E.6 Communication Support

General Communication Support for Lynx Reinforcement and Importance of Natura 2000 Network

The goal of this action is to increase knowledge and awareness about lynx conservation among stakeholders and general public across participating countries. Outputs of this action are primarily one-way communication tactics that can stand alone or provide a framework for other approaches in this broad information and awareness raising campaign (E actions). Several publications (brochure about lynx, bulletins and layman report) will be prepared and distributed by project staff, LCG members, hunters and other actively involved in the project activities. Main messages will be shared through notice boards set up at strategic locations accessible to the public, including places close to lynx release sites and on the lynx trail. The project website will contain all relevant information about the lynx project, Natura 2000 and LIFE programme and will be regularly updated. All important information will be shared through Facebook, where information spreads fast and key messages can be easily visible to the general public. Several press releases and special articles about the project’s progress and results will be prepared and published. Above mentioned tactics are known to be effective when targeting the wider public; the overall goal is dissemination of important information, knowledge transfer and prevention of spreading misinformation.

Project outputs:

Press releases

• Goru and Doru are searching for their territory (SLO)
• Lynx Goru and Doru are in Slovenia (CRO)
• Preventing illegal killing of lynx (SLO)
• Release of lynx Goru into the nature (SLO)
• Release of the lynx Doru in NP Risnjak, Croatia (CRO)
• First translocated lynx was transported to Slovenia (SLO)
• Lynx translocation to Croatia – press release (CRO)
• Premiere of the documentary “Path of the Lynx” and celebration of International Lynx Day (SLO)
• World Wildlife Day 2018 – Big cats: predators under threat (CRO)
• Project LIFE Lynx will prevent extinction of Dinaric – SE Alpine lynx population (SLO)
• LIFE Lynx project – press release (CRO)

Promotional material

• LIFE Lynx -Project Bulletin – 2019 (SLO, pdf) (EN, pdf) (CRO, pdf) (IT, pdf) (SVK, pdf)
• Project leaflet (EN, pdf) (SLO, pdf)

Popular articles

• Saving the lynx (CRO, pdf)
• Do we need the lynx? (CRO, pdf)
• Project LIFE Lynx – Preventing extinction of Dinaric – SE Alpine lynx population (SLO, pdf)

Related news

International Lynx Day in the Zagreb ZOO

On Saturday, June 8, the Zagreb ZOO celebrated its 94th birthday and at the same time marked the International Lynx

Presenting LIFE Lynx at the LIFE conference

On Tuesday, 12 of February 2019., LIFE fair was held in the Little Hall Vatroslav Lisinski. The fair was organized

LIFE Lynx on AlJazeera

Reportage about research of Balkan lynx population was broadcasted on AlJazeera Balkans. They also talked to representative of our project

RTL.hr presenting the LIFE Lynx work in Croatia

On the first weekend of December, the Croatian project team went on a field trip to Sv. Rok in Lika

Project leaflet

We prepared a project leaflet with basic information about the Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population and how we will help save

Do we need the lynx?

Association Biom, one of the LIFE Lynx project partners, published an article about lynx in their annual magazine “Pogled u