A LIFE project has been underway for the past three years to save the Scottish wildcat from extinction. The species was introduced there 9000 years ago and has suffered a severe decline in recent decades, with the result that the small remaining population has hybridised with feral domestic cats. The Saving Wildcats project aims to
Duarte Viana, postdoctoral researcher at the Doñana Biological Station, gives an overview of the biodiversity of Spain in the 16th century, based on the Relaciones Topográficas de Felipe II. Javier Salcedo, Coordinator of the European LIFE Project LYNXCONNET tells how the Iberian lynx is recovering with the help of the LIFE Projects. You can listen
The LIFE LYNXCONNECT team from the Region of Murcia, which is preparing the actions prior to the reintroduction of the Iberian lynx in Lorca, together with the Deputy Director General for Natural Heritage and Climate Change, visited the Guarrizas river area on Wednesday 20 July to see the characteristics of the soft-release fencing used there.
The joint development of management and conservation strategies between the Administration, institutions, private companies, representatives of the hunting sector, NGOs, landowners and land managers, supported by funding from the European Union, has served to bring the most endangered feline species in the world, the Iberian Lynx, out of critical danger of extinction. You can listen
LIFE LYNXCONNECT and the Artemisan Foundation kick off a series of meetings with hunters, managers and landowners on the conservation of the Iberian lynx. The first meetings will take place in Extremadura and will be extended to the regions of Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha and the Region of Murcia with the aim of raising awareness and
In the programme “Mundo Sostenible” we have a section in which LIFE LYNXCONNECT participates, “El Lince”. There you can listen to a new podcast featuring Guillermo López Zamora from the LIFE LYNXCONNECT project, who talks about the birth period of lynxes. We invite you to be all ears here: https://upotv.upo.es/video/62a70312abe3c682478b456b