4IJS

7-10 October 2026, Romania

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2nd MEETING (ONLINE)

1 FEB 2023 TOPICS

TIME HERE

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INCDD ROMANIA, 4IJS ORGANIZER

WEBSITE HERE

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With:

GOJAGE

Crispus NGO Sibiu

ACDB Vrancea

AME Harghita

By

Ovidiu C. Banea, 4IJS Manager

Marian Tudor, 4IJS Director

Photo Alexandra Ion

• HUNTING JACKALS in DANUBE DELTA ? DATA FROM “Anubis 2023” winter survey 20-25 January 2023

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• Talks by participants: (30 minutes) Defining the venue: Lebada Complex, Sulina, CA Rosetti

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• PRESENTING The Topics for the 4IJS

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• Website structure

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• Remarks

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• Sponsorship and IDEAS

SUMMARY for the 2nd MEETING: 1st of February 2023, ORDINE DE ZI

16:00H Bucharest time, 15:00H CET

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Professor Dr Claudio Sillero-Zubiri at 2IJS, Greece 2018

Chair of IUCN Canid Specialist Group

4IJS is endorsed by

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IUCN Canid Specialist Group

Invited and participants to the

“4IJS, FIRST MEETING, ROAD MAP

15 of Nov 2022”

Invited

Marian Tudor, ROMANIA, Director 4IJS

Liliana Ivancenco ROMANIA (ARBDD)

Miklós Gábor Heltai HUNGARY (Szent István University, Godollo)

Lucian Parfon ROMANIA (Crispus NGO Sibiu)

Elena Lotrean ROMANIA (Crispus NGO Sibiu)

Attila Farkas ROMANIA (AME Harghita, Sapientia University, Sf Gheorghe)

Calin M Gherman ROMANIA (USAMV Cluj-Napoca)

Andrei Mihalca ROMANIA (USAMV Cluj-Napoca)

Silviu Chiriac ROMANIA (ACDB Vrancea)

Mihai Pop ROMANIA (ACDB Vrancea)

Alexandra Ion ROMANIA, 4IJS Photography Oficial Correspondent

Mihai Marinov ROMANIA (INCDD)

Nikolai Spassov BULGARIA (NHM Sofia)

Jozsef-Tamas Fodor ROMANIA (Government, Environmental Board Authority)

Georgiana Deak ROMANIA (USAMV Cluj-Napoca)

Yulian Konstantinov BULGARIA (NHM Sofia)

Janos botond Kiss ROMANIA INCDD)

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Invited and PARTICIPANTS

Ovidiu C. Banea, ROMANIA, Manager 4IJS

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, UK Chair IUCN Canid Specialis Group /SSC

Dusko Cirovic SERBIA (University of Belgrade)

Giorgos Giannatos GREECE (Biosphere NGO, Athens University)

Ilya Acosta BULGARIA (NHM Sofia)

Alexandru Dorosenco ROMANIA (INCDD)

Nuno Guimaraes SOVAKIA (Matej Bel University – Banská Bystrica)

Wiesław Bogdanowicz POLONIA (PAS, Institute of Zoology Warsaw)

Aleksandra Penezic SERBIA (University of Belgrade)

Cosmin-Andrei Taru ROMANIA (ACDB Vrancea)

Carmen Dumitrescu ROMANIA, 4IJS Mass Media Director

Edward Bratfanof ROMANIA (INCDD)

Lucian Bolboaca ROMANIA (INCDD)

Vasile Alexe ROMANIA (INCDD)

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INVITATIONS 2nd MEETING 1.02.2023, participants and contact before meeting

Nuno Guimaraes

Aleksandra Penezic

Cosmin-Andrei Taru

Silviu Chiriac

Mihai Pop

Carmen Dumitrescu

Lucian Parfon

Elena Lotrean

Andrei Mihalca

Mihai Marinov

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Marian Tudor

Gabriel-Teodosie Marinov

Liliana Ivancenco

Edward Bratfanof

Alexandru Dorosencu

Lucian Bolboaca

Vasile Alexe

Jozsef-Tamas Fodor

Georgiana Deak

Glenn Lieleveld

Alexandra Ion

Nicoli Nattrass

Yulian Konstantinov

Janos botond Kiss

Andreea Curcan

László Szabó

Ilya Acosta Pankov

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Jennifer Hatlauf

Felix Boecker

Nathan Ranc

Daniel Perez Vazquez

Mauro Belardi

Georgi Markov

Cristian-Remus Papp

Maria Benciolini

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Patricia Moehlman

Yadvendradev Jhala

Claudio Sillero Zubiri

Gehrt Stanley

Nikolai Spassov

Giorgos Giannatos

Luca Lapini

Matt Hayward

Joszef Lanszki

Dusko Cirovic

Miklos Heltai

Hubert Potocnik

Miha Krofel

Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

Suvi Viranta

Stoyan Stoyanov

Hiroshi Tsunoda

Amit Dolev

Calin M Gherman

Attila Farkas

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2nd MEETING 4IJS , 1 February 2023

RESULTS after discussions: TOPICS for 4IJS

1. Monitoring, conservation, and lethal control (Marian Tudor & Hubert Potočnik)

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• Human-Jackal Conflicts and Benefits (Miklos Heltai & Nuno Guimaraes & Jennifer Hatlauf)

