The Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) is a working group of the IUCN Commission on the Conservation of Species.[1] and a Non-governmental organization. President of the LCIE is the Secretary of the IUCN Wolf Specialist Group Luigi Boitani.[2] Its objective is to maintain and restore viable populations of large carnivores in coexistence with humans as an integral part of ecosystems and landscapes throughout Europe.[3]
History
editLCIE was founded in June 1995 by a coalition of scientists, land managers, government officials und conservation groups (leading among them WWF Europe) from 17 European countries.[4][5] The cause for the founding of LCIE was the critical situation of the Iberian lynx,[5] whose population had dwindled to less than 100 adult individuals and was considered to be close to extinction.[6]
Activities
editLCIE works in an advisory role both on the European and national level.
LCIE has the crucial consultative role for the European Commission's Large Carnivores Unit and for the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention. The LCIE prepares the documents relevant for the EU as a basis for the national management plans for the large carnivores Eurasian wolf, Italian wolf, lynx, brown bear and wolverine in Europe.[7][8][9][10] In addition, many of its members are involved in activities to reintroduce and protect these predator species, they perform key tasks in monitoring populations of lynx, brown bear and wolverine and in wolf monitoring, and they write or co-author publications.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
The LCIE works together with the organisation Rewilding Europe.[22]
References
edit- ^ IUCN - SSC Groups: Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe Archived 2020-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: Who we are
- ^ LCIE: Vision
- ^ Hillstrom, Kevin; Hillstrom, Laurie Collier (2003). Europe: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 42. ISBN 1-57607-687-3. OCLC 53015854.
- ^ a b Zouwen, van der, Mariëlle (2006). Nature Policy Between Trends and Traditions: Dynamics in Nature Policy Arrangements in the Yorkshire Dales, Doñana, and the Veluwe. Delft: Eburon. pp. 122 f. ISBN 978-90-5972-097-8. OCLC 70122824.
- ^ Rodríguez, Alejandro; Calzada, Javier (2014-04-15). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lynx pardinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe
- ^ Status of large carnivore populations in Europe 2012-2016
- ^ European Commission: Environment Library
- ^ Standing Committee: List of decisions and adopted texts Seite 5, 7, 19
- ^ ResearchGate: Status, Management and Distribution of Large Carnivores – Bear, Lynx, Wolf and Wolverine in Europe. Part 1
- ^ :J. Linnell, V. Salvatori, L. Boitani: Guidelines for Population Level Management Plans for Large Carnivores. LCIE 2008
- ^ Unautorisierte Übersetzung: Leitlinien für Managementpläne auf Populationsniveau für Großraubtiere Archived 2020-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kristina Vogt, Urs Breitenmoser et al.: 25 Jahre Wolf in der Schweiz – Eine Zwischenbilanz Archived 2020-10-23 at the Wayback Machine KORA Bericht Nr. 91
- ^ Ilka Reinhardt, Petra Kaczensky et al.: Management of bold wolves - Policy support Statement of the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe
- ^ Urs Breitenmoser, John Linnell et al.: Leitlinien für das Monitoring von Luchsen Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Luise Kruckenhauser, Georg Rauer et al.: Genetic monitoring of a founder population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in central Austria
- ^ Göran Ericsson, Jonas Kindberg, Göran Bostedt: Willingness to pay WTP for wolverine Gulo gulo conservation
- ^ Odmung Kleven, Jonas Kindberg et al.: Estimation of gene flow into the Scandinavian wolverine population
- ^ Bundesamt für Naturschutz: Pilotstudie zur Abwanderung und zur Ausbreitung von Wölfen in Deutschland
- ^ European Commission: Life and human coexistence with large carnivores
- ^ Rewilding Europe: United for the conservation of Europe’s large carnivores