Habitats directive: [EU] Council agrees on the targeted proposal to change the protection status of the wolf
From Consilium.Europa.EU:
Today, member states’ representatives (Coreper) approved the Council’s mandate on changing the protection status of the wolf, aligning EU legislation with the updated Bern Convention. The mandate includes a targeted amendment of the habitats directive – the EU law that implements the Bern Convention – to reflect the revised protection level of wolves from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’.
The objective is to provide more flexibility in managing wolf populations across EU countries, in order to improve coexistence and to minimise the impact of the growing population of the species, including socioeconomic challenges. Member states may have stricter protection levels in place.
