The newsletter ECNC Update is one of ECNC's communication tools for bringing news of recent developments and activities to our readers and for providing institutional and project news to our Network of partners and other interested parties. The latest issue has been published on the 5th of march 2010 and gives information on the shared future of LHF and ECNC Group.
Stephen Decker (Canadian Memorial Universite, New Foundland) wrote the full workshop report.
Read the full post - Bison and Human Interaction with field-excursion
Artis Zoo, Prince Bernard Foundation for Nature and WWF-WNF funded LHF again with a donation for the conservation and rehablitation of the Eurasian large herbivores!
On the 3rd of February 2010 the first European bison would become reintroduced in Germany, Rothaargebirge. LHF is - together with Artis Zoo, Amsterdam - one of the keen supporters of this reintroduction process. Because of the heavy snow is the release oft the animals postponed.
Read the full post - Bison reintroduction 'Rothaargebirge', Germany
Een leven proces zonder lijden, zonder pijn, zonder aftakeling, dat bestaat niet. Niet bij mensen en niet in de natuur!
Een leven proces zonder lijden, zonder pijn, zonder aftakeling, dat bestaat niet. Niet bij mensen en niet in de natuur!
Read the full post - Winter in de natuur: verhongering of natuurlijke processen
Anlässlich ihres 10-jährigen Bestehens lädt die Stiftung Naturlandschaften Brandenburg zur ersten Wildniskonferenz in Brandenburg ein. Die Veranstaltung steht unter der Schirmherrschaft von Bundesumweltminister Herrn Dr. Norbert Röttgen und beginnt am 17. Mai 2010 mit Referaten zum Thema in der Potsdamer Staatskanzlei. Abschließend findet eine Podiumsdiskussion unter dem Titel „Wildnis heute - was haben wir davon?" statt. Der 18. Mai 2010 führt in die Praxis. Die Teilnehmer sind eingeladen, die Flächen der Stiftung Naturlandschaften Brandenburg auf dem ehemaligen Truppenübungsplatz Jüterbog zu besuchen.
Leaving carcasses of large grazers such as cattle and horses in nature is hardly a risk to public and animal health. In the Netherlands, carcasses of large herbivores (cattle, horses) in the wild have to be removed. Carcasses in nature are a part of the "circle of life, therefore Dutch nature conservationists want to leave carcasses of large grazers in the large nature areas Oostvaardersplassen and the Veluwezoom. This would contribute substantially to the public debate about nature values.
Read the full post - Carcasses of large grazers in nature reserves almost no risk
Het achterlaten van kadavers van grote grazers, zoals runderen en paarden, in natuurgebieden is nauwelijks een risico voor de volks- en diergezondheid. Dit concludeert het bureau Risicobeoordeling van de Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (VWA, 19 januari 2010 - nieuwsbericht).
Read the full post - Kadavers van grote grazers in natuurgebieden bijna geen risico
During its short history (1998-2009), the Large Herbivore Foundation, LHF (and its predecessor "The Large Herbivore Initiative, LHI") has been an advocate for promoting the strategic, ecological importance of large herbivores in the wider nature conservation efforts at a landscape level ("living landscapes") as well as conserving of the large herbivore "forgotten species" across northern and central Eurasia. As such, LHF has been a real pioneer.