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The IUCN Technical Guidelines on the Management of Ex Situ Populations for Conservation: reflecting major changes in the application of ex situ conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2005

Mike Maunder  and
Onnie Byers
Mike Maunder
Affiliation:
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, FL 33156, USA
Onnie Byers
Affiliation:
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission /IUCN, 12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA
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Abstract

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The recently revised IUCN Technical Guidelines on the Management of Ex Situ Populations for Conservation represent an attempt to synthesize current thinking on the strategic application of ex situ conservation for the maximum benefit of both threatened species and habitats. We review this document as a means of assessing major changes in the application of ex situ conservation. We identify a number of major themes. These include the need for the integrated management of wild and captive populations, expansion of ex situ capacity in terms of institutional facilities and breadth of taxonomic experience, an important emphasis to be given to the need for in-country conservation initiatives, and the need to comply with national and international legal structures, most notably the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Keywords

Convention on Biological Diversityex situ conservationin situIUCN Technical Guidelinesspecies recovery
Type
Short Communication
Information
Oryx , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 95 - 98
Copyright
© 2005 Fauna & Flora International