FINAL CONFERENCE 2022 - LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores Project

The 16 partners of the LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores project invite you to the projects’ final conference:
The project was implemented between 2017-2022 in 15 European countries with the goal to better understand and address the chances and challenges involved with the return of large carnivores to Europe. More than 250 events were carried out with the aim to improve coexistence with large carnivores in Europe through stakeholder engagement, cross-border cooperation, and the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices.
During the final conference, you will be able to learn about key achievements and lessons learned from the project. Members of the project partners, the European Commission, and the European Parliament as well as stakeholders that have been involved in the project will share their experiences around large carnivore conservation and management and discuss the future of coexistence in Europe.
AGENDA - choose a chapter
00:00:00 Welcome from the Organizers
00:06:00 “Welcome remarks”
Martin Hojsík, Member of the European Parliament
00:13:00 “Large carnivore conservation in Europe and the role of the LIFE programme”
Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director “Biodiversity”, European
Commission Directorate-General for Environment
00:26:00 “Summary of findings and achievements of EuroLargeCarnivores 2017-2022”
Raffael Hickisch, LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores Project Manager
01:00:00 “Transboundary cooperation: The Benelux Wolf Management Group”
Ellen van Norren, Dutch Mammal Society and Dries Gorissen, Agency for nature and forests of the Flemish Government
01:14:00 “Stakeholder engagement and the stories of coexistence campaign”
Blanca Berzosa, WWF Spain and Fernando Rodríguez Tábara, cattle breeder
01:30:00 “Suggesting an Indicator for Coexistence - Scientific outputs of the project”
Liam Singer and Xenia Wietlisbach, University of Fribourg - Switzerland
01:47:00 Break
02:02:00 “Perspectives of EU Large Carnivore Policy and Funding”
Marco Cipriani, European Commission Directorate-General for Environment
02:24:00 “Recommendations from the project concerning the future of Humans
and Large Carnivores in Europe”
Raffael Hickisch, LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores Project Manager
02:40:00 Panel Discussion
“The Future of Human - Large Carnivores Coexistence in Europe”
Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director “Biodiversity”, DG ENV
Michal Wiezik , Member of the European Parliament
David Scallan, Secretary General of Face
Katrina Marsden, adelphi
Xenia Wietlisbach, University of Fribourg - Switzerland
Raffael Hickisch, LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores Project Manager
03:23:00 Closing Remarks and End of conference