Providing reliable population estimation of wild carnivores is essential for their proper management and conservation. Teresa Berezowska-Cnota, Djuro Huber, Agnieszka Olszańska, Nuria Selva and Agnieszka Sergiel from our Institute have co-authored an overview of methods used to estimate relative abundance and population density of nine large European wild carnivore species, including the […]
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In the latest issue of “Geographical” Jacob Dykes, with assistance of our Team member, Carlos Bautista, introduced the rewilding projects across Europe. Carnivore populations are currently expanding across our continent. Some rewilding projects are working not only to expand populations of carnivores, but also to restore ‘self-regulating’ nature on the continent. Taking into account […]
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The current environmental, climatic, and epidemiological crisis is linked to human overpopulation and overexploitation of natural resources. One of the ways to tackle it is to protect functioning ecosystems better in order to protect ourselves. The Bieszczady Mountains in the Polish Carpathians are one of the natural areas that definitively should be […]
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What triggers sex is a complex question that becomes almost a ‘mission impossible’ when it refers to wildlife. Brown bears are particularly elusive animals and their copulas are very rarely observed in the wild. As a result, we still know very little about their mating […]
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The Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences has proposed to introduce changes in the methods for brown bear monitoring. The monitoring of species and natural habitats in Poland is conducted within the frames of National Environmental Monitoring. Our proposal is now available […]
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