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What do bears eat in Prespa?

Proper conservation of large carnivores, like the brown bear, always entails a robust understanding of their ecology. The diet is one of the fundamental elements that needs to be well assessed before proposing management measures A recent scientific paper, published in the Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment , delves deep into this specific issue. This study stems from a two-year cross-border scientific research initiative conducted in the Prespa region in 2018 and 2019 by the large…

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Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme

Time frame: 2006–2018 Funding: MAVA Foundation, Switzerland Partners: PPNEA – Albania; CZIP – Montenegro; ERA – Kosovo; FINCH – Kosovo; EuroNatur – Germany; KORA – Switzerland Programme goal: For more than ten years now, the Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme has worked on the protection of the critically endangered Balkan lynx. Activities primarily focus on: lobbying for the declaration of new protected areas, involving locals in the protection, research, education and monitoring activities on…

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Survey of the Spatial and Feeding Ecology of the Critically Endangered Balkan Lynx

Time frame: 2013–2014 Funding: People’s Trust for Endangered Species Project goal: The project’s main goal is to gain greater knowledge about the ecology of the Balkan lynx and thereby set out effective measures for its protection. Contact person: Dime Melovski melovskid@mes.org.mk Новости од МЕД

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