Viewing entries posted in 2010
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LHNet’s Corporate leaflet published!
The Large Herbivore Network wants to show the beauty of the large herbivores in Eurasia to a larger public, because unknown is often unloved. In the coming months leaflets (factsheets) about the 35 species will be published, as well as project leaflets. The discussion about the content and lay-out is now in full swing. The website has been restyled and is much more user-friendly.
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Update on FMD in Mongolia: Life stock vaccination, or killing wild life?
Life stock vaccination, or killing wild life?
In continuation on the earlier item (FMD in Mongolia: wild life or livestock, who is guilty?” veterinarian problems have to be solved by whom who are in principle responsible: and that’s agriculture, and not wild nature.) on foot and mouth disease (FMD) LHNet received new information about what emergency actions were taken by the Mongolian government, via Dr. Lkhagvasuren Badamjav Conservation Director WWF Mongolia.
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Recovery original ungulate wildlife in Altyn Dala area (Kulan and Przewalski Horse)
In October, 2010, a workshop was held in Kazakhstan, Astana about the "Recovery of the original ungulate wildlife in the Altyn Dala area in Kazakhstan, Planning of Reintroduction of Kulan and Przewalski Horse".
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Running wild, Przewalski’s horses in Hungary
Hungary’s Przewalski’s horse population is the ideal training ground for the long-term reintroduction of this rare equid to the wild. An article in Zooquaria, the quarterly magazine of EAZA, by Waltraut Zimmermann, Przewalski’s horse EEP coordinator, Cologne Zoo, Germany and Kristin Brabender, biologist, National Park Hortobágy, Hungary about the Pentezug area, belonging to the core zone of the Hortobágy National Park in Hungary, seeming to be an ideal experimental field for monitoring Przewalski’s horses under natural conditions.
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ICMO Advice on the Oostvaardersplassen published!
On the 22th of November 2010 the International Committee Management Oostvaardersplassen published its second advice. Below the summary of this advice, and how it can be downloaded.
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Postdoc Project in Rewilding with large wild herbivores
Rewilding with large wild herbivores in Northwestern Europe – building a theoretical and macroecological foundation and assessing the biodiversity and ecosystem effects of ongoing rewilding.
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Alarming situation of Bison in Ukraine
In the middle of 1990th the numbers of wisent in Ukraine represented about a third of the total world population, and counted from 664 to 685 individuals. Since then, in the last 20 years the Ukrainian livestock of this species decreased by three times.
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IUGB Congress: “Human-wildlife conflicts and peace-building strategies”
The International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) and the University of Barcelona in cooperation with The Catalan Ministry of Environment and Housing have organised the XXXth IUGB Congress in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 5th - 9th September 2011. It provides an interesting forum to discuss several contemporary topics together with worldwide leaders in game or wildlife biology fields.