HORIZON CO-CREATING COEXISTENCE: ADVANCING POLICIES, PRACTICES AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATING WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INTO SUSTAINABLE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPES IN EUROPE
Institute of Applied Ecology is partner of the project Horizon “Co-creating coexistence: Advancing policies, practices, and stakeholder engagement for integrating wildlife and livestock into sustainable multi-functional landscapes in Europe.’ guidato da Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
The project aimed at researching how we can better reduce the conflicts between predators and shepherds, farmers, livestock, hunters, conservationists and landowners.
The main goal of the project is to work together with various parties to try to build a shared understanding of what we are facing, and to look at what measures can help in different settings
The process will cover (a) the relationship between livestock husbandry practices and damage from wildlife, (b) ways to integrate wildlife management and pastoral management, (c) perceptions and values that different stakeholders have about the pastoralism-wildlife interface, (d) experience with different governance structures, (e) the potential of new and emerging technologies in both wildlife and pastoral management and monitoring, and (f) a cost benefit analysis of different scenarios for pastoral and wildlife management
– The project’s ambition is to collect quantitative data from at least 1,000 shepherds/livestock farmers, 1,000 hunters, and 1,000 landowners and gather qualitative data from hundreds of other interested parties in the 12 participating countries.
The findings will be compiled and integrated into a of roadmap that can suggest how we might coexist with predators and will help reduce conflicts and ensure that livestock, farmers, hunters and landowners can coexist with wildlife
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