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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">The Durrell Conservation Academy and Global Wildlife Conservation, with the IUCN<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">Species Survival Commission, are</span> developing
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">Known as the<span style="margin:0px"> </span><i>Threatened Species Recovery Competence Register</i>, the stated</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white"> purpose is to detail
 the possible skills, knowledge, and interpersonal qualities required by people working on threatened species recovery programs around the world, </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white">both<span> </span><i>i</i></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white"><i>n-situ</i></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white"> and </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white"><i>ex-situ</i></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white">.</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white"> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33);background-color:white">This
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">To learn more and provide comments, please see the </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftraining.durrell.org%2Fcourse%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D30&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7Ce4aa4e6104a046a6c0fd08d890831c10%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637418240072332024%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=QfiympIiC6CUWMAl%2BD4iMBNC6NL6ajOPJLK3386EZtE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://training.durrell.org/course/view.php?id=30" shash="GZxOPF1tcPqkH4WFOFFqiK67j1jOczqid8IzCf2eJ/+lIA5baF9dya5vLo5VFnzMza7928K9Ipuu+bUZYsYVm2PXSfBFu0awTLpA1MjOOd7cmdmAEkkvRHCKmrdqXvhYgda/RIbAx5JK/EXTEPm5VAryUbQsilPjk7TKMsXbNZ8=" title="" style="margin:0px">Draft
 Threatened Species Recovery Competence Register</a><span style="margin:0px;color:black"> webpage </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">- including 2 short videos (intro to the register and overview of consultation process)</span><span style="margin:0px;color:black">.</span><br>
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