5th Dinaric Balkan Pindos Platform Conference
- June 11-13, 2023
- Sofia
Dinaric Balkan Pindos Platform Conference 5
At the fifth meeting of the Dinaric Balkan Pindos Platform, hosted by Bulgaria, the platform members worked on updating information on monitoring and management across the region. Topics of discussion included thematic debates on livestock and land use conflicts, and the role of hunters in conservation efforts. Participants had the opportunity for further exchange during partner-hosted networking dinners as well as a guided field trip at Vitosha Natural Park.
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Presentations
Session 1: Scene setting and input from international guests
Introduction and meeting aims, feedback on progress since the first meetings
Andrea Solić and Katrina Marsden, Carnivora Magna and adelphi, platform secretariat
EU Platforms and the Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos Platform
Delphine Dupeux, EU Platform, European Landowner Organisation
EU Large Carnivore Policy
Andrea Vettori, European Commission
The German Federal Environment Agency and the Alpine Convention, WISO Platform
Katharina Steyer, BFN / WISO Platform member
Bern convention recommendations relevant to the Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos Platform
Marta Medlinska, Bern Convention Secretariat
IUCN and DiBaPi collaborations: Sub-Regional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre for the Convention on Biological Diversity
Milica Miskovic, IUCN
Session 2: Dinaric Balkan Pindos platform updates
Update : Large Carnivores in the Dinarides: Management, Monitoring, Threats and Conflicts
Andrea Solić and Katrina Marsden, Carnivora Magna and adelphi, platform secretariat
Workstream monitoring
Tomaž Skrbinšek, DivjaLabs, University of Ljubljana
ForestConnect: Towards a Climate-smart Forest Conncectivity for Large Carnivores in the Balkan-Carpathian-Dinaric Region
Milica Miskovic, IUCN
Study of the ecological connectivity for Large Carnivores and large ungulates in the Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos-Region
Aleksander Trajbarič, Jernej Javornik, Tilen Hvala and Rok Černe, Slovenia Forest Service, Snježana Malić-Limari, WWF Adria
DiBaPi Platform on Large Carnivores: Intervention teams workstream
Đuro Huber, Platform Secretariat; Jasna Jeremić, Institute for Environment and Nature
EU Platform overview of livestock damages and prevention measures in Europe
Delphine Dupeux, Co-chair EU Platfrom / European Landowners Organisation
Focus on livestock and land use
Robin Rigg, Carnivore Damage Prevention news
Common agricultural policy (CAP) and prevention of damages caused by large carnivores
Katharina Steyer, BfN/WISO
Damage compensation and prevention measures in Slovenia
Maja Humar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning
Population size and management of large carnivores in Bulgaria
Stiliyan Geraskov, Union of Hunters and Anglers in Bulgaria
Land use and Hunters
Neška Vukšić Končevski, Croatian Hunting Federation
The Status of the Brown Bear in the European Union
Sabrina Dietz, FACE
The Status of the Golden Jackal in the European Union
Sabrina Dietz, FACE