The Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) is a working group of the IUCN Commission on the Conservation of Species.IUCN - SSC Groups: Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe and a Non-governmental organization. President of the LCIE is the Secretary of the IUCN Wolf Specialist Group Luigi Boitani.Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: Who we are Its objective is to maintain and restore viable populations of large carnivores in coexistence with humans as an integral part of ecosystems and landscapes throughout Europe.LCIE: Vision
History
LCIE was founded in June 1995 by a coalition of scientists, land managers, government officials und conservation groups (leading among them WWF Europe) from 17 European countries. The cause for the founding of LCIE was the critical situation of the Iberian lynx, whose population had dwindled to less than 100 adult individuals and was considered to be close to extinction.
Activities LCIE works in an advisory role both on the European and national level.
LCIE has the crucial consultative role for the European Commission's Large Carnivores Unit and for the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention. The LCIE prepares the documents relevant for the EU as a basis for the national management plans for the large carnivores Eurasian wolf, Italian wolf, lynx, brown bear and wolverine in Europe.Large Carnivore Initiative for EuropeStatus of large carnivore populations in Europe 2012-2016European Commission: Environment LibraryStanding Committee: List of decisions and adopted texts Seite 5, 7, 19 In addition, many of its members are involved in activities to reintroduce and protect these predator species, they perform key tasks in monitoring populations of lynx, brown bear and wolverine and in wolf monitoring, and they write or co-author publications.ResearchGate: Status, Management and Distribution of Large Carnivores – Bear, Lynx, Wolf and Wolverine in Europe. Part 1:J. Linnell, V. Salvatori, L. Boitani: Guidelines for Population Level Management Plans for Large Carnivores. LCIE 2008Unautorisierte Übersetzung: Leitlinien für Managementpläne auf Populationsniveau für Großraubtiere Kristina Vogt, Urs Breitenmoser et al.: 25 Jahre Wolf in der Schweiz – Eine Zwischenbilanz KORA Bericht Nr. 91Ilka Reinhardt, Petra Kaczensky et al.: Management of bold wolves - Policy support Statement of the Large Carnivore Initiative for EuropeUrs Breitenmoser, John Linnell et al.: Leitlinien für das Monitoring von Luchsen Luise Kruckenhauser, Georg Rauer et al.: Genetic monitoring of a founder population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in central AustriaGöran Ericsson, Jonas Kindberg, Göran Bostedt: Willingness to pay WTP for wolverine Gulo gulo conservationOdmung Kleven, Jonas Kindberg et al.: Estimation of gene flow into the Scandinavian wolverine populationBundesamt für Naturschutz: Pilotstudie zur Abwanderung und zur Ausbreitung von Wölfen in DeutschlandEuropean Commission: Life and human coexistence with large carnivores
The LCIE works together with the organisation Rewilding Europe.Rewilding Europe: United for the conservation of Europe’s large carnivores
References
External links lcie.org: Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) - IUCN/SSC Specialist Group (authorized website)