Wolf National Monitoring: Results

How many wolves are there in Italy, where do they live? The results of the national wolf monitoring in an online event
The final event on the first national wolf monitoring will be held on 23 June at 10:00, coordinated by the ISPRA based on a mandate from the Ministry for Ecological Transition MiTE.
The researchers will tell us about the scientific path that led to estimate the number of wolves on a national scale and to define the probability maps of the presence of the species on the Italian territory.

These are just some of the final results of a long process that began in 2018 with a preparatory conference, followed by the establishment of a study group of experts in 2019 and ended in 2022 with the results of statistical analyzes on the data collected. In between, many activities and the campaign to collect signs of the presence of the species, which took place between October 2020 and April 2021 in a deserted Italy, due to the effects of the pandemic.

In the 85,000 km traveled on foot in search of "traces", 3000 people including wildlife experts, researchers, employees of local authorities, national and regional parks, volunteers, citizens have collected information that is now are public and accessinle to everyone

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