Re-establishment of <i>Partula tohiveana</i> tree snails in French Polynesia after 40 years of extinction in the wild

Acknowledgements: The re-establishment of Partula tohiveana would not have been possible without the late Trevor Coote’s 20 years of dedicated work; Bryan Clarke, James Murray and Michael Johnson were the original catalysts for the conservation programme and their captive populations, especially under the care of Vivien Frame, saved P. tohiveana from extinction. The ex situ conservation breeding and reintroduction programme relies on the hard work and financial support from the international zoo community (Akron, Artis, Bristol, Chester, Detroit, Duesseldorf, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Edinburgh, Jersey, London, Marwell Wildlife, Poznan, Riga, Saint Louis, Schwerin, Sedgwick County, Whipsnade, Wild Discovery, Woodland Park and Wuppertal zoos), Conservation International, Critical Ecosystems Partnership, Foundation Serge, The Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and Beauval Nature. The 1wild Foundation supported the development of new monitoring approaches. The IUCN Species Survival Commission Conservation Planning Specialist Group facilitated the development of the Partula conservation breeding and reintroduction programme.