The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
Governments around the world invest considerable resources to reduce damages caused by large carnivores on human property. To use these investments more efficiently and effectively, we need to understand which interventions successfully prevent such damages and which do not. In the European Union, t...
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ftuniljubljanair:oai:repozitorij.uni-lj.si:IzpisGradiva.php-id-132858 2023-05-15T15:51:05+02:00 The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe Oliveira, Teresa Treves, Adrian López-Bao, José Vicente Krofel, Miha 2021-11-05 text/url application/pdf https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=132858 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=150592&dn= https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=150593&dn= https://plus.si.cobiss.net/opac7/bib/83671299?lang=sl eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01815 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ARRS//P4-0059 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ARRS//N1-0163 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/LIFE/r%20LIFE16%20GIE%2FDE%2F%20000661 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=132858 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=150592&dn= https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=150593&dn= https://plus.si.cobiss.net/opac7/bib/83671299?lang=sl http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY Global ecology and conservation, vol. 31, no. e 01815, 2021. ISSN: 2351-9894 coexistence human-wildlife conflicts Europe damage prevention Brown bear Grey wolf Eurasian lynx electric fences livestock guarding dogs sožitje bivanja konflikti med človekom in prostoživečimi živalmi konflikti Evropa preprečevanje škode rjavi medved sivi volk evroazijski ris električne ograje psi čuvaji živine info:eu-repo/classification/udc/630*15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftuniljubljanair https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01815 2021-12-06T10:27:23Z Governments around the world invest considerable resources to reduce damages caused by large carnivores on human property. To use these investments more efficiently and effectively, we need to understand which interventions successfully prevent such damages and which do not. In the European Union, the LIFE program represents by far the largest financial instrument to help EU Member States with the implementation of conservation activities, including mitigation of damages caused by large carnivores. However, we currently lack information about the effectiveness of this funding program in reducing carnivore damages. We reviewed 135 LIFE projects dealing with large carnivores between 1992 and 2019 to provide an overview of the use of damage prevention methods and evaluate their functional and perceived effectiveness. Methods evaluated ranged from non-lethal and lethal interventions, to information dissemination and compensation schemes. The largest number of the projects was focused on grey wolf (Canis lupus) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Mediterranean countries and in Romania. Electric fences were reported as the most successful method for reducing damages by large carnivores, and most of the non-lethal methods used showed at least moderate effectiveness. However, standards of measuring and reporting effectiveness were in general relatively low, which limits our ability to measure actual impact. We urge project managers and evaluators to improve these standards, as well as the dissemination of the project results. We provide a list of recommendations for improving measuring and reporting success of implemented interventions for the benefit of future projects aimed to reduce damages caused by wildlife. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Ursus arctos Lynx Repository of the University of Ljubljana (RUL) Psi ENVELOPE(-63.000,-63.000,-64.300,-64.300) Volk ENVELOPE(59.803,59.803,70.126,70.126) Global Ecology and Conservation 31 e01815 |
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Governments around the world invest considerable resources to reduce damages caused by large carnivores on human property. To use these investments more efficiently and effectively, we need to understand which interventions successfully prevent such damages and which do not. In the European Union, the LIFE program represents by far the largest financial instrument to help EU Member States with the implementation of conservation activities, including mitigation of damages caused by large carnivores. However, we currently lack information about the effectiveness of this funding program in reducing carnivore damages. We reviewed 135 LIFE projects dealing with large carnivores between 1992 and 2019 to provide an overview of the use of damage prevention methods and evaluate their functional and perceived effectiveness. Methods evaluated ranged from non-lethal and lethal interventions, to information dissemination and compensation schemes. The largest number of the projects was focused on grey wolf (Canis lupus) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Mediterranean countries and in Romania. Electric fences were reported as the most successful method for reducing damages by large carnivores, and most of the non-lethal methods used showed at least moderate effectiveness. However, standards of measuring and reporting effectiveness were in general relatively low, which limits our ability to measure actual impact. We urge project managers and evaluators to improve these standards, as well as the dissemination of the project results. We provide a list of recommendations for improving measuring and reporting success of implemented interventions for the benefit of future projects aimed to reduce damages caused by wildlife. |
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The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe |
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The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe |
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The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe |
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The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe |
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The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe |
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