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• Population ecology, reproduction biology and behaviour (Stoyan Stoyanov & Giorgos Giannatos & Ilya Acosta Pankov)

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• Genetics, genomics and biogeography (Suvi Viranta-Kovanen & Wieslaw Bogdanowicz)

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• Movement ecology (Duško Ćirović & Joszef Lanski)

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• Communities ecology: Interspecific relations, prey-predator, scavenge and food resourses (Hiroshi Tsunoda & Mihai Marinov)

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• Social aspects of carnivore and mesocarnivore (Edward Bratfanof & Vasile Alexe)

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• Diseases, control and prevention of epizootic diseases (Calin Gherman & Alexandra Penezic & Andrei Mihalca)

NEWS & RESOLUTIONS 2nd Meeting

HUNTING JACKALS in DANUBE DELTA (300-400 individuals) with new data from Danube Delta #Anubis2023, winter monitoring 1st stage

-see next slides

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WEBSITE GOJAGE restored and 4IJS page in a new domain WWW.JACKALECOLOGY.EU

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Next 3rd 4IJS meeting proposal with subject:

4IJS Venue and Projects in Romania and abroad

FIJS, SERBIA 2014 Dr Duško Ćirović

2IJS, GREECE 2018, Dr Giorgos Giannatos

WEBSITE HERE

3IJS, HUNGARY 2022, Dr Miklós Heltai

WEBSITE HERE

To do & deadlines (4IJS, 7-10 October 2026)

• Location (Danube Delta, still to be discussed with 4IJS Director, Dr Marian Tudor, Crisan locality was advanced due to the proximity to fields with golden jackal spontaneous howling. Symposium is scheduled for 7-10 of October, the beginning of the mating season, attendance can experience jackal spontaneous howling. Increased human-jackal conflict, availability for public awareness, Administration can be involved in Organization. Many projects will start in the area, already in 2023.

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• Number (200-250 participants)

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• Registration Fee (provisional): around 100 EUR registered student /250 EUR regular fee including Gala Dinner.

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• Topics: Disease, Monitoring, Conservation and Management, Conflicts, Behavioural and Reproductive Biology, Population Ecology

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To do & deadlines (4IJS, 7-10 October 2026)

• Scientific Committee: Marian Tudor, Director 4IJS (INCDD Romania), Claudio Sillero-Zubiri (UK), Dusko Cirovic (Serbia), Nikolai Spassov (Bulgaria), Giorgos Giannatos (Greece), Miklos Heltai (Hungary), Ovidiu C. Banea (Romania), Wieslaw Bogdanovicz (Poland), Hubert Potočnik (Slovenia), Miha Krofel (Slovenia), Amit Dolev (Israel), Stanley Gehrt (USA), Joszef Lanski (Hungary), Miklos Heltai (Hungary), Matt Hayward (Australia), Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Attila Farkas (Romania), Hiroshi Tsunoda (Japan), Yadvendradev Jhala (India), Patricia Moehlman (Tanzania), Luca Lapini (Italy), Suvi Viranta-Kovanen(Finland), Andrei Mihalca (Romania), Calin Gherman (Romania), .

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• Organizing Committee: Ovidiu C. Banea, Manager 4IJS (Crispus NGO Sibiu Romania), Vasile Alexe (Romania, INCDD), Alexandru Dorosencu (Romania, INCDD), Mihai Marinov (Romania, INCDD), Liliana Ivancenco (ARBDD), Andrei-Cosmin Taru (Romania, ACDB Vrancea) Andreea Curcan (Romania, ACDB Vrancea), Laszlo Szabo (GOJAGE Hungary), Alexandra Penezic (GOJAGE Serbia, University of Belgrade), Georgiana Deak (Romania USAMV Cluj Napoca), Nuno Guimaraes (GOJAGE Slovakia), Ilya Acosta Pankov (GOJAGE Bulgaria), Jennifer Hatlauf (GOJAGE Austria), Daniel Perez Vazquez (GOJAGE Spain), Felix Boeker (GOJAGE Germany), Nathan Ranc (GOJAGE France).
• Transportation from Bucharest (to be sponsored)
• First Call, Last Call, Registration dates

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Next meeting 4IJS

1st of FEBRUARY 2022, 15:00 H Central Europe T

16:00 H Bucharest time DURATION 90 minutes

ANUBIS 2023

Data: 167 km2, covering 4 rezentative areas with transects of 16-25 km long = 3.8 % of Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve total surface

30 de grupuri teritoriale (90-150 de indivizi din specia de șacal auriu) 12 indivizi cu ochiul liber, 9 în timpul monitorizărilor, 2 carcase la marginea șoselei și unul folosind camera de termoviziune.

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A1 Lupilor: 1,44 GT / 10 km2

A2 Crișan: 2,3 GT / 10 km2

A3 Sulimanca: 2,65 GT / 10 km2, without village Letea: 1,91 TG / 10km2 = NEW CONTROL AREA

A4 Chilia: 1,41 GT / 10 km2.

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Estimations for Danube Delta (10% interval)

2011: 1,93 TG / 10 sqkm

2021: 3182 - 3888 individuals / 4300 sqkm (2.6 Territorial Groups / 10 sqkm)

2023: 2386 - 2916 individuals / 4300 sqkm (1,95 Territorial Groups / 10 sqkm)

A1 Lupilor

A2 Crișan

A3 Sulimanca

A4 Chilia

Map by

Cosmin A. Țâru