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| Breitenmoser, U.; Shavgulidze, I.; Askerov, E.; Khorozyan, I.; Farhadinia, M.; Can, E.; Bilgin, C.; Zazanashvili, N. | |
| Leopard conservation in the Caucasus | |
| 2010 Cat News (53): 39-40 | |
The leopard _Panthera pardus_ is a Critically Endangered flagship species of the Caucasus. In 2007, conservation experts and institutions from all six Caucasian countries joined to develop a Strategy for the Conservation of the Leopard in the Caucasus Ecoregion, based on a review of the status of the leopard population and its prey (Cat News Special Issue 2, 2007). Now, three years later, the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, WWF and NACRES organised a discussion group at the annual conference of the International Bear Association IBA in Tbilisi, Georgia. The meeting was part of the symposium "Large Carnivores in the Caucasus", organised and supported by the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention). The leopard is listed as a strictly protected species in Appendix II of the Bern Convention. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the status of the leopard, the implementation of the Strategy and next steps with wildlife conservationists from the Caucasian countries. |
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