Agreements

 

The Department of the Environment has developed a legal instrument based on the 8/2003 Law , of Wild Flora and Fauna, in its Article 5, section 1 and 4, where it is stipulated that the Department responsible for environmental issues may sign collaborative agreements with land owners or rights holders for the conservation of Andalusian flora and fauna. This tool is key in the LIFE project, given that a large portion of the lynx population is located on privately owned properties. With these agreements, signed by the beneficiary and the land owner, the parties agree to rabbit and lynx habitat improvements, in exchange for the property owner reducing the hunting pressure on rabbits, and in some cases on partridges as well.

 

This conservation action model for the lynx and its habitat, based on Agreements with private property owners was first established in our country in 1999, the CBD-Habitat Foundation.