Olszanska, A., Breitenmoser, U., and Fernandez-Galiano, E. 2004.
Report of the 3rd (informal) visit of the International Committee for the Follow-up of Iberian Lynx Conservation Actions to Spain (22 - 23 October 2004): 1-5.

The third (but this time not formal) visit of the international group to monitor and assess Iberian lynx conservation actions in the framework of the Bern Convention took place on 22 October 2004. Organisation of the official visit was not possible because of other obligations of the Junta de Andalucía Ministry of Environment. The first day we've met with representatives of MIMAM and WWF Adena in Madrid, discussion results and decisions taken by the Bilateral Commission during its lat meeting, on-going projects on the Iberian lynx conservation and the case of illegal road crossing Donana NP area. The second day has been entirely dedicated to the preparation of the 2nd International Seminar and workshop of Iberian lynx conservation planed to be held in Córdoba on 15-17 December 2004.

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Olszanska, A. and Breitenmoser, U., and the Directorate of Culture and of Cultural and Natural Heritage, 2003.
Report of the 2nd visit of the International Committee for the Follow-up of Iberian Lynx Conservation Actions to Spain (27-28 October 2003).
T-PVS/Inf (2003) 27: 1-15. Strasbourg, Council of Europe.

In 2003 the Council of Europe (Bern Convention Secretariat), the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group and the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) formed an international committee to follow-up conservation actions on the Iberian lynx. The Committee visited institutions involved in the conservation of the Iberian lynx in Spain for the first time on 17 - 19 March 2003, for the second time on 27 - 28 October 2003 (the last visit was preceded by the more technical visit of Urs Breitenmoser, IUCN Cat SG and Alexander Sliwa, EAZA Felid Tag - report of the visit in Appendix 3). The second visit of the Committee focused on the political aspects of the Iberian lynx conservation (constitution of the Bilateral Commission and its work, signature of the agreement between the two administrations, preparation and implementation of the captive breeding programme). We were not visiting any of the filed projects in Andalucía (for the technical side of Iberian lynx projects advances and details of the projects implementation, see also the report in Appendix 3). There are efforts to intensify the ex situ conservation actions and some political decisions were taken in this regard.

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Breitenmoser, U., Fernandez-Galiano, E., and Olszanska, A. 2003.
Report of the visit of the International Committee for the Follow-up of Iberian Lynx Conservation Actions to Spain (17-19 March 2003).
T-PVS/Inf (2003) 5: 1-10. Strasbourg, Council of Europe.

As a conclusion of the seminar on the conservation of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) held in Andújar (Spain), 29 - 31 October 2002, and the adoption of recommendation No. 94 (2002) on urgent measures for the conservation of the Iberian lynx by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention from 5 December 2002, an international committee was formed to follow-up conservation actions on the Iberian lynx and encourage the co-operation of the Spanish and Portuguese national and regional institutions with the relevant international organisations. This committee, presently formed by the Council of Europe (Bern Convention Secretariat), the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, and the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE), visited institutions involved in the conservation of the Iberian lynx in Spain from 17 - 19 March 2003. The aim of the visit was to review the situation of the in situ and ex situ conservation activities in Andalucía. Lynx conservation areas in other regions were not considered at this occasion.

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