New framework developed for moving endangered species to safer locations

Photo attribution: “hawaiian common gallinule waimea falls 7.15.24” by Laura Wolf via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by UH News. University of Hawaiʻi  News – October 6, 2026. Research article: Conservation Science and Practice.

A new framework designed to guide one of the hardest decisions in conservation—whether to move a species outside its historical range to save it from extinction—has been published in Conservation Science and Practice, capping a multi-year, Pacific-wide effort in which the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa played a central supporting role. The framework helps managers to decide whether a “conservation introduction” that moves a plant or animal outside its historic range is the right call, and how to do it responsibly. […]

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