The topics covered
Organized by the CNR in coordination with the Unisalento University of Lecce, a significant conference was held on Wolf management in Salento. The topics covered are very important, but even more important is the fact that the researchers considered the role of hunters and their involvement in the project to be indispensable. Present were CIA and COLDIRETTI, for the Farmers and, for the Hunting Associations, only FEDERCACCIA, represented by the Regional President Luigi Scalera and by the Lawyer Giovanni Ciccarese, Provincial President of Federcaccia of Lecce.
Here are Wolves
The return of this species to Salento needs to be known and managed. Thus, with this aim, the “Hic sunt Lupi” project was born, for the monitoring and management of the wolf in the Salento area. Prior knowledge and targeted monitoring. In practice, the first project that aims to investigate the new presence of the wolf in the Salento area.
Cooperation agreement
The project was approved by the regional council, on the proposal of the environmental councilor Anna Grazia Maraschio, and sees a collaboration agreement between the Puglia Region, the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems of the National Research Council (Cnr - Iret) with the headquarters Urt of Lecce and the “Charles Darwin” Department of Biology and Biotechnology of the University of Rome La Sapienza.