CPC Reintroduction Databases: Demo and Next Steps

In December 2022, CPC re-launched our CPC Reintroduction Database. This resource represents a harmonization of the CPC International Reintroduction Registry and the more recent REDCap Dataset compiled by Matthew Albrecht and Oyomoare Osazuwa. This database contains over 400 projects involving 187 species across 25 states. Aside from the reinstallation of the new database on the saveplants.org, work on this database project over the past year led by Dr. Joe Bellis, a recent graduate of Liverpool John Moores University, has produced a public facing Reintroduction Registry and significant progress on three active peer reviewed manuscripts: 1) the completion of the REDCap synthesis focusing on determinants of reintroduction success, 2) a descriptive account of the database in a special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS), and 3) an analysis of the effect of spatial factors including climate suitability on reintroduction success. The REDCap manuscript is in the final round of review by co-authors and will be submitted to Conservation Biology this summer!

In this session I will detail the key findings from the initial synthesis efforts from this database and also  announce a new (small) grant opportunity to help encourage CPC practitioners to test out this resources and update records for projects submitted in the past. We are offering CPC Partners the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from $300-$1200 to defray the time it takes to enter the backlog of reintroduction projects you may have hiding in your file cabinets. Grant award amounts will be determined by the number of reintroduction projects or project updates submitted ($50/project, minimum of six projects).