20.500.12556/RUL-132858 The contribution of the LIFE program to mitigating damages caused by large carnivores in Europe Governments around the world invest considerable resources to reduce damages caused by large carnivores on human property. To use these investments more efficiently and effectively, we need to understand which interventions successfully prevent such damages and which do not. In the European Union, the LIFE program represents by far the largest financial instrument to help EU Member States with the implementation of conservation activities, including mitigation of damages caused by large carnivores. However, we currently lack information about the effectiveness of this funding program in reducing carnivore damages. We reviewed 135 LIFE projects dealing with large carnivores between 1992 and 2019 to provide an overview of the use of damage prevention methods and evaluate their functional and perceived effectiveness. Methods evaluated ranged from non-lethal and lethal interventions, to information dissemination and compensation schemes. The largest number of the projects was focused on grey wolf (Canis lupus) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Mediterranean countries and in Romania. Electric fences were reported as the most successful method for reducing damages by large carnivores, and most of the non-lethal methods used showed at least moderate effectiveness. However, standards of measuring and reporting effectiveness were in general relatively low, which limits our ability to measure actual impact. We urge project managers and evaluators to improve these standards, as well as the dissemination of the project results. We provide a list of recommendations for improving measuring and reporting success of implemented interventions for the benefit of future projects aimed to reduce damages caused by wildlife. coexistence human-wildlife conflicts Europe damage prevention brown bear grey wolf Eurasian lynx electric fences livestock guarding dogs sožitje bivanja konflikti med človekom in prostoživečimi živalmi konflikti Evropa preprečevanje škode rjavi medved sivi volk evroazijski ris električne ograje psi čuvaji živine true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-11-05 10:55:08 2021-11-05 10:55:13 2022-09-12 04:14:04 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 10 str. art. e01815 Vol. 31 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*15 2351-9894 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01815 83671299 RAZ_Oliveira_Teresa_2021.pdf RAZ_Oliveira_Teresa_2021.pdf 1 4BF811134AE9C0011CCF72FCC4A933F9 41f278228233cc2e7eca5f0299a73a7c7da4fa3bddcc251b2f40420327cd6f4d ab976683-3e1e-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150593 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421003656 0 fa2777e8-2441-11ed-92af-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=159403 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0