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BROWN BEAR-URSUS ARCTOS
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1.Description 2.Population 3.Threats 4.Distribution
◦ Distribution in Europe◦ Distribution in Spain◦ Habitat preferences
5.Conservation and legal situation◦ IUCN category◦ Comeback programs
6.Long term aims
Overview
Posibility of recovery
Actions to be imprement
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Second largest predator mammal in Europe
Weigh between 100 and 635 kg.
Claws from 5 to 6 cm.
Head-and-body length of 1.4 to 2.8 m
Period of winter torpor
Solitary.
1.Description
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Population name Countries Size (c. 2012)
Trend
Scandinavian Norway, Sweden 3400 Increasing Karelian Norway, Finland 1700 Increasing Baltic Estonia, Latvia 710 Increasing Carpathian Romania, Poland, Slovakia,
Serbia 7200 Stable
Dinaric-Pindos Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Albania, Serbia, Greece
3070 Increase
Alpine Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia
45-50 Stable
Eastern Balkan Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia 600 Stable or decrease?
Central Apennine Italy 40-80 Stable Cantabrian Spain 195-210 Increase Pyrenean France, Spain 22-27 Increase
2.Population
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Infrastructure development habitat loss
Disturbance
Low acceptance
Poor management structures
Persecution
3.Threats
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More individuals in the north and east.
Larger localities
4.1 Distribution in Europe
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4. Distribution
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Two localities:◦ Cantabrian mountains◦ Pyrinean
4.2 Distribution in Spain
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Adaptable
Low population densities large spaces
Mountains and forest cover
Low human disturbance
4.3 Habitat preferences
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5. Conservation status and legal situation
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IUCN category: vulnerable high risk of extinction in the wild
Protected by pan-European Habitats Directive
Hunting regulation
5.1 IUCN category
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Spain: one of the smallest localities
◦ Pyrinean: reintroduction of other sub-especie
◦ Cantabrian: ecological corridor betwen the two sub-localities.
5.2 Comeback programs
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Recovery possibility
◦ Currently increasing
◦ Population goals
Actions to be implement◦ Administrative◦ Economical
6. Long term aims
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Wildlife comeback in Europe. 2013. ZSL, BirdLife International and EBCC. Available at:
http://static.zsl.org/files/wildlife-comeback-in-europe-the-recovery-of-selected-mammal-and-bird-species-2576.pdf
The Status and Distribution of Mediterranean Mammals. Compiled by Helen J. Temple and Annabelle Cuttelod. 2009. IUCNhttp://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/mediteranean_mammals_web2.pdf
Large carnivores in Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/carnivores/index_en.htm
European red List
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/redlist/index_en.htm
Bibliography
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