17th Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity

The 17th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Biodiversity will take place online on 24 February 2026, from 09:00 to 12:40 CET, held in close cooperation with the Chair of the Working Group on Biodiversity – the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention.

The meeting will place a special focus on large carnivore conservation and sustainable management in the Carpathian region.

Key objectives of the meeting:

A substantive part of the meeting will be dedicated to final consultations on the Thematic Guidance documents developed under the LECA project, covering:

• monitoring harmonisation,
• conflict prevention, and
• poaching investigation.

In addition, the meeting will initiate the process for the development of a Conservation Strategy for the Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus).

Follow-up workshop on the Carpathian lynx:

Following the WG Biodiversity meeting, a dedicated workshop will be organized on the same day, 24 February 2026, from 13:00 to 17:00 CET, to support the work of an Expert Group to be established for the development of the Lynx Conservation Strategy. Please fill in the following form for the Lynx Workshop registration.

For more information about the topics discussed at the WG Biodiversity meeting, please consult the meeting agenda above, and background documents and links below.