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BROWN BEAR-URSUS ARCTOS
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
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
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
Infrastructure development habitat loss
Disturbance
Low acceptance
Poor management structures
Persecution
3.Threats
More individuals in the north and east.
Larger localities
4.1 Distribution in Europe
4. Distribution
Two localities:◦ Cantabrian mountains◦ Pyrinean
4.2 Distribution in Spain
Adaptable
Low population densities large spaces
Mountains and forest cover
Low human disturbance
4.3 Habitat preferences
5. Conservation status and legal situation
IUCN category: vulnerable high risk of extinction in the wild
Protected by pan-European Habitats Directive
Hunting regulation
5.1 IUCN category
Spain: one of the smallest localities
◦ Pyrinean: reintroduction of other sub-especie
◦ Cantabrian: ecological corridor betwen the two sub-localities.
5.2 Comeback programs
Recovery possibility
◦ Currently increasing
◦ Population goals
Actions to be implement◦ Administrative◦ Economical
6. Long term aims
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
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