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Résumé :
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Animal and plant species disappear with increasing frequency while international conservationists discuss definitions! Given the increasing timeliness and urgency, different opinions increasingly collide. In our opinion, this is a sign of change in international wildlife conservation philosophy and methods. We discuss this change based on the IUCN Reintroduction Guidelines. The 2013 published new guidelines differ substantially from previous ones. In our view, the new version largely complies with the new and changing requirements. Using the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita as an example, we want to show what this change means for the preservation of biodiversity and how it can affect wildlife conservation efforts. We question the usefulness of various conservation efforts and a nascent international single species action plan for the Northern Bald Ibis. Concerning the relevance and usefulness of reintroducing the Northern Bald Ibis in Europe, the European Union created facts by the co-financing of a LIFE+ reintroduction project. In the second part, we discuss relevant topics for the Northern Bald Ibis and the LIFE + project to answer the basically obsolete question: Why should the Northern Bald Ibis be reintroduced in Europe
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