Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe

The LCIE consists of a group of experts who give their time freely to help conserve large carnivores in Europe. The members bring experience from the fields of ecological and human-dimensions research, wildlife management, hands-on conservation, and from international conservation organisations. The members do not represent their institutions when working for the LCIE, thereby ensuring their independence. Where possible we have tried to maintain a wide geographic spread in our group composition.
Who we are!

Current Members of the LCIE specialist group

Luigi Boitani - Chariman of the LCIE

University of Rome, Rome, Italy (luigi.boitani@uniroma1.it)

Henrik Andrén

Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, sweden

Alistair Bath

Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

Juan Carlos Blanco

Proyecto Lobo, Spain

Urs Breitenmoser

IUCN Cat Specialist Group / KORA, Switzerland

Eladio Fernández-Galiano

Council of Europe, France

Djuro Huber

Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Ovidiu Ionescu

ICAS - Forest Research and Management Institute, Romania

John Linnell

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway

Eric Marboutin

ONCFS - Office Nationale de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, France

Yorgos Mertzanis

Callisto - Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society, Greece

Janis Ozolins

State Forest Service, Riga, Latvia

Ilka Reinhardt

Lupus Consulting, Germany

Valeria Salvatori

Institute of Applied Ecology, Rome, Italy

Petra Kaczensky

Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Vienna, Austria

 

Aleksander Trajce

PPNEA, Tirana, Albania

 

Aleksandra Majic

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Milan Paunovic

Natural History Museum, Belgrade, Serbia

 

Peep Mannil

Centre for Forest Protection and Silviculture, Tartu, Estonia

 

  Ilpo Kojola

Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finland

 
Sabina Nowak

Association for Nature "Wolf", Poland

 
Diana Zlatanova

Sofia Zoo, Bulgaria

  Manfred Wölfl

Bavarian Ministry of the Environment, Germany

Guillaume Chapron

Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Sweden

Jon Swenson

University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

 
 

Former Members of the LCIE specialist group

Fred Baerselman

Large Herbivore Foundation, Netherlands

Lotta Samuelson

WWF Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

Beate Striebel

WWF - Austria, Vienna, Austria

Henryk Okarma

Institute of Nature Conservation, Krakow, Poland

Agnieszka Olszañska

Institue of Nature Conservation, Krakow, Poland

Arild Landa

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway

Norbert Gerstl

WWF Austria, Vienna, Austria

William Pratesi-Urquhart
Callum Rankine

WWF - UK, London, United Kingdom

Christoph Promberger

Equus Silvania, Romania

Magnus Sylvén

WWF - International, Gland, Switzerland