Biodiversité

We illustrate how to build spaces of interactions between research and management. We present two case studies we conducted through a long-term collaboration between the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE; academic/science—a public research laboratory mostly focused on basic ecological questions) and the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB; non-academic/management—a public institute dedicated to biodiversity protection and restauration, under administrative supervision of ecology and agriculture ministries) with biodiversity monitoring in national parks and management of large carnivores in France.

La France souhaite s'investir dans la protection du lynx sur son territoire. Ce plan national porte sur la période 2022-2026 et vise à mieux protéger le plus grand félin sauvage présent en Europe et qui reste menacé d'extinction en France où il compte environ 150 individus.

The ongoing recovery of terrestrial large carnivores in North America and Europe is accompanied by intense controversy. On the one hand, reestablishment of large carnivores entails a recovery of their most important ecological role, predation. On the other hand, societies are struggling to relearn how to live with apex predators that kill livestock, compete for game species, and occasionally injure or kill people. Those responsible for managing these species and mitigating conflict often lack fundamental information due to a long-standing challenge in ecology: How do we draw robust population-level inferences for elusive animals spread over immense areas? Here we showcase the application of an effective tool for spatially explicit tracking and forecasting of wildlife population dynamics at scales that are relevant to management and conservation.

Co-créateur d'un centre de sauvegarde des animaux sauvages situé en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Gilles Moyne s'inquiète de la diminution du nombre de ces félins, réintroduits en France à la fin des années 70.

Gex et Minos, deux jeunes lynx, ont été remis en liberté les 10 et 12 mai dans le Haut-Jura, à proximité du lieu où ils avaient été capturés par le Centre Athénas, alors qu'il étaient en détresse après la disparition de leurs mères.

An extensive and impartial study to assess people’s views about the possible reintroduction of Eurasian lynx to the Scottish Highlands is being launched this month by a new partnership of the charities SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, Trees for Life and Vincent Wildlife Trust.Ecological research has shown that extensive areas of Scotland could support lynx, but the charities say returning the shy and elusive animal is less about science and more about people’s willingness to live alongside a species that’s become forgotten on these shores.