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Manuela von Arx,
CROSS-BORDER LYNX CONSERVATION IN ALBANIA, FYROM, MONTENEGRO & KOSOVO
The Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme
CROSS-BORDER LYNX CONSERVATION IN ALBANIA, FYROM, MONTENEGRO & KOSOVO
The Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme
Regional Workshop of the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores, Pravets BG, 18.04.2015
1. The Balkan Lynx
2. The Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme
3. Main achievements
4. Main drawbacks
5. Outlook
Buresh 1941: Lynx lynx balcanicus
Mirić 1978: Lynx lynx martinoi
What is the „Balkan lynx“?
Balkan lynx holotype
Balkans
Carpathian Mts
Finland/Baltics
Asia Scandinavia
~ 2’300 (LC)
~ 40 (CR)
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
National Workshops 21.-23. April 2005, Mavrovo 25.-26. April 2005, Tirana
1. Workshop Albania-FYROM
15.-17. November 2005 Mavrovo NP
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Environmentally Responsible Action (ERA)
group
since 2013:
since 2006:
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
The Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme
Main support:
Macedonian Ecological Society
Center for Protection and Research of Birds of Montenegro
Public Enterprise for the National Parks of Montenegro
Improve site protection and habitat recovery
Promote sustainable hunting and adequate wildlife management
Establish a monitoring system for lynx and its main prey species
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Objectives of the current Phase (2013-2015):
Enlarge activities to Kosovo and Montenegro
Strengthen capacity of and collaboration between local stakeholders
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Objectives of the current Phase (2013-2015):
Improve communciation and outreach
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
Capacity development
Improved knowledge about Balkan lynx
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
~ 12
~ 5
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
March 2015, Bjeshket e Nemuna Kosovo
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
Monitoring networks
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
Regional Conservation Strategy
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
Cross-border summer schools
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main achievements
Outreach
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
No evidence of lynx in the Albanian Alps
No evidence yet of lynx in the Shar Mts. & sabotage/stealing of most of the camera-traps in Kosovo Sharri NP region
No pictures anymore in recent years in Jasen and Shebenik-Jablanica
Main drawbacks
No lynx presence (anymore?)
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Main drawbacks
Main threats still remain…
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
…and further potential threats turn up
Main drawbacks
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Engagement of national authorities
Main drawbacks
• Higher priority for nature conservation on national agendas
• Commitments of governmental institutions
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Outlook
Ivanov 2014
1. Balkan Lynx 2. BLRP 3. Achievements 4. Drawbacks 5. Outlook
Further information:
http://www.catsg.org/balkanlynx or the websites of the BLRP partner organisations
https://www.facebook.com/balkanlynx