5th Forum Carpaticum, 2018: Large Carnivores Session
15 October 2018, Eger, Hungary
During the Forum Carpaticum 2018, the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation organized together a session on Large Carnivores, which took place on 15 October 2018 in Eger, Hungary. The Session consisted of two interlined parts, the Workshop – Towards the standardization of monitoring procedures for large carnivore’s populations in the Carpathian and the presentation of Case Studies On Large Carnivores Management.
During the workshop, participants from all the Carpathian countries presented various monitoring procedures and experiences in this field. This was followed by a discussion on possibilities of enhanced harmonisation, standardisation, and stakeholder involvement in monitoring and transboundary coordination.
Afterwards, various case studies on large carnivores management were presented.
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- Introduction to the workshop’s topic – Mr. Klaus Hackländer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences of Vienna
- Czech Republic, Mr. Martin Strnad, Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
- Hungary, Mr. Peter Gombkötő, Bükk National Park Directorate
- Romania, Mr Ovidiu Ionesc, Transilvania University of Brașov
- Serbia, Mr. Vukan Lavadinovic, University of Belgrade
- Slovakia, Mr. Slavomir Findo, State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
- Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Mr. AndriyTaras Bashta, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians
- Why harmonization of large carnivores in the Carpathian region is needed? – Mr. Cristian Remus Papp, WWF Romania
- The human-wildlife conflict in the Alps, from problem to opportunity. Special focus on the return of the Wolf in South Tyrol (Italy) – Mr. Filippo Favilli and Mr. Isidoro De Bortoli, Eurac Research
- Introduction to 3 Lynx project – Mr. Martin Strnad, Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
- Movebank – an online resource for managing and sharing animal tracking data – Ms. Sarah Davidson, The Ohio State University
- Presentation on the outcomes of the US/Romania workshop on brown bear conflict mitigation strategies – Ms. Manon Dene, Humane Society International/Europe
