New Regional Strategy for Balkan Lynx Conservation The Regional Strategy to protect the Balkan lynx has been officially endorsed at the CMS COP15 in Brazil. Effective measures to protect the subspecies will focus on developing national action plans, c...

2/2 The strategy highlights the importance of #transboundary cooperation, pointing out that the future of the critically endangered #BalkanLynx depends on coordinated efforts beyond national borders.

More info: www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...

The biggest threats to the Critically Endangered Balkan Lynx are limited prey, habitat degradation & poaching.

#BalkanLynx need room to roam. A male’s territory can range from 220-700 km2 and females 100-200 km2.

At #CMSCOP14, the species was added to CMS Appendix I: www.cms.int/sites/defaul...

#readingtip: Long-term monitoring of the #BalkanLynx reveals a steady decline in its core area. Using camera traps & spatial capture-recapture models over 10 years, the #BLRP obtained the first robust density estimates in Mavrovo National Park, North Macedonia. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...