EU Rural Development Policy and the management of conflictual species: The case of large carnivores

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Marsden, Katrina and Tasos Hovardas 2020: EU Rural Development Policy and the management of conflictual species: The case of large carnivores. In: Biological Conservation, Volume 243,

The focus of the paper is on the following:

  • Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) targeting large carnivore species increased in the second programming period compared to the first.
  • However, measures were limited to practical support in the form of damage prevention methods.
  • We demonstrate the potential for a broader use of RDPs to facilitate human-carnivore coexistence.
  • A wider range of measures to support human-carnivore coexistence may be included in RDPs under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2021-2027.
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