1. Large carnivores - progress update
National workshops
By now: in 11 Member States + Croatia (joint workshops in Latvia + Estonia & Czech Republic + Slovakia)
In April: Portugal, Italy, Greece? + Switzerland
Number of participants: 15 – 100
Aim: to discuss management of large carnivores in population level to help co-existence of rural people and conservation of large carnivores (Draft guidelines)

2. Pan-European conference on large carnivores
10-11 June 2008 in Postojna, Slovenia
organised together with the Slovenian Presidency, the Commission and our contractor
About 150 participants
to specifically discuss and find consensus on the guidelines
Members of the Habitats Committee, organisers of national workshops, major stakeholder groups, scientists invited
Invitations sent out by the contractor, confirmation of participation still on-going