To respond effectively to European conservation policies, plant translocations must inevitably increase to enable species to colonize habitats that they are unable to reach by natural dispersal. However, in Europe, case studies, best practice and experiences of plant translocations are not sufficiently disseminated to the plant conservation community, most often remaining in unpublished internal reports to which access is difficult.

To address this gap, a survey was developed comprising 37 questions covering: (1) Basic biological and geographical information; (2) Translocation details; (3) Reasons which motivated the choices; (4) Obstacles; and (5) Translocation results. The survey was distributed in various formats in June 2022 to 349 conservationists active in plant translocations and announced at the IPTC2022 in Rome.
We received about 1,700 responses to the survey. In addition to this, we also searched for all available information in the scientific literature, existing regional databases and the grey literature in English, French, Dutch and Spanish. These supplementary data ultimately represent about 1,300 additional cases.

The database now contains 3,014 cases of plant translocations performed on 1,087 taxa in 29 European countries. This talk will highlight some interesting results from the preliminary analyses of the database. A Data Sharing Agreement is being developed with all data providers to publish (part of) this database on an online platform so that people working on the same species or habitats can exchange their respective expertise to improve translocation science and practice throughout the European continent.