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An overview and analysis of the re-introductionproject case studiesPritpal S. Soorae, EditorIntroductionThis is the fourth issue in the Global Re-introduction Perspectivesseries and has been produced in the same standardized format asthe previous three to maintain the style and quality. The casestudiesare arranged in the following order: Introduction, Goals,Success Indicators, Project Summary, Major Difficulties Faced,Major Lessons Learned, Success of Project with reasons forsuccess or failure. For the first issue I managed to collect 62 casestudies,the second issue 72 case-studies, the third issue 50 casestudiesand this one 52 case-studies.These case studies in this issue cover the following taxa as follows: Invertebrates - 2 Fish - 4 Amphibians - 1 Reptiles - 3 Birds - 10 Mammals - 24 Plants - 8I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the various authorsfor their patience and willingness to submit information on theirprojects and in many cases with a tight deadline. A few promisedarticles were not submitted by the last deadline and hopefully if wedo another issue we can present them there. We hope theinformation presented in this book will provide a broad globalperspective on challenges facing re-introduction projects trying torestore biodiversity.IUCN Statutory RegionsThe IUCN statues have established a total of 8 global regions forthe purposes of its representation in council. The IUCN’s “statutoryregions” are a list of States by Region, as per article 16 and 17 ofthe Statutes and Regulation 36 of the Regulations.xii