The Habitat Foundation

31/03/2024

Help the National Parks of Montenegro (Nacionalni Parkovi Crne Gore) map the mammals of Lake Skadar. This year the 10-day camp of the Field Study Group Of the Dutch Mammal Society will take place around Virpazar near Lake Skadar. They will also collaborate with the NGO Wildlife Montenegro, a young organisation focused on conducting research and protection of endangered species, supported by The Habitat Foundation since their foundation.
The camp will take place in October when the temperature is more pleasant. The camp starts on the 8th of October and will end on the 17th. Overnight accommodation from Monday evening till Thursday afternoon is included in the trip. The food is provided by local parties.
The total costs for the camp are €380 (excluding travel to and fro the campsite). Registration is open till May 24. A registration form is available online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea2jbqHv9VXc-YhLOhG3pSKTYkyEbGxuFjdVKVS7VC2v0Q0A/viewform

For more information (in Dutch), visit https://zoogdiervereniging.nl/actueel/agenda/2024/zomerkamp-veldwerkgroep-2024-montenegro

29/02/2024

in France.

Après plus de cinq années de genèse, de réflexion, d’ateliers et d’écriture, la SFEPM est fière de vous annoncer la parution du « Guide pratique pour l’étude des Pet**s Mammifères terrestres » dans sa version 1.
L’objectif principal est d’apporter des clés de compréhension sur ce qu’est ce groupe des Pet**s Mammifères et surtout comment mieux les étudier tout en respectant certaines règles, notamment éthiques.
Fruit d’un travail collectif, ce document est évolutif. Il est voué à être complété et amélioré à la faveur des avancées sur les techniques, de l’amélioration des connaissances, mais aussi en fonction des envies des contributeur·rices de développer certaines thématiques.
Pour découvrir ce guide, cliquez sur ce lien https://www.sfepm.org/les-actualites-de-la-sfepm/sortie-du-premier-guide-pratique-pour-letude-des-pet**s-mammiferes

25/02/2024

in Hungary.
Great t**s feast on insects in this deer’s fur.

08/01/2024

On the very eve of the new year, the Green Balkans field team of the "Life for Falcons" project recorded an exciting observation! The young female Saker Falcon which was tagged with a GPS transmitter earlier in the summer by the organisation's team, was located and photographed in the field. Naturally, the transmitter itself contributed to this, which for now justifies the goals for which it was placed, namely to show the bird's migration route, but also the suitable foraging, roosting and hopefully nesting places for Saker Falcons in Bulgaria.
Read more: https://saveraptors.org/two-saker-falcons-were-sighted-on-new-year-s-eve--3-294
See also: https://thehabitatfoundation.org/projects/life-for-falcons/

Photos: Green Зелени Балкани / Green Balkans NGO

08/01/2024

In light of the discussion about the protective status of wolves in the European Union, here are some important publications about wolf ecology and predation behaviour: A strategy to minimal conflicts with the goal of Sustainable Animal husbandry.
Achieving sustainable wolf-human coexistence requires a thorough understanding of the ecological and social factors that influence it. This thesis adopts an interdisciplinary approach.
Two of the interesting results:
1. Wolves in areas with low availability of wild ungulates (deer, wild boar) show dependence on anthropogenic food sources (consumption of livestock, use of open garbage dump with carcass remains);
2. Financial marginalisation appears to be the main professional challenge faced by livestock farmers and is mainly due to the low sale prices of milk and meat combined with high production costs. Additional important business challenges included climate factors, lack of grazing management plans, inadequate infrastructure, lack of trust in central policies, rural population decline and lack of services. Wolves were ranked as the second most important challenge, leading to a decrease in job satisfaction. However, wolves were ranked low in livestock farmers' proposals for improving the livestock sector. The study indicates that although wolves cause problems for the livestock industry, they are not the only and most critical issue in the industry.


European Commission European Parliament

04/01/2024

A great start of the new year for mammal researchers in Bulgaria. Nedko Nedyalkov received two wildlife cameras for his work on Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse, and Katherine Dimitrova received, on behalf of the bat researchers of the Museum of Natural History Sofia, six mist nets for their research on bats.

Do you have equipment that you don't use but that still works properly, donate them to researchers in Eastern Europe. Your gifts are highly appreciated.

03/01/2024

Join us for H**petofauna Workers' Meeting 2024 on 3 & 4 February 2024 at Solent Hotel & Spa, near Fareham in Hampshire

03/01/2024

💚 WORLD WETLANDS DAY 💚 2 February 2024

This year we are celebrating wetlands and human wellbeing! Every 2 February, World Wetlands Day joins people around the globe in celebrating the value and beauty of our planet’s wetlands. It calls nations and each of us to act on behalf of these highly productive natural environments whose existence is interlaced with our own.

Explore all the campaign materials available from the link below and be part of the global celebration.

➡ http://worldwetlandsday.org

31/12/2023

Illegal trapping of wil animals is still common practice in . The organisation Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania works hard to change this ‘tradition’.

31/12/2023

Fight animal crime. This poisoned Griffon vulture could be found thanks to a transmitter on the bird, and the culprit was fined € 60,000.
Help fighting animal crime, donate for more transmitters.

📡 Наши предаватели доведоха до разкриване на престъпление, за което извършителят го грози 60 000 евро глоба в Гърция. Предавателите, сложени от нашия екип в България на гръцки птици, дават данни за отровени два белоглави лешояда вчера. ☢️След алармиране на гръцките ни колеги, Rigas Tsiakiris вдига на крак институциите по Коледа, които откриват жертвите и местопрестъплението в района на Ембесос. Скоро Гърция вдигна глобата за убит лешояд на 30 000 евро. Можете да дарите за закупуване на още предаватели.