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Proposal for a basic survey and monitoring of lynx in its Macedonian and Albanian distribution area. - Results of the Monitoring Workshop:
Results_Monitoring_Workshop_Mavrovo_16-17_Nov_05.pdf (713 k)

Meeting report to the Standing Committee, Bern Convention:
Breitenmoser, U., Schwaderer, G., von Arx, M., Zimmermann, F., Spangenberg, A., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch. & Linnell, J. 2005: The Conservation of the Balkan Lynx - Seminar on Large Carnivores in the Balkans and Workshop on the monitoring of the Balkan Lynx. Council of Europe Publishing, T-PVS/Inf (2005) 20.
Report_of_meeting_to_Standing_Committee_sc25_inf20e.pdf
(or link to pdf on Council of Europe website)

The Seminar and Workshop in the media:
Press_article_Vreme_16_november_2005.pdf (1'765k)

Council of Europe, Euronatur, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Goup & KORA:
Convocation: Bern Convention - Seminar on large carnivores in the Balkans: The Conservation of the Balkan Lynx.

Convocation letter with programme of the seminar from November 15th (goal, objectives, process, output), programme details.

Convocation_Letter_Seminar_Mavrovo_November_2005.pdf (225k)

Elda Moreno, Head of Natural Heritage Division, Council of Europe: Opening letter.

Opening_Letter_Elda_Moreno_Natural_Heritage_Division.pdf (33k)

Programme of the Monitoring Workshop, November 16-17, 2005 & Instructions to the Working Groups (goal, procedure, questions & tasks for the groups)

Programme_&_Procedures_Monitoring_Workshop_Nov_16-17_2005.pdf (30k)

Presentations from November 15th:	PDF	smaller files
Basic Presentation about the Recovery of the Balkan Lynx Urs Breitenmoser, Chair IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group	(1'663k)	part 1 (832k), part 2 (977k)
Basic Presentation about the Green Belt Initiative Gabriel Schwaderer, Executive Director Euronatur	(1'155k))	part 1 (640k), part 2 (607k)
National Report Albania about the Balkan Lynx Ferdinand Bego, Museum of Nat. Science; Haki Zoto, DGFP & Spase Shumka, PPNEA	(1'443k)	part 1 (776k), part 2 (754k)
National Report Macedonia about the Balkan Lynx Dime Melovski, MES; Gjorgie Ivanov, MES & Svetozar Petkovski, Macedonian Museum of Natural History	(1'751k)	part 1 (747k), part 2 (731k), part 3 (527k)
Committment of Albania regarding Balkan Lynx and Green Belt Haki Zoto, General Directorate of Forest and Pastures, Ministry of Environment, Albania	(52k)	-
Committment of Macedonia regarding Balkan Lynx and Green Belt Sashko Jordanov, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, Macedonia	(n.a.)
Presentation and discussion of the Memorandum of Understanding Annette Spangenberg, Euronatur; Ljupcho Melovski, MES & Spase Shumka, PPNEA	(22k)	-

Presentations from November 16th:	PDF	smaller files
General lynx biology Manuela von Arx, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, KORA	(169k)	-
General ideas and rational for a monitoring, principles for a stratified monitoring Urs Breitenmoser, Chair IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, KORA	(2'796k)	part 1 (1'271k), part 2 (961k), part 3 (905k)
Monitoring methods: Recording, documentation, confirmation, analyzing and reporting of field signs Fridolin Zimmermann, KORA & Urs Breitenmoser, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, KORA	(7'773k)	part 1 (1'037k), part 2 (1'164k), part 3 (972k), part 4 (1'027k), part 5 (1'021k), part 6 (808k), part 7 (1'007k), part 8 (1'020k), part 9 (1'134k)
Identification of field signs Fridolin Zimmermann, KORA & Urs Breitenmoser, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, KORA	(8'508k)	part 1 (1'017k), part 2 (1'167k), part 3 (1'038k), part 4 (1'149k), part 5 (990k), part 6 (1'030k), part 7 (974k), part 8 (1'003k), part 9 (1'102k), part 10 (898k)