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EuroLargeCarnivores in Brief Improving coexistence with large carnivores in Europe through communication and transboundary cooperation 12.11.2018
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EuroLargeCarnivores in Brief
Improving coexistence with large carnivores in Europe through communication and transboundary cooperation
12.11.2018
Why this project?
European countries with documented presence of carnivores
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species living in Europe, all of them protected under the EU Habitats Directive (Wolf, Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, Iberian Lynx, Wolverine)
LIFE projects on large carnivores funded in Europe between 2000 and 2015
There are diverse local approaches and solutions – but they are rarely shared on the European level.
The vision
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Create and sustain a
European Stakeholder Network to exchange and enable best practices in
communications, sensibilisation, monitoring, conflict mitigation and prevention and law enforcement for all relevant stakeholders living and working with large carnivores.
Project approach
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Improving coexistence with large carnivores in Europe through communication and cooperation.
Fostering transboundary exchange by building on best practices from across Europe.
Using a transdisciplinary and inclusive approach by inviting stakeholders on all levels to share their knowledge.
2017-2022
6,06 Mio €
over 30 supporters
Fennoscandia
Norway, Finland
Central Europe
Germany, Poland
Alpine
France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia
Carpathians
Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia
Iberia
Spain, Portugal
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16 countries, 16 partners
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Target populations
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Wolf (Canis lupus)
~ 12.000
Lynx (Lynx lynx & Lynx pardinus)
~ 9.000
Brown bear (Urus arctos)
~ 17.000
Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
~ 1.000
Key activities
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Training
Communication Project Management Monitoring
Platform on instruments and best practices
Stakeholder Analysis
Data on economic, social and ecological impacts of LC
Communication tools
Dialogue and collaboration
through workshops
Network for transnational and national exchange
International multi-stakeholder conference
Peer-to-peer exchange of livestock protection measures
between farmers
Trainings for local conservation and
management actors
Strengthening communication
capacities
Support implementation of damage mitigation
measure
Knowledge and new perspectives
Possibilities for exchange
Activities so far
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Website
Stakeholder Map Conference
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Day Workshop plan for hotspot regions
Communication plan and guidelines
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Next activities
• International Conference on Livestock Protection WWF Austria will organize this conference in fall (Sept 19 near Graz?!) to facilitate multilateral and multidisciplinary exchange on preventing and mitigation livestock-carnivore conflicts
• Publication on findings from the stakeholder workshops A publication summarizing the main findings from the stakeholder workshops will be published featuring stakeholders and their view on large carnivores across Europe
• Workshop on wildlife crime A workshop bringing together different stakeholders involved in the enforcement of wildlife crime concerning large carnivores will be organized in the second half of 2019
• Stakeholder communication trainings Trainings conducted by Elmauer Institute to train stakeholders in consensus-oriented communication and mediation approaches will start in Spring 2019
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Thank you!
Contact us, or come visit online: https://www.eurolargecarnivores.eu/en/ https://www.eurolargecarnivores.eu/hr/ Luis Suarez, WWF Spain [email protected] Pinija Poljaković, WWF Adria [email protected] Andrea Štefan, WWF Adria [email protected]
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