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LHNet team

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:15 +0100

LHNet's approach

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:06:57 +0100

LHNet will work via two strategic lines, in close cooperation with its network of experts and in a network of partnerships:

Top-down via policy development, law enforcement and public awareness related to large herbivores in Eurasia;
Bottom-up approach toecosystems and species through the development of well connected, climate-proof living landscapes, with plenty of room for the species. Large herbivores are prey for the large carnivores and a steering factor in the ecosystems.

How to become a special contact for LHNet

If you would like to become a special contact for LHNet (expert, country contact, volunteer or ambassador), please don't hesitate to seek contact.

Networking is the key for cooperation and success

We have always been focused on our network as a real network organization and will continue to be a network organization in future, under the umbrella of ECNC. New in this figure is the difference between the experts and the still to be developed country contacts. LHNet needs good representation in the different countries. Thit could be WWF offices, but also other organizations that are active with good contacts in the various countries. Also new are the volunteers, hands-on volunteers and ambassadors. The ambassadors have good contacts with the so-called High Network Potentials, people that can make the difference in the activation of our network on higher levels.

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Objectives LHNet

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:18:30 +0200

Objectives

Promoting the essential need to conserve and restore large herbivores and their landscapes for a healthy and balanced ecosystem and quality of life
Providing an active platform to exchange knowledge and initiatives and to stimulate (inter)national cooperation, based on science and expertise
Increasing people's knowledge and appreciation of large herbivores
Preserving and restoring free-ranging large herbivores in Eurasia, by realizing a well connected network of landscapes to guarantee sustainable populations in balanced ecosystems
Supporting initiatives by:
- connecting experts, interests and organizations
- promoting initiatives at national regional and international levels
- publishing knowledge
Using domestic substitutes of extinct large herbivore species, to restore the ecological functions of these large herbivores

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New approach

LHNet will work via two strategic lines, in close cooperation with its network of experts and in a network of partnerships:

Top-down via policy development, law enforcement and public awareness of large herbivores in Eurasia
Bottom-up approach to ecosystems and species through the development of well connected, climate-proof living landscapes, with plenty of room for the species. Large herbivores are prey for the large carnivores and a steering factor in ecosystems.

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Vision and mission

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:11:11 +0100

The LHNet view

Eurasia was once the home of billions of grazing mammals: the large herbivores. Forests, wetlands, grasslands, mountains, tundra, steppes and deserts were inhabited by a wide variety of hoofed animals. Certain species used to migrate in groups of millions of animals over thousands of kilometres as part of their natural behaviour.

However, in particular during the last century, development of human societies has led to dramatic declines in the numbers and ranges of most large herbivore species.

The Large Herbivore Network was founded to counter these ever-increasing threats and to aim for conservation and ecological restoration.

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Vision

'A Eurasian continent, where people enjoy the benefits of connected ecosystems and landscapes, inhabited and shaped by viable populations of large herbivores, living in the wild.'

Mission

'Connecting people for future generations'
Conserving the essential role of large herbivores in nature
Restoration and defragmentation of important landscapes
Building partnerships for the benefit of conservation issues

Working area

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:03:51 +0100

The working area of LHNet

Large herbivores evolved, adapted and specialized to almost all types of ecosystems. From the arctic tundra, the boreal and deciduous forests, high mountains, arid and cold steppes and dry cold deserts, down to wetlands, warm arid lands and hot deserts; large herbivore species are integral and functional parts of the ecosystem. Some 35 large herbivores species can be found in the different ecosystems of the temperate zone of Eurasia, the bio-geographical working area of LHNet, spread over 57 countries.

If you would like to know what species live in a certain Eurasian country, or what important regions for the large mammals can be found, or what experts do live in these countries, you can check the country page.

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Selection

The working area includes the Eurasian Palaearctic Ecoregion (green), excluding China, the Koreas and Northern Africa. Because of capacity we consider these areas (esp. the yeloow area) for this moment as less opportune. We included the region south of the Caspian Sea because of its importance for the connectivity between Turkey and Turkmenistan.
After selecting the species a first start has been made to describe the hotspots. We will continue to identify large ecosystems in future (both wilderness and vast human influenced landscapes).