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Rejected
Update the 2021 species reintroduction guidance to reflect new risks and standards.
Recommendation
The Government’s 2021 code and guidance for species reintroductions form a valuable tool, but it must be revised and updated to maintain high project standards, for example in relation to assisted colonisation, disease risks, exit strategies, impact assessments, large predators and herbivores, and more effective stakeholder consultation. The England Species Reintroductions Taskforce, and its Stakeholder Forum, should feed into this process.
Government Response Summary
The government rejected the recommendation, stating they do not consider the need to revise the 2021 code and guidance for species reintroductions at this time.
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Government Response
Rejected
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
The government’s ‘Reintroductions and other conservation translocations: code and guidance for England’ is based on international best practice guidance, and was first published in 2021. We do not consider the need to revise it at this time.
Source
Inquiry
Species Reintroduction
Report
Fifth Report - Species Reintroduction
11 Jul 2023
HC 849
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.9 yrs
Report published
11 Jul 2023