New paper on the “Large carnivore damage in Europe: Analysis of compensation and prevention programs”

22 May 2019

A new study coauthored by European experts and led by Carlos Bautista shows that every year European countries pay farmers almost EUR 30 million to compensate for large carnivore damages like wolves killing sheep or bears attacking beehives. […]

The IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group’s Human-Bear Conflict Expert Team documents on “Approaches to Human-Bear Conflicts” and the “Principles of Human-Bear Conflict Reduction”.

13 May 2019

Interaction between humans and bears is common for all bear species around the world. Often, these interactions result in negative outcomes for bears and […]

Right on track? – new article on the “Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research”

10 May 2019

The newly released paper on the performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research lead by Maarten Hofman explores why do GPS collars in wildlife research sometimes work and sometimes not. The study, where our team was […]

Use of radio-collars in bear research, management and conservation: Joint position statement by the International Association for Bear Research and Management and the IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group

6 May 2019

We strongly recommend the official joint position statement by the International Association for Bear Research and Management and […]

Workshop “Conservation Medicine in the Anthropocene: Applications of Modern 21st Century Technologies to the Assessment of Wildlife Health”

18 April 2019

We are pleased to invite you to the interactive workshop “Conservation Medicine in the Anthropocene: Applications of Modern 21st Century Technologies to the Assessment of Wildlife Health” Conservation_medicine_workshop_poster, to be held on 15th […]