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Project partners: Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus.
Contact person: v. Sidorovich;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.
Contact person: M.Zhmud;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Agency for Nature Conservation of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic.
Contact person: A.Toman;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Kranz Andreas, Graz, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Ministry of Environment of Catalunya, Spain.
Contact person: J.Ruis-Olmo;
Function of the Project Partner: Koordinator; National Institute of the Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania.
Contact person: M.Staras;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Tallinn Zoo, Estonia.
Contact person: T.Maran;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; University of Bilbao, Spain.
Contact person: B.Gomez-Moliner;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; University of Liege, Belgium.
Contact person: R.Libois;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; WWF Auen-Institut-Rastatt, Germany.
Contact person: E. Schneider;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Funded by: Commission of the European Communities, Rue de la Loi, Brussels, European Union

Abstract: The objectives of "E-Mink Conservation Research" are to
a) identify the distribution of the European Mink (Mustela lutreola) in Eastern Europe,
b) identify the main drivers of the population decline and
c) develop conservation strategies to stop the demise.
This objectives include ecological as well as human dimensions and socio-economic aspects. Geographically, this project focus upon countries which boarder the Black Sea, Belarus and Estonia.

Keywords: animal ecology; zoology; wildlife science;; protection of species; deseases; mink; population control; population ecology;