Why intended consequences?

To counter the focus on potential unintended consequences, we hope that the catchphrase “Intended Consequences” will help to keep the intended benefits to nature front‐of‐mind during a responsible planning process and through the various stages of intervention and monitoring. In another example, the US National Park Service and Island Conservation proposed to eradicate rats from Anacapa Island in order to restore seabird habitat. [...]although IUCN ( 2013) established guidelines for translocations and best practices documents exist for other categories of conservation intervention, workshop participants came to the conclusion that there would be great value in establishing a Code of Practice for Genetic Intervention.