Otter rescued for the first time
After more than a month of treatment and care by experts, an injured otter was returned to its habitat in Lake Skadar, Montenegro. It was the first time that people…
Categorie: Conservation
Buy a marl quarry
Marl quarries are important hideaways for bats in northwestern Europe. Thousands of bats from more than ten species, including rare species such as Pond bat and Bechstein’s bat roost here…
Updated Portuguese Red book
Portugal published an updated Red book of Portuguese mammals. Since the previous assessment in 2005, the number of threatened species increased from 18 to 24. The update was possible thanks to new field data. The number of species with insuffient data for assessment decreased with 50%.
Position on the EC’s communication on wolves
On the 4th September 2023 the European Commission spread a Press Release about wolves in Europe. Many reacted with indignation to the Press Release, including Mammal Conservation Europe. In the…
Wildfire destroys Mouse-tailed dormouse habitat
Wildfires threatened the only existing population of Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse in Bulgaria this summer. Action is needed to save this dormouse for Europe’s fauna.
Garden Dormouse Conservation Initiative
The garden dormouse is losing terrain in Europe. Since 1978 it disappeared from half of its range. Mammal Conservation Europe started a Europe-wide initiative to stop the decline. The garden…
EU Nature Restoration Law
Mammal Conservation Europe reacted to the proposal for a Nature Restoration Law adopted by the European Commission. This new proposal addresses damaged ecosystems, improving food security and tackling the biodiversity…
Bat migration routes in Europe
Wind farms are being built all over Europe to provide us with energy in the future when fossil fuels run out. However, those wind farms can cause collisions among bats,…
Red Book of Portuguese Mammals
Red Lists are essential tools for the active and efficient management of species and habitats. In the last revision of the Red Book of Vertebrates of Continental Portugal (2005), 28…
Hamster on revised Red List
The IUCN Red List has today surpassed 120,000 species, with 120,372 species now assessed. Of these, 32,441 are threatened with extinction. European Hamster and North Atlantic Right Whale moved to…