Life LynxConnect

Creating a genetically and demographically functional Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) metapopulation

CENSUS 2024

More than 2400 lynxes roam the Iberian Peninsula
All the information about the Census 2024 and the work carried out by the partners of the LIFE LYNXCONNECT project:

THE RECOVERY OF THE IBERIAN LYNX

The official documentary series on the history of Iberian lynx conservation in the Iberian Peninsula. 20 years of LIFE projects told by their protagonists.

Our goals are

To connect

all population nuclei

To increase

the overall population size

To ensure

prey availability

To minimise

non-natural mortality

To get

society involved in the species conservation

To innovate

in the species long-term monitoring
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We implement these actions

  • Creating new nuclei and connecting existing ones
  • Managing the population on a genetic basis
  • Improving the Iberian Lynx and European Rabbit habitat
  • Making infrastructures safer
  • Disseminating the importance of wildlife conservation
  • Improving working methodologies
  • And many other things

We are 21 partners working on Iberian Lynx conservation

Supported by the LIFE Programme of the European Union

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Lynxes in the wild in 2024

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Mature females in 2024

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Cubs born in 2024

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Releases since 2010

April 8, 2025

LYNXCONNECT and IP launch an awareness campaign for the protection of the Iberian Lynx

In addition to preventive actions, IP has promoted several public awareness campaigns, the most recent being the ‘Lynx Marks’ campaign, ...
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April 8, 2025

Verde and Vencejo are already roaming in Sierra Arana.

Verde and Vencejo, is the name of the two male lynxes, released last Friday 4th April, in the new reintroduction ...
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April 8, 2025

The exhibition ‘The Lynx on the Peninsula – Connecting Territories and Consolidating Populations’, will be in Lisbon

The exhibition ‘The Lynx on the Peninsula – Connecting Territories and Consolidating Populations’, will be on display in Lisbon, in ...
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Collaborate with us

Gradually we’ll be introducing tools on our website so you can help us in the Iberian Lynx conservation, e.g. uploading to the website photos or videos of lynxes you have seen in the wild
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