Since the EU Platform was created in 2014, the members have collected case studies which document how coexistence between people and large carnivores can be supported in different countries.
These case studies present lessons learned in one location which can be applied in other situations or member states. The Platform is aware that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to large carnivore management. This is why management has to be tailored to the local circumstances.
A database of all collected case studies to date can be downloaded here.
Case studies are divided into the following categories.
Provision of Advice/ Awareness Raising
These cases are related to communication and awareness raising actions. Examples include online information centres; in person point of contacts for advice; visitor centres; guidelines addressing particular conflict situations and webinar series.
Project Hero is an online educational platform for middle and high school students aimed at raising their awareness and activism in various environmental themes. The platform offers authentic project-based learning experiences to empower students to act for their local species and ecosystems.
The immersive exhibition "through the eyes of a wolf" lets visitors experience the the perspective of a young wolf in dispersal in Italy.
Provision of practical support
These cases include a range of measures to protect livestock against large carnivores as well as programmes to reduce any risk to humans posed by bears.
Livestock protection plus dog (Herdenschutz plus Hund e.V.), is a community of livestock owners and interested parties with the common aim of improving technical herd protection and the training of livestock guarding dogs in Saxon-Anhalt.
The Association for livestock guarding dogs, operated by shepherds, has dedicated itself to the promotion of livestock guarding dogs and their preservation in Germany.
Understanding Viewpoints
These cases include a range of “stakeholder platforms” on large carnivores. Intensive efforts to understand the different viewpoints of stakeholders are also included.
The Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population went extinct at the beginning of 20th century due to hunting and persecution, habitat loss and lack of prey species. It was successfully reintroduced in the 1973 by translocating animals from a Carpathian source to Slovenia.
Innovative Financing
These cases describe means in which money can be made from the presence of large carnivore species and thus benefit local communities.
In Austria, lynx populations are rather small and can be divided into one population at the Austro-German-Czech border (60 to 80 lynxes in total) as well as a second population in the national park Kalkalpen (consisting of 6 confirmed lynxes in 2018).
Monitoring
These cases include the involvement of stakeholders in monitoring efforts to better understand large carnivore populations and increase trust in monitoring results.
MONITORING - Slovakia and Switzerland collaborated and combined scientific monitoring, genetic rescue efforts, and extensive public engagement to preserve lynx populations.
The Status and Conservation of the Alpine Lynx Population (SCALP) was created in 1995 to survey the status of the lynx in the Alps, carry out monitoring activities in coordination between Alpine countries and close research gaps in the region.
Case studies for coexistence
Report: Examples of good practice in supporting coexistence between people and large carnivores
Pilot actions
Defining, preventing, and reacting to problem bear behaviour in Europe
Using traditional knowledge to reduce conflicts between wolves and cattle in Iberia
Stakeholder involvement in science-based wolf census in Slovakia
Adapting the traditional use of livestock guarding dogs to a modern context
Other case study collections
Additional interesting case studies can be found on the EuroLargeCarnivores project website including a range of videos describing situations where coexistence measures have worked and in the EUROPARC's collection of case studies on large carnivores. The ENCOSH platform aims to foster knowledge-sharing on initiatives for human-wildlife conflict prevention and mitigation.
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The Dutch Dune Revival project restored nearly 190 hectares of white dune, grey dune and dune slack habitats.
Restoring and managing peatlands improves water retention and quality, stores carbon, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases biodiversity. Since 1992 LIFE has been working hard on this.
Sustainable climate adaptation solutions can help protect cities against the devastating effects of climate change. Rotterdam is leading the way through the LIFE URBAN-ADAPT project.
The LIFE Olivares Vivos project developed an innovative model of olive growing that can be used elsewhere in Europe.
In Ireland, the project BurrenLIFE developed a new model for the sustainable agricultural management of the priority habitats of the Burren.
LIFE TECMINE set out to improve the restoration of open pit mines in Mediterranean forest areas by combining different techniques.
Several LIFE projects have helped restore Europe’s threatened mussel populations.
The immersive exhibition "through the eyes of a wolf" lets visitors experience the the perspective of a young wolf in dispersal in Italy.
MONITORING - Slovakia and Switzerland collaborated and combined scientific monitoring, genetic rescue efforts, and extensive public engagement to preserve lynx populations.
In Austria, lynx populations are rather small and can be divided into one population at the Austro-German-Czech border (60 to 80 lynxes in total) as well as a second population in the national park Kalkalpen (consisting of 6 confirmed lynxes in 2018).