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Estimate Year assessed Reference<br />
Global 50,000 ?<br />
[5]<br />
Europe (excl. Russia, Belarus) 9,000–10,000 2008<br />
[6]<br />
% of global population 18%<br />
Bohemian-Bavarian 50 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Vosges-Palat<strong>in</strong>ian 19 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Jura >100 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Alp<strong>in</strong>e 130–160 2012<br />
[6]<br />
D<strong>in</strong>aric 120–130 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Balkan 40–50 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Carpathian (excl. Ukra<strong>in</strong>e) 2,300–2,400 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Scand<strong>in</strong>avian 1,800–2,300 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Karelian (excl. Russia) 2,430–2,610 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Baltic (excl. Russia, Belarus) 1,600 2012<br />
[6]<br />
Table 2.<br />
Latest population<br />
estimates for<br />
the Eurasian lynx<br />
globally, <strong>in</strong> Europe<br />
and for European<br />
populations. In<br />
addition, there<br />
are a number of<br />
lynx stemm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from more recent<br />
<strong>in</strong>troductions, e.g. <strong>in</strong><br />
the Harz mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />
<strong>in</strong> Germany.<br />
the global range. In Europe, the lynx can be found<br />
<strong>in</strong> 10 populations, the largest of which occur <strong>in</strong><br />
Karelia (exclud<strong>in</strong>g Russia, 25%), the Carpathians<br />
(exclud<strong>in</strong>g Ukra<strong>in</strong>e, 23%), Scand<strong>in</strong>avia (18%) and<br />
the Baltic (15%), which together account for around<br />
81% of European lynx (Table 2). All of these (and the<br />
Balkan population) are autochthonous, i.e. not the<br />
result of re<strong>in</strong>troductions [6, 9] . Most European lynx<br />
populations are stable or <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g [6] .<br />
A population of about 2,500 lynxes occurs <strong>in</strong><br />
the Karelia region of F<strong>in</strong>land [6] , which was recolonised<br />
from Russia follow<strong>in</strong>g local ext<strong>in</strong>ction by the<br />
1950s [8] . S<strong>in</strong>ce then, the population has <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
<strong>in</strong> abundance and range, particularly over the last<br />
twenty years and, as a result, now connects with<br />
neighbour<strong>in</strong>g populations [8] . The lynx is not fully<br />
protected <strong>in</strong> both countries with<strong>in</strong> this population; it<br />
is a game species <strong>in</strong> Russia and is harvested annually<br />
<strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>land (59 per year between 1996 and 2001) [8] .<br />
One of the largest cont<strong>in</strong>uous lynx populations<br />
<strong>in</strong> Europe occurs <strong>in</strong> the Carpathians [6] . The<br />
lynx is stable here and currently strictly protected<br />
<strong>in</strong> all countries with<strong>in</strong> this range, except <strong>in</strong><br />
Romania, where hunt<strong>in</strong>g occurs under derrogation<br />
[6] . Despite the complete isolation from other<br />
populations, there are no concerns about genetic<br />
variation of this population [2] . Hav<strong>in</strong>g been on<br />
the br<strong>in</strong>k of ext<strong>in</strong>ction <strong>in</strong> the early 20 th century,<br />
the Scand<strong>in</strong>avian population now numbers<br />
around 2,000 <strong>in</strong>dividuals [6] , with the majority<br />
occurr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Sweden [10] . Controlled hunt<strong>in</strong>g (90<br />
per year between 1996 and 2001 <strong>in</strong> each country)<br />
is carried out due to conflicts where livestock<br />
depredation is highest. There is a compensation<br />
scheme <strong>in</strong> place <strong>in</strong> both Norway and Sweden [8] . The<br />
Baltic population is cont<strong>in</strong>uous <strong>in</strong> the northern<br />
part of its range (Estonia, northeast Latvia and<br />
northern Belarus) [5] but fragmented <strong>in</strong> the south<br />
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