We bring you great news, after almost 3,5 years of coordination, Croatia has adopted a new lynx management plan. The expert background for the Croatian lynx management plan (with an action plan) was prepared back in 2019 as part of a broader project “Proposal of management plans for strictly protected species” (KK.06.5.2.01.0001), led by the Croatian Agency for Environment and Nature (today the Institute for Nature Protection)....
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Since December 2021 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, in partnership with Geonatura, was participating in “Development of a monitoring program for large carnivores with capacity building of stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting system“, within the OPCC project “Development of Monitoring Systems for Species and Habitat Types” implemented by Croatian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development....
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During the past 20 years seven lynx orphans were found in Croatia, while four of those animals were found in the past five years. Experience with those animals showed us Croatia is lacking appropriate protocols for management of lynx orphans, so we used the opportunity to prepare Guidelines for management of lynx orphans in Croatia (pdf in Croatian) within the LIFE Lynx project, even though this document was not originally planned in...
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The lack of a coherent management response to the Dinaric lynx population decline was recognized as one of the main threats to the population. As LIFE Lynx project is aiming to provide solutions for all the main problems our lynx population is facing, it was necessary to provide a new management strategy. Our goal is that lynx management is based on scientific data and high – quality monitoring, and that it is agreed among government...
Read MoreManagement Documents for Slovenia, Croatia, and Italian Central/Eastern Alps The lack of a coherent management response to the Dinaric lynx population decline is one of the main threats to the population. Subsequently, the overarching goal of this action is to develop a transnational, population level management approach for long-term lynx conservation. The first step is to prepare Common Guidelines for Dinaric – SE Alpine...
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