Rapid climate change forces scientists to evaluate extreme conservation strategies

Scientists are, for the first time, objectively evaluating ways to help species adapt to rapid climate change and other environmental threats via strategies that were considered too radical for serious consideration as recently as five or 10 years ago. Among these radical strategies currently being considered is so-called 'managed relocation.' Managed relocation, which is also known as 'assisted migration,' involves manually moving species into more accommodating habitats where they are not currently found...

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