Legislation
In Europe large carnivore conservation is guided by two parallel sets of Pan-European legislation, the Bern Convention which is administered by the Council of Europe and the Habitats Directive which is administered by the European Commission.    
  
Parties to the Bern Convention Parties to the Habitats Directive

Bern Convention

 
 

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats - (Bern Convention) (1979)
Treaty text English 0.1MB
Appendix II - Strictly Protected Fauna English 0.1MB

Appendix III - Protected Fauna

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Exceptions by certain countries for large carnivores

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Bern Convention activities in the field of large carnivore conservation 1988-2002

(2003)

Council of Europe Bern Convention working document T-PVS Inf (2003) 1

 

 

Legal report on the possible need to amend appendix II of the convention for the wolf

Clare Shine (2005)

Council of Europe T-PVS/Inf (2005) 18

 

 

Follow-up of recommendation no. 82 (2000) concerning brown bear management in Slovenia

(2002)

Council of Europe Bern Convention working document T-PVS Inf (2002) 45

 

 

Group of experts on conservation of large carnivores, Oslo 22-24 June 2000

(2000)

Council of Europe Bern Convention working document T-PVS (2000) 33

 

 

Recommendations made by the Bern Convention relevant for large carnivore conservation
● Recommendation No. 10 (1988) of the standing committee concerning the protection of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 17 (1989) of the standing committee on the protection of the wolf (Canis lupus) in Europe English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 19 (1991) on the protection of the pardel lynx (Lynx pardinus) in the Iberian peninsula English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 20 (1991) on the protection of the European lynx (Lynx lynx) English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 30 (1991) on conservation of species in Appendix I to the convention English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 37 (1992) on the conservation of the Cantabrian bear English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 43 (1995) on the conservation of threatened mammals in Europe English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 59 (1997) on the Drafting and Implementation of Action Plans of Wild Fauna Species English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 74 (1999) on the conservation of large carnivores English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 82 (2000) of the Standing Committee (adopted on 1st December 2000) on urgent measures concerning the implementation of action plans for large carnivores in Europe English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 89 (2001) on the conservation of the European Lynx in the Alps English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 94 (2002) on urgent measures for the conservation of the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 100 (2003) on conservation of large carnivores in the Carpathians English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 101 (2003) on the implementation of the Pan-Alpine Conservation Strategy for the Lynx (PACS) English 0.1MB
● Recommendation No. 115 (2005) on the conservation and management of transboundary populations of large carnivores English 0.1MB

 

Habitats Directive

 

 

Council Directive 92/43/EEC - On the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitats Directive) (1992)

 

Other regional conventions

 
 

Convention on the Protection of the Alps

European Commission

Official Journal of the European Community

 

 

Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians

5th Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe

United Nations Environment Programme