Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges

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2012Author
Schwartz, M.W.
Hellmann, J.J.
McClachlan, J.M.
Sax, D.F.
Borevitz, J.O.
Brennan, J.
Camacho, A.E.
Ceballos, G.
Clark, J.R.
Doremus, H.
Early, R.
Etterson, J.R.
Fielder, D.
Gill, J.L.
Gonzalez, P.
Green, N.
Hannah, L.
Jamieson, D.W.
Javeline, D.
Minteer, B.A.
Odenbaugh, J.
Polasky, S.
Richardson, D.M.
Root, T.L.
Safford, H.D.
Sala, O.
Schneider, S.H.
Thompson, A.R.
Williams, J.W.
Vellend, M.
Vitt, P.
Zellmer, S.
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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 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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