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Of the four large carnivores used for the study, two (grizzly bears and wolves ) are present in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Fifty years after being exterminated in most of Europe, populations of brown bears, Eurasian lynx, wolf and wolverine are recovered today.
According to a study throughout the continent thanks to a conservation model shows that the coexistence of large carnivores and humans is possible.
This is the main conclusion of a study published in Science and has been conducted by scientists from 26 countries, led by Professor Guillaume Chapron, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and José Vicente López-Bao, University Oviedo (Joint Research Unit for Biodiversity).
‘Through the European Large Carnivore Initiative, researchers have collected data on trends in recent decades from four of the largest carnivores in Europe : brown bear, wolf, Eurasian lynx-not ibérico-, and a glutton “, a mustelid living in Norway, Sweden and Finland, explained López-Bao
The work confronts the European conservation model based. on coexistence between humans and wild animals, compared to the American school that focuses on reserves and protected areas for conservation of species.
The study results confirm that ‘Europe is an example that coexistence between large carnivores and man. A model that could be applied to other parts of the world ‘, underlined
The European model of coexistence has allowed, for example, that Europe has more than 124 000 wolves., Compared to 5000 500 is in the contiguous United States, although the old continent occupies half of territory and has more than doubled population density (97 inhabitants / km2 with 40 inhabitants / km2).
the four large carnivores used for the study, two (grizzly bears and wolves) are present in the Iberian Peninsula.
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