The wolf in Rhineland-Palatinate: cause for joy or cause for concern?

The wolf is back in Rhineland-Palatinate - currently with five packs and the trend is rising. On the one hand, this is a great success for nature conservation, but on the other hand, the wolf can also trigger fears and its presence harbors potential for conflict with livestock grazing. The Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate is exploring this area of tension together with experts from science, practice and nature conservation.

Eckhard Fuhr is Chairman of the Brandenburg-Berlin Ecological Hunting Association. As a journalist and author ("Rückkehr der Wölfe"; "Schafe. Ein Porträt"), he has been dealing with the conflicting priorities of species conservation, agriculture, forestry and hunting for many years.

Dr. Julia Poerting is a research assistant in human geography at the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University. She conducts research on expectations of cultural landscapes and conflicts between wolves and livestock grazing, including in Brandenburg and Lower Saxony.

Stefan Kuntz is the 9th generation to run the organic winery of the same name in Landau-Mörzheim. Chickens, alpacas and sheep live on the farm as part of the adventure winery and center of the school farm.

Jan Schöne is a full-time lawyer in Leipzig and works part-time for NABU - Landesverband Sachsen as head of a nature conservation station and as an expert on wolves. He has collected data as part of wolf monitoring and is a member of a sheep grazing association.

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Janpeter Schilling

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