Conservation translocations: Moving species to restore nature with Dr Martin Gaywood

There are increasing numbers of species reintroductions and other types of conservation translocation. They have become an increasingly important tool in helping us save threatened species and to restore our ecosystems. Some of the mammal and bird projects are high profile and generate much debate, many others are less well known, especially those involving plants and invertebrates. This talk will look at the range of fascinating projects going on in Scotland and overseas, the types of complex biological and social issues that we need to consider when designing such projects,  and some of the creative and ambitious approaches to conservation translocation now being developed. The talk will draw on research carried out during a recent Churchill Fellowship project to Australia and Canada.

Dr Martin Gaywood is a Senior Researcher at IBFC, UHI Inverness. He is also Species Projects Manager at NatureScot, Scotland’s nature conservation agency. He has led a wide range of species conservation projects and has been closely involved in beaver reintroduction to Scotland since 2000. He managed the Species Action Framework programme of conservation work 2007-12, has provided the secretariat role for the National Species Reintroduction Forum since its inception, managed the production of the Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations, and is a member of the IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group. He was lead editor of the book Conservation Translocations published by Cambridge University Press in 2023 and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2023.

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