Institutional Science for Policy Report on the damages produced by and the conservation status of wolves in Europe

The Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC has been working on large carnivore management and conservation and on the management of wildlife damages for decades, in collaboration with multiple international research bodies. In this Science for Policy Report we provide, together with collaborating scientists from other institutions, evidenced-based scientific information related to the petition expressed by the EC. This response also includes an evaluation of the suggested changes in management policies raised in the EC press release, which are of particular concern for the conservation of wolf populations. Those changes could compromise human-wolf coexistence in Europe and eventually downgrade coexistence targets in the management of other predators in Europe and worldwide.