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- Portugal undertook to implement and set forth – in three years at the latest – an in-detail programme with at least a potential area to reintroduce the Iberian lynx.
- Should these specimens breed, they could be introduced in the captivity breeding programme or in reintroduction projects both in Spain and Portugal.
The Minister of Environment and Seaside and Rural Areas, Elena Espinosa, and the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning and Regional Development of Portugal, Francisco Nunes, signed a Protocol whereby Spain will give – progressively - 20 specimens of Iberian lynx to Portugal, so as to introduce them in the National Centre for Iberian Lynx Breeding in Portugal, in the frame of the Iberian Lynx Captivity Breeding Action Plan.
The Minister of Portugal undertook to implement and set forth – in three years at the latest – an in-detail programme with at least one potential area for Iberian lynx reintroduction.
This Programme will be implemented according to the criteria set up by the Mix Commission for the Preservation of the Iberian Lynx, create through a Cooperation Agreement between Spain and Portugal, and the Multilateral Commission, created through the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of the Ministry of Environment and Seaside and Rural Areas, the Department of Environment of the Junta de Andalucía, the Department of Environment and Rural Development of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha and the Department of Industry, Energy and Environment of the Junta de Extremadura and the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development of Portugal which will be acting as an observer.
Besides, the Ministry of Environment and Seaside and Rural Areas and the Junta de Andalucía will handle a copy of the information concerning the specimens handed in where any further date should be included.
Besides, should the specimen be transferred to different premises within the captivity breeding programme, a copy of the information sheet should be handed in to the person in charge of the centre in which it is received and another one should be sent to the Director of the Captivity Breeding Action Plan in the Ministry of Environment and Seaside and Rural Areas.
The Ministry of Portugal will issue an annual report on the health condition and behaviour of these specimens during the whole year, including the results of the different tests carried out.
Should these specimens breed, they could be introduced in the captivity breeding programme or in reintroduction projects both in Spain and Portugal, according to the criteria adopted by the Multilateral Commission.
Besides, the Scientific-Technical Committee of the Multilateral Commission will decide about the best location for the different specimens according to genetic, ethologic and management criteria.
Furthermore, the Multilateral and the Mix Commission will be informed at least two weeks in advance about the transfer of the specimens to a different centre.
This Protocol enhances cooperation between both governments, for in October 2004 they signed the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation concerning the Iberian imperial eagle and the Iberian lynx, aimed at developing and financing the different strategies and actions concerning different aspects related to the preservation of these species and, in particular, to genetic and demographic management aspects within the programme for conservation ‘ex situ’ of the Iberian Lynx.
Both countries signed a Cooperation Agreement in august 2007 concerning the Iberian Lynx captivity breeding programme which is intended to enhance cooperation for the integration of Portugal in the Spanish Iberian Lynx Captivity Breeding Plan.
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