Rewilding and Reserves

For those that are not aware .. PC Gamer magazine had a few pages about PZ2 this month. Some people have posted up some info for the rest of us on discord .. this is one of the items regarding the reserves.


Each reserve will be designable by the player in a configuration phase, ensuring that the habitat features the key things needed for its animals to integrate back into the wild and thrive.
Design a great nature reserve and some of the animals that have become famous inhabitants of your best zoos can live out their days in the wild, maybe even reproducing their own young.
 
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Nature Reserve - home to over 50% of Saudi Arabia's terrestrial and marine species. They've done some impressive conservation work: reintroduced 14 of 23 historically native species to the area, including the Arabian oryx, Nubian ibex, red-necked ostrich and the Persian onager.

Info is ripped from this website, but brought on by some absolutely stunning Onager photos I saw the other day by @chancellordavid:

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Species (bold = confirmed, italic = PZ1):
  • Arabian oryx
  • Sand gazelle
  • Nubian ibex
  • Persian Onager
  • Rock hyrax
  • Sand cat
  • Arabian wolf
  • Striped hyena
  • Golden jackal
  • Ruppell's fox
  • Arabian hare
  • Honey badger
  • Red-necked ostrich
  • Hubura Bustard
  • Griffon vulture
  • Pharoah eagle owl
  • Hawksbill and Green turtles
  • Dugong
  • Manta ray
  • Whale shark
  • Black tip reef shark
Plans to introduce:
  • Asiatic Cheetah (just use generic cheetah)
  • Asiatic Lion (I know you all want Asiatic, I'd be fine with just "Lion")
  • Arabian leopard
  • Caracal
 
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The conservation group ReShark, who have been running the successful rewilding project for captive-bred zebra sharks in Indonesia, have now announced their second project. It will be a new conservation programme for the bowmouth guitarfish, which in the long-term aims to use animals bred in aquariums for reintroduction into areas where they have previously become extinct.
 
Cynogale bennettii II said:
The conservation group ReShark, who have been running the successful rewilding project for captive-bred zebra sharks in Indonesia, have now announced their second project. It will be a new conservation programme for the bowmouth guitarfish, which in the long-term aims to use animals bred in aquariums for reintroduction into areas where they have previously become extinct.
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That is hecking awesome and also, that sharks eyes look so freakishly human, kinda like my weird edgelord neighbour

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Cynogale bennettii II said:
The conservation group ReShark, who have been running the successful rewilding project for captive-bred zebra sharks in Indonesia, have now announced their second project. It will be a new conservation programme for the bowmouth guitarfish, which in the long-term aims to use animals bred in aquariums for reintroduction into areas where they have previously become extinct.
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This is cool!
Many saltwater fish are still difficult to breed in human care but it's great to see more and more breeding successes.
Now I hope we get the guitarfish in the game. Zebra sharks are very high on my personal wishlist already.
 
yoav_r said:
Super cool.

When do you think we get reserves explained more in details? I wander if we can put tesorts and safari tours there
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Idk but I can't wait either!

I'm thinking the video today could be a safari tour of the African Rift Valley reserve, and maybe the new animal is a black rhino that will be hiding in the forest there?
 
yoav_r said:
Super cool.

When do you think we get reserves explained more in details? I wander if we can put tesorts and safari tours there
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They did say no guests .. let me find where I read that.

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Born to be wiiiiiild! The challenge for caring for your animals doesn't end at housing them in your zoo.
You'll be in charge of thriving wildlife reserves with vibrant ecosystems away from prying eyes!

Okay, they didn't outright say it, but .. prying eyes does sound like no guests coming in to watch the animals all day and night.

Scheduled Safari Tours could be viable for cost efforts. But I suspect only we will get to visit the reserves.

And yes, I really want more details on these as I am hoping this will be my main area of gameplay, but I think they are not designed to be fiddled with once we have set it all up for animals.
 
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Based on the African Leapord video today. It looks like we’ll be able to add predator and prey to wildlife reserves which makes me so happy. Would love some sort of hunting mechanic even if it’s basic to start!
 
The video at 1:14 sure looks like the leopard is chasing something! Predation on reserves looking very likely at this moment! Hope we learn more soon!

I hope predation is somewhat realistic just in terms of hunting strategies: the leopard should be able to employ its ambush technique, and wolves and lions hunting in packs and prides would be magnificent.

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At least a short break down of how we can interact with them. I've read things that sound like once we have prepared it, all we can do is visit. And others seem to say we will have other stuff to do. I know it's one of their main pulls if not the main pull for the game so I can understand holding out on full reveal until they are ready .. but .. aarrgh .. need more input
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Xrystal said:
At least a short break down of how we can interact with them. I've read things that sound like once we have prepared it, all we can do is visit. And others seem to say we will have other stuff to do. I know it's one of their main pulls if not the main pull for the game so I can understand holding out on full reveal until they are ready .. but .. aarrgh .. need more input
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Yup, lots of questions still unanswered! Still, we learned a lot today - and they are going to be much more alive and feature-full than we ever expected. I'm just dying to know where the other base game reserves are. It feels like there can only be a small number of them, 8 - 12 maybe? Yet there is such a big planet to explore with them!
 
Villanelle said:
Yup, lots of questions still unanswered! Still, we learned a lot today - and they are going to be much more alive and feature-full than we ever expected. I'm just dying to know where the other base game reserves are. It feels like there can only be a small number of them, 8 - 12 maybe? Yet there is such a big planet to explore with them!
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Q. Do they only run when you are visiting ?
If yes, then you could technically have as many as you want ( assuming they have the animals/locations to suit ) similar to the gazillion zoos some of us might have rofl
If no, then, when do they run and could it be generations born and died while you were busy elsewhere

But .. if they do plan to design and release several of these reserves over the game's life time, then maybe by year 5 or 6 there will be plenty for us to distribute our animals in.

After all ...

The charity [B]Rewilding Britain[/B] has over 1,000 active members managing rewilding projects across more than 181,000 hectares of land

Rewilding Europe : There are over 100 active rewilding initiatives spanning 29 countries across Europe. These projects range from large-scale regional reserves to smaller community-led habitats. They all aim to let nature take care of itself by bringing back native plants and animals.

And .. looking at the grey wolf ..

[B]Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho):[/B] This is one of the most famous rewilding projects in the world. Park officials reintroduced grey wolves in 1995. This brought the ecosystem back into balance, a process called a [I]trophic cascade

Deer and elk, which once grazed the plains with impunity, suddenly found themselves on the menu. Their falling numbers gave shrubs and trees a chance to grow. This attracted insects, birds and beavers, which damned rivers and created habitats for other species. An ecosystem was reborn – and all thanks to the gray wolf.

Wonder if this will be one for us to work on.
 
I was looking through the EEP pages on the EAZA website, and notice that the recently-uploaded page for the clouded leopard says that both the EAZA and AZA are looking to cooperate on a reintroduction programme for the species somewhere in its native range.

The preferred place is Taiwan, where the species almost certainly disappeared in the 1980s. Laos and Vietnam are secondary choices, but reintroduction there depends on snaring being brought under control, which is not predicted to happen in the near-future.
 
With confirmation of predation and actually herding/defending techniques. Frontier I am thoroughly impressed, you’ve outdone yourself! I hope the hunting is relatively realistic but this is massive!!!
 
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