Diana Zlatanova

TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.

TL;DR: It is shown that roughly one-third of mainland Europe hosts at least one large carnivore species, with stable or increasing abundance in most cases in 21st-century records, and coexistence alongside humans has become possible, argue the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, an expert based update of the conservation status of all populations identified by the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE), available in the document “Guidelines for Population Level Management Plans for Large carnivores” (Linnell et al. 2008) and/or in the various Species Online Information Systems (http://www.lcie.kora.ch/sp‐ois/ ; also see Appendix 1).

TL;DR: An assessment of genetic population structure of brown bears in Bulgaria is provided by analysing tissue samples as well as samples collected with noninvasive genetic methods, including hair and faecal samples, to reveal the presence of weak genetic substructure in the study area with considerable degrees of genetic admixture.

TL;DR: It is shown that many European national parks do not fulfil the aims of protected area management as set by IUCN guidelines, and the importance of creating a more integrated European ungulate management policy to meet the aims and objectives of national parks is highlighted.