Representatives of Croatian Agency for environment and nature and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb visited Junta de Andalucia to learn about the implementation of LIFE Iberlince project “Recovery of the historical distribution for Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain and Portugal“ (LIFE10NAT/ES/570). Small and endangered Dinaric Eurasian lynx population is facing similar conservation and management problems as...
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The monitoring of the lynx population with camera traps in Croatia and Slovenia is carried out within the A.3 action “Pre-reinforcement Survey of the Potential Release Sites and the Genetic and Demographic Status of Residual Lynx”. The Croatian project team from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences and the Association BIOM, set a large network of camera traps in the lynx distribution...
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On 28 September 2018 the Progetto Lince Italia was invited to present the lynx conservation actions and the LIFE Lynx project at the Biodiversity Conference in Rome that was organized by Carabinieri Forestali. The audience was made up of students of elementary, middle and high schools, students of the Carabinieri officers school, representatives of the major Italian environmental organizations and the press. More than 250 people were...
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We received first photos from camera traps that we set in Slovenian forests. In august we started with intensive monitoring, and until now we have set almost 100 cameras. Hopefully we will get many more pictures or videos as good as these first ones from Kočevska region. https://www.lifelynx.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Kočevsko__00001-1.mp4 ...
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At the 13th Croatian Biological Conference, held on 19.-23. September 2018 in Poreč (Croatia), we presented the establishment of lynx population monitoring in Croatia by photo-traps. With the participation on the conference, we highlighted the issues of lynx population vulnerability and presented camera trapping methods used in LIFE Lynx project, not only for confirming the distribution of the current population, but also for...
Read MoreA representative of a LIFE Lynx project is participating at the ”Pathways – Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife” Conference in Goslar, Germany. The conference gathered around 350 scientists and experts from diverse professions and disciplines, all with mutual goal – to share their experiences and improve future human-wildlife coexistence. We are proud to participate in a project and to contribute to...
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Camera traps of LIFE Lynx project set in Croatia, near town Slunj, have captured a bear with radiotelemetry collar. Scientists working on LIFE DINALP BEAR project have confirmed that this bear is monitored as a part of their projected. The bear was captured in National park Plitvice lakes on May 4th 2017, it was filmed on July 14th, but since August 17th the collar stopped working. During this period, the bear was active on a...
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Project team is happy that our documentary already took its path through many film festivals in Slovenia. Last week the film was very well accepted by the public at Jamnarkult festival and has won the award for the best film of the festival. This Sunday the film will be shown at “Kon’c avgusta” event in Cerknica. Path of the lynx has also been chosen for competing at the International documentary film festival DOKUDOC in...
Read MoreCamera trapping is one of the most important methods for lynx monitoring. It is a great way to gather information about lynx presence in the area. That is why from the beginning of august we started with intensive camera trapping on more than 60 locations of the project area in Slovenia. The work is done in close collaboration with local hunters. They are priceless source of information about the best micro locations for setting the...
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Premiere of the documentary film »Path of the lynx« was held at the Department of Biology, Biotechnical faculty in Ljubljana on June 28th, 2018. Prof. dr. Ivan Kos, head of Animal ecology group delivered welcome speech to more than 50 participants. Afterwards, doc. dr. Tomaž Skrbinšek presented main goals of the LIFE Lynx project and highlighted threats faced by the lynx population in Slovenia. The film was followed by a presentation...
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In April, 2018, invitation for nature photographers to participate in lynx photographs lease. We collected 139 photographs from 11 different authors. International project group made a selection of 30 most suitable photographs for our project actions. Photographs will be used in a number of materials, presentations of the project and will greatly contribute to raising awareness about the importance of lynx conservation. We thank all...
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