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## Welcome
### Welcome

This website is dedicated to **research, documentation and data on conservation translocations** in the Western Palearctic for **a large audience of researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, decision-makers and people** interested in conservation translocations.

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According to the [Conservation Translocation Specialist Group](https://iucn-ctsg.org/) of the [IUCN](https://www.iucn.org/), *“conservation translocation is the intentional movement and release of living organisms where the primary objective is a conservation benefit: this will usually comprise improving the conservation status of the focal species locally or globally, and/or restoring natural ecosystem functions or processes”* ([IUCN 2013](https://iucn-ctsg.org/policy-guidelines/conservation-translocation-guidelines/)). Conservation translocations include reintroductions, reinforcement, assisted colonisation and ecological replacement of a wide range of fauna, flora and fungi.


### The Transloc project
## The Transloc project

![Image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ConservationTranslocation/images/bbees/logo/graphic/transloc.png){:width="20%" height="20%"}

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## The TransLoc database
#### The TransLoc database

The **TransLoc database** currently contains information about more than 1400 populations of species that have been voluntarily translocated in the Western Palearctic to restore their viability. More info on the database and the way to access and contribute [here](http://translocations.in2p3.fr/index.php).

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