Applying Adaptive Management to Reintroductions of Pyne’s Ground-Plum Astragalus bibullatus

Spanning nearly two decades, the Pyne’s ground-plum reintroduction programme highlights the need for long-term institutional commitments, experimentation, and follow-through to meet conservation goals. Translocations of other rare plants could similarly benefit from applying adaptive management. When conducted as experiments and placed in an adaptive management framework, failed reintroductions can provide valuable information that can be applied to subsequent reintroductions.