Press Release: Environment: Commission launches new platform to help resolve social conflicts over large carnivores

Europe's brown bear, wolf, wolverine, lynx, at least one of these species can now be found in 21 EU Member States. After a lengthy period of decline their numbers are growing once more, but coexistence with man can be problematic.

In an effort to solve the social and economic problems that sometimes result from this new expansion, the European Commission, on 10 June 2014, has launched a platform where farmers, conservationists, hunters, landowners and scientists can exchange ideas and best practices on sharing the same land with large carnivores.

The EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores was support constructive dialogue between key stakeholder organisations at the European level.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/448: Learning to live with the wolf http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-448_en.pdf

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