Species

General

A Policy for Conservation Translocations of Species in Britain (2003)

McLean, I.F.G.,JNCC (Drafted by) on behalf of the Inter-agency Translocations Working Group

Policy guidance published by JNCC with, and on behalf of, the statutory conservation agencies in England, Scotland and Wales

A Habitats Translocation Policy for Britain (2003)

McLean, I.F.G., JNCC (Drafted by) on behalf of the Inter-agency Translocations Working Group

In response to the launch of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Rio ‘Earth Summit’, Target 36 of Biodiversity the UK Action Plan (Anon., 1994) is to “Update and publicise guidelines on translocations, re-establishments, introductions and re-stocking”. This publication comprises part of these conservation guidelines, for those activities relating to habitats translocations.

The role of genetics in conserving small populations (1997)

Tew, T.E., Crawford, T.J., Spencer, J.W., Stevens, D.P., Usher, M.B. & Warren, J. (eds.)

This compilation of papers from the BES Ecological Genetics and Conservation Ecology Group's symposium, held at York in 1991, looks at genetic conservation. 18 papers and six 'poster' papers vary from accounts of original research to case studies of a wide range of taxa.