Legal implications of range expansions in a terrestrial carnivore : the case of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Europe

Trouwborst, Arie (avtor), Krofel, Miha (avtor), Linnell, John D. C. (avtor)

Due to global environmental changes, species are appearing more frequently in places where they have not previously occurred, and this trend is expected to continue. Such range expansions can create considerable challenges and confusion for management and policy, especially for species associated with conflicts and whose management is influenced by international legal frameworks. The golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Europe represents a good case study to address the questions related to management of naturally expanding species. We review the recent expansion of the golden jackal across the continent, and address several ensuing policy and legal questions that also have clear implications for other expanding species. To that end, we analyze the EU Habitats Directive and several other international legal instruments including the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Bern Convention on European Wildlife. We also review the status of the golden jackal under national legislation and highlight some of the management confusion due to recent range expansion and inadequate legal interpretation. Specific questions we address include in which cases an expanding species is to be considered an (invasive) alien species in countries where it did not formerly occur; what countries’ conservation obligations are with respect to expanding species; what difference it makes for those obligations whether or not a species historically occurred in a country; what scope exists for lethal control of its populations; what the prospects are for transboundary cooperation at the population level; and what responses are required when colonizing species hybridise with other wildlife or domestic animals.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: golden jackal, invasive alien species, range expansion, EU habitats directive, international law
• Vrsta gradiva: Delo ni kategorizirano
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Leto izida: 2015
• Št. strani: Str. 2593-2610
• Številčenje: #Vol. #24, #iss. #10
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-96699
• UDK: 630*156
• ISSN pri članku: 0960-3115
• DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0948-y
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4197542
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.10.2017

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Biodiversity and conservation
• Skrajšan naslov: Biodivers. conserv.
• Založnik: Chapman & Hall
• ISSN: 0960-3115
• COBISS.SI-ID: 14856197

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.
• Začetek licenciranja: 11.10.2017

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: zlati šakal, Canis aureus, tujerodne vrste, invazivne tujerodne vrste, areali, razširjanje, habitatna direktiva, mednarodno pravo

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0059
• Naslov: Gozd, gozdarstvo in obnovljivi gozdni viri