The National Species Reintroduction Forum (NSRF) has focussed on developing, improving and communicating best practice approaches to conservation translocations. This culminated with the Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations and the associated Guidelines, published in July 2014. Following the production of the Scottish Code the NSRF is now considering how it might develop a more strategic approach to advising on conservation translocation action. This work is being led by NatureScot and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on behalf of the NSRF.
The eventual aim is to produce a ‘guidance’ publication for practitioners, policy makers etc., endorsed by the NSRF, that identifies potential, practical conservation translocation projects that could have significant benefits to Scotland’s biodiversity and the wider environment.
LINK held a workshop in February 2023 to populate a spreadsheet list of up to 130 species that could be prioritised for conservation translocation by scoring them against some key criteria. You can see the spreadsheet here.