CRIA

And after the reintroduction? Attitudes and experiences in the presence of the Iberian Lynx

public.project.responsible_investigator_cria: Amélia Frazão Moreira

public.project.research_group: Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography

public.project.keyword

Predator coexistence | Human-non-human relationship | Nature conservation

public.project.partners

ICNF

public.project.state

public.project.closed

public.project.start_date

01-09-2018

public.project.end_date

01-12-2020

public.project.abstract

The main goal of the project is to understand the attitudes and experiences resulting from the reintroduction of the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), in Portugal, namely: 1) opinions and positions of the cattle breeders in relation to lynx presence and to livestock damage due to wild predators in general; 2) experiences and encounters of local people with the lynx, deepening their knowledge about the species and their opinion about the reintroduction in the municipality of Mértola; 3) description of visits at the lynx zoo exhibit in Lisbon and analysis of the emotions and knowledge of visitors about the species.