Brown Bear
Wolf
Lynx

ARCTUROS for the first time in Greece carried out an evaluation of the demographic situation of the two large carnivores present today in the hellenic peninsula, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the wolf (Canis lupus). These LIFE-NATURE funded programmes provided information about the population status, their distribution and their ecology at a national level. At the same time it conducted studies on the possible presence of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx), in transborder areas of the South Balkans. The information that was collected was used for the submission of guidelines in various stakeholders and institutions involved in the conservation of large carnivores in Greece. The above proposals resulted in the formulation of the National Action Plan for the Brown bear whilst it contributed towards the formulation of the Pan-European Action Plan for large carnivores. Today ARCTUROS still continues to develop actions for the conservation of wildlife in the wider region of the Balkan Peninsula.