Submitted by
Kuenda.LAZE
on Wed, 11/27/2019 - 18:39
General Information
Resolution
46513
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEC Higher Education, Knowledge Management and Capacity Development Specialist Group 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
East Europe, North and Central Asia
Country/Territory
Albania
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Scientific/researches on the investigations of effects of the changes in forest cover on the distributions of protected animals (brown bear, Balkan lynx and grey wolf) and on the identifications of potential new protected areas in Balkan countries. A research is conducted on the investigations of effects of the changes in forest cover on the distributions of 35 endangered mammal species as identified by IUCN, at global level. An importance of identifying a forest cover threshold is shown for endangered small and large-body mammal species.
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
These were doctoral and post-doctoral researches on the effects of the changes in forest cover on protected and endangered mammal species using species distribution modeling and data available (mostly) available online. These works are published and or under preview for publications in scientific journals.
Status
Completed
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Forest and mammal species data differences. Mammal species and forest data were collected around the same time in order to reduce data differences for mammal species and forest cover changes.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
There are shown potential new protected areas for protected animal species (large-body mammal species) in Balkan countries filling gaps of research. Research method is replicate for new data and studies. This work has recommendations of species conservation in relation to forests and mammal species.
There were found negative effects of the changes of forest cover in endangered mammal species. Results showed the importance of forest cover for small-body mammal and large-body mammals and of cross-border protected areas for the conservation of endangered mammal species.
There were found negative effects of the changes of forest cover in endangered mammal species. Results showed the importance of forest cover for small-body mammal and large-body mammals and of cross-border protected areas for the conservation of endangered mammal species.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
Researches are sent to organisations that are working in species conservation and species data collection in Albania and North Macedonia as well as can be available online for readers.
Future action / activity
Field activities
Description
Organizations could be involved in standardized data collection and monitoring of forest and mammal species in protected areas, in (not protected) large forest cover and in cross-border areas.
Future action / activity
Other
Description
I continue working in research making it available online for readers.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published