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Challenge to maintain population of herbivores in Europe Europe has faced a challenging situation with overgrazing for several centuries. The result is a development of over-population of native herbivores such as
Continue readingBy the end of September, a group of young people from Austria, Germany and Italy got to know about the
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Note: Due to water damage at the facilities, this event has been moved online The discussion around livestock protection is
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The line between natural and human landscapes is becoming more blurred in Europe. As a result, we can expect people
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Starting at the end of August, the popular events of the LIFEstockProtect project will take place again. During field trips,
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There was a lot going on this week within our two projects “Schmetterlingsreich” and “Let’s get wild 2“, which are
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How would you like to spend this summer volunteering with shepherds in the Alps? LIFEstockProtect is looking for volunteers to
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After much work from the partners of LIFEstockProtect, the project’s livestock protection courses are beginning this spring! As the first
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A law proposal, consisting of 17 articles, designed to safeguard shepherds, herding and livestock guarding dogs and the territory, was
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As the wolf is increasingly recolonising inhabited areas of Europe, stories of conflict with livestock owners have become commonplace. This
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What is it like to spend the whole summer in the mountains with your flock of animals? Why is it
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Human-wildlife conflicts and human-shaped natural systems in which they occur are driven by complex social and ecological elements. These elements
Continue reading The wolf-human conflict has been going on for decades if not centuries. All over the world, the issue has evolved
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Time and time again natural solutions challenge commonly held notions of what people in the developed world consider “the right
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Livestock protection in the Alps is a mostly forgotten practice since large predators vanished from the region. However, as large
Continue readingThere are many heated debates between agricultural and environmental organisations regarding the protection of wolves in Europe. The protection status
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As their name says, livestock guarding dogs protect livestock from predators like the wolf. They live together with the animals
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On the 26th of January the first multilingual Alpine Livestock Protection conference took place online. This conference was the official
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Majella National Park is one of the most impressive, wild and extensive mountain ranges of the Apennines. It is also
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In October, following a long but seemingly successful petition by 31 Slovak organisations, the Ministry of Agriculture went against the
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