The human population on earth has increased from 3 billion to 6 billion since 1960 and nearly 25% of the earth's terrestrial surface is now cultivated. The human pressure causes habitat fragmentation and has reduced populations of large carnivores throughout the world. Livestock depredation is the most …

The Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) is a vulnerable species in Northern Australia. Literature research on the cassowary population in Mission Beach, Queensland, revealed the vulnerability by identifying various threats endangering the cassowaries. Those threats were assessed by various …

The European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is an endemic, non-social, hibernating rodent, distributed through several Pan-European countries. Its habitat is semi-arid grass steppes and analogical man-made landscapes with short vegetation layers, such as meadows and golf courses. Since 1996, …

Op Europees niveau is besloten dat in het kader van Natura 2000 het habitat Eiken-Haagbeukenbos duurzaam behouden moet worden in Nederland. Daarvoor is het nodig het oppervlak te vergroten. In het “Concept Natura 2000 beheerplan Landgoederen Oldenzaal” wordt aangegeven dat er waarschijnlijk in Noordoost-Twente …

Charities on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao operate in an environment that is considered to be a Statist Regime. They are generally small, less organized, and receive little support from the government, causing them to rely on other sources for funding. Their relatively small size means that …

This research aims to provide an overview of the current status of the three walrus sub-species found in the Arctic: the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) and the Laptev walrus (Odobenus rosmarus laptevi). In this report the focus will be on …

Het opstellen van een rode lijst en verspreidingsatlas van de Vlaamse waterkevers. Bij elke soort wordt de regionale en internationale verspreiding, de Habitat, de status als ook de belangrijkste determinatiewerken vermeld (bijeenbrengen van resultaten, determinatie, statistiek, rapporteren).

This report looks at the relationship between small mustelids, Least weasel (Mustela nivalis), Stoat (Mustela erminea) and voles. The outcome of this was then related to the forestry system in Norway and what could influence this relationship.

Het Reeuwijkse Plassengebied herbergt veel Ringslangen, al is niet tot in detail bekend waar ze voorkomen. De afgelopen jaren hebben er veel ruimtelijke ingrepen plaatsgevonden die invloed hebben op Ringslangen, met name wat betreft verlies en versnippering van het leefgebied. Dit onderzoek richt zich …

The aim of this report is to determine whether there exists a difference in the public access to justice between several member states of the European Union. The report examines the judicial structures of three member states, along with the circumstances surrounding the access to the courts. A case study …