ISPRA participates in the WOLFNESS Project
Preserving the natural heritage of wolves: a multidisciplinary approach towards effective and socially acceptable management of wolf-dog hybridization across Europe.
WOLFNESS aims to improve the conservation status of the wolf (Canis lupus) in Europe consequently to its re-expansion, not only in natural contexts but also in anthropized areas, where the risk of anthropogenic hybridization between wolves and domestic dogs (WDH) could be high. The project will aim also to shed light on the dynamics of anthropogenic hybridization, to standardize investigation methodologies and improve the management and social acceptance of the phenomeno
Through an active collaboration between conservation biology expert researchers and socio-economic expert researchers, WOLFNESS will promote the application of novel multidisciplinary genetic, genomic, demographic and social approaches to ensure the effective and socially acceptable management of anthropogenic wolf-dog hybridization.
ISPRA is a fundamental partner of the project, contributing to coordinate many of the planned activities