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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Autores: Oliveira, Teresa, Treves, Adrian, López-Bao, José V., Krofel, Miha
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Coexistence
Brown bear
Grey wolf
Eurasian lynx
Electric fences
livestock guardian dogs
Human-wildlife conflicts
Europe
Damage prevention
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spelling The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in EuropeOliveira, TeresaTreves, AdrianLópez-Bao, José V.Krofel, MihaCoexistenceBrown bearGrey wolfEurasian lynxElectric fenceslivestock guardian dogsHuman-wildlife conflictsEuropeDamage preventionGovernments 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.The study was funded by the European Union as part of the EuroLargeCarnivores LIFE project (grant number LIFE16 GIE/DE/000661). JVLB was additionally supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (RYC-2015–18932; CGL2017–87528-R AEI/FEDER EU). MK was additionally supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (grants P4–0059 and N1–0163).ElsevierEuropean CommissionMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)Slovenian Research AgencyConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2022202220212022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/267903reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2017–87528-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/000661http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01815Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2679032026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
title The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
spellingShingle The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
Oliveira, Teresa
Coexistence
Brown bear
Grey wolf
Eurasian lynx
Electric fences
livestock guardian dogs
Human-wildlife conflicts
Europe
Damage prevention
title_short The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
title_full The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
title_fullStr The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
title_full_unstemmed The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
title_sort The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Teresa
Treves, Adrian
López-Bao, José V.
Krofel, Miha
author Oliveira, Teresa
author_facet Oliveira, Teresa
Treves, Adrian
López-Bao, José V.
Krofel, Miha
author_role author
author2 Treves, Adrian
López-Bao, José V.
Krofel, Miha
author2_role author
author
author
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Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)
Slovenian Research Agency
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Coexistence
Brown bear
Grey wolf
Eurasian lynx
Electric fences
livestock guardian dogs
Human-wildlife conflicts
Europe
Damage prevention
topic Coexistence
Brown bear
Grey wolf
Eurasian lynx
Electric fences
livestock guardian dogs
Human-wildlife conflicts
Europe
Damage prevention
description 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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