Controversial approach to wolf management in the Czech Republic

Jana Lososová, Jindřiška Kouřilová and Nikola Soukupová
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Jana Lososová: Department of Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Jindřiška Kouřilová: Department of Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Nikola Soukupová: Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics, 2021, vol. 67, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Expansion of the wolf in the Czech Republic results in an increasing conflict between nature conservationists and other landscape users. In March 2020, the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic issued the "Wolf Management Programme". The document provoked negative reactions from organisations of farmers, breeders, and hunters. The article deals with the key issues triggered by the conflict and the attitudes of actors involved. We want to clarify to what extent the solutions designed by individual parties help to mitigate the conflict and how the financial demands related to this issue have been evolving. The problem may seem marginal in the Czech Republic, but the wolf population density in some regions may already be close to its bearable maximum. Key problems are the identification of specific target numbers of wolves, the absence of zoning as a future option, and clear rules for dealing with direct encounters of wolves with humans. The benefit of wolf management is primarily the sum of preventive measures it aims to address, but the relationship with other main actors and the area of education and promotion is debatable as it represents a further increase in the absorption of public funds without guarantees of effectiveness.

Keywords: compensations of damage; conflict; conservation; Wolf Management Programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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