates. This site archives 21 issues of it, from November 1990 to April 2007.
Where does this issue sit in the archive?
Re-introduction News May 1997 is number 14 of 21 in the archive of Re-introduction News on this site, counting from the earliest. The issue before it here is Re-introduction News January 1997. The next is Re-introduction News April 1999.
Who publishes it?
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.
Is it free to download, and can I search the text?
Yes. The PDF is free and opens from the Download button on this page, with no login or fee. The file is 3.7 MB. This early issue is a scanned copy without a text layer, so the text inside the PDF cannot be searched or copied.
How should I cite Re-introduction News May 1997?
Give the title, the publisher and the year, for example: Re-introduction News May 1997. IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, 1997. The address of this page is https://www.iucn-ctsg.org/project/re-introduction-news-may-1997/.
What else does the archive hold from 1997?
Other 1997 items in the archive are Re-introduction News January 1997.