Managed relocation is defined as the movement of species, populations, or genotypes to places outside the areas of their historical distributions to maintain biological diversity or ecosystem functioning with changing climate. It has been claimed that a major extinction event is under way and that climate change is increasing its severity. Projections indicating that climate change may drive substantial losses of biodiversity have compelled some scientists to suggest that traditional management strategies are insufficient. The managed relocation of species is a controversial management response to climate change. The published literature has emphasized biological concerns over difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues. Furthermore, ongoing managed relocation actions lack scientific and societal engagement. Our interdisciplinary team considered ethics, law, policy, ecology, and natural resources management in order to identify the key issues of managed relocation relevant for developing sound policies that support decisions for resource management. We recommend that government agencies develop and adopt best practices for managed relocation.
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1 August 2012
Managed Relocation: Integrating the Scientific, Regulatory, and Ethical Challenges
Mark W. Schwartz,
Jessica J. Hellmann,
Jason M. Mclachlan,
Dov F. Sax,
Justin O. Borevitz,
Jean Brennan,
Alejandro E. Camacho,
Gerardo Ceballos,
Jamie R. Clark,
Holly Doremus,
Regan Early,
Julie R. Etterson,
Dwight Fielder,
Jacquelyn L. Gill,
Patrick Gonzalez,
Nancy Green,
Lee Hannah,
Dale W. Jamieson,
Debra Javeline,
Ben A. Minteer,
Jay Odenbaugh,
Stephen Polasky,
David M. Richardson,
Terry L. Root,
Hugh D. Safford,
Osvaldo Sala,
Stephen H. Schneider,
Andrew R. Thompson,
John W. Williams,
Mark Vellend,
Pati Vitt,
Sandra Zellmer
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BioScience
Vol. 62 • No. 8
August 2012
Vol. 62 • No. 8
August 2012
conservation
ethics
law
policy
translocation