IUCN Species Survival Commission, Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
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IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group

The Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (CTSG) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) is working with others to face emerging threats, battle against extinction, restore species, and thereby yield wide-ranging benefits for nature and people.

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ICTC 2026, 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference

Edinburgh, 2026

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IUCN Guidelines on Responsible Translocation of Displaced Organisms

Julie Sherman, Vivek Menon, Richard Kock, Tony King, Sonja Luz, Ashraf N.V.K., Pritpal Soorae and Axel Moehrenschlager

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Global Conservation Translocation Perspectives: 2025

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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 CTSG

The Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (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
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For further information on the IUCN/SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (CTSG) or for any other comments please contact the CTSG Secretariat by submitting the following Feedback Form.

c/o Axel Moehrenschlager
Chair, Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
iucnsscctsgchair@gmail.com