by Grazia Felli, PNGSL
The LIFE EX-TRA project took place between January 2009 and March 2013 in three Italian national parks (the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, the Monti Sibillini National Park and the Tosco-Emiliano Apennine National Park) and in different areas in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Based on the knowledge acquired in the previous LIFE project “Improving the coexistence of large carnivores and agriculture in southern Europe” (LIFE04NAT/IT/000144-COEX), of which the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park was a partner, the LIFE EX-TRA project offered the opportunity to transfer skills and good practices concerning the management of large carnivores onto other areas.