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E-book American Bison Status Survey and Conservation Guidelines
The primary goals of the American Bison Specialist Group (ABSG), and the intent of this document, are to contribute to the development of comprehensive and viable strategies and management actions to promote conservation and ecological restoration of bison as wildlife where feasible throughout the original range of the species. Conservation and ecological restoration of bison, as wildlife, at the scale of its original continental range are ambitious and complex endeavours, perhaps more so than for any other North American species. Enhancing the long-term security of bison, as wildlife, will require the commitment and participation of key sectors, including public wildlife and land management agencies, non-government environmental organisations, aboriginal governments and communities, local communities, and conservation-oriented commercial producers. Toward this goal, the ABSG was established to include a broad network of people interested in bison conservation and recovery. There are more than 60 registered members and numerous other collaborators. As with other specialist groups, this network of volunteers represents the functional capacity of the IUCN to monitor the status and management of American bison in relation to global and local biodiversity. Specialist Group participants contributed the scientific and practical knowledge assembled in this report, and can offer expert advice and, in many instances, the means to make things happen on the ground by implementing actions or encouraging and facilitating others to advance the conservation
and ecological restoration of bison as wildlife.
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