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REINTRODUCTION OF LYNX TO THE UNESCO

BIOSPHERE RESERVE

PALATINATE FOREST / VOSGES DU NORD

Stakeholder Involvement and Transboundary Cooperation

Jochen Krebühl, 19.04.2016, LCP, Berlin

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• Public Foundation of the Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate

• Funding of external projects

• Administration of compensation payments (impact regulation)

• Operational business

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REINTRODUCTION

• 20 Lynx until 2020 • Capture in CH and SK • Carrying capacity

– 45 Lynx – 3.028 km2

• Connections to – Vosges Mountains – Jura Mountains – Alps

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GENESIS OF LIFE

1990 survey

2000 IPL (GER/FR)

2010 Luchs-Verein (GER/FR)

2013 SNU proposal

2015 LIFE

9 districts and cities 1983 – 1993 lynx release Central Vosges

GENESIS OF THE LIFE PROPOSAL HISTORY OF THE LIFE PROPOSAL

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STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT

• From the very first day – and even before

• Support by Umbrella eNGO

• Support by Administrations

• Supporting Stakeholders

Communication Strategy to permanently and openly inform and exchange with key stakeholders

Design of personal and public approaches

Try to keep it calm. No exploitation of lynx in high profile debates (e.g. building of infrastructures and roads)

Making use of available methods, channels and contacts

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TOOLS TO FOSTER

COMMUNICATION

lynx parliament

info event

on-site discussion

communal festival

regulars‘ table

multiplicators

education

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REGIONAL LYNX PARLIAMENT REGIONAL LYNX PARLIAMENT

• First hand information

• monitoring results

project team

• transfer information

• present practical problems

stakeholders • consulting

• additional research

• (management)

project team confidence

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REGIONAL HUNTING ASSOCIATION

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TRANSBOUNDARY APPROACH

-- East Bavaria,

Bohemia,

Carpathian M.

-- Jura Mountains,

Alps

-- German Uplands

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES

• Minister agreements France/Rhineland-Palatinate

• Joint crossborder approach with hunters, sheep keepers, eNGO

• Established network of partners

• Sharing Experiences (failures from reintroduction in

France)

• Expansion of communication outreach

Levels of information

Levels of governments, structure of administrations

Differences in land-use management (hunting, pasture systems)

Differences in mentality and self-conception

Language issues

Differences in mentality, self-conception, political views

Differences in disposable funds

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CONFERENCE OF THE UPPER RHINE

• Jura, Vosges, Black Forest, Palatinate Forest

• Top-Level decision to establish Expert Committee “Lynx“

• Close cooperation with Expert Committee “Hunting“

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EXPERT COMMITTEE LYNX

• Monitoring

– Demographic

– Genetic

• Metapopulation

– Connecting Habitats

• Public Relation and Acceptance

• Management and Preservation

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THANKS FOR SUPPORTING US

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www.snu.rlp.de

www.luchs-rlp.de

M. Hanke