Conservation of the European mink
The LIFE VISON programme (vison means European mink in French) is a 5 year project launched to save one of the most endangered mammals in Europe, the European mink (Mustela lutreola). It aims at maintaining or increasing the European mink’s population in one of the species last stronghold areas (the Charente river catchment).
LIFE Action Area – The 8 Natura 2000 sites
The latest news
European Mink on a new sector!
The various follow-ups undertaken as part of the LIFE VISON program have borne fruit in a new sector! The presence of a European Mink has thus been highlighted on the Bramerit, in the Natura 2000 sector, Middle Valley of the Charente site.
Two minks identified in the Rochefort marshes during the fall 2019 campaigns
Despite the bad weather in November and December which forced LIFE teams to cancel more than half of the planned catch campaigns, two european minks, including one marked during the spring, were caught in the Rochefort marshes.
LIFE Habitats Calanques, host of the 2019 Interlife meetings
The 2019 InterLifes meetings, bringing together the carriers of the LIFE Nature program launched in France, took place from September 30 to October 02 in Marseille within the Calanques National Park.
Alluvial woodlands, European mink habitats – LIFE VISON – © Alexis Orseau/LPO
European mink – © Gilles Martin/LPO
Wildlife crossing under a bridge: floating walkway – LIFE Vison – © Sylvain Fagart/LPO
LIFE Vison
THE EUROPEAN MINK
It is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the Mustelidae family. It is classified as “critically endangered” according to IUCN’s Red List of threatened species.
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LIFE VISON Project Coordinator
Ingrid Marchand
Phone:
+33 5 46 82 12 45
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LPO – Les Fonderies Royales
8-10 rue du Docteur Pujos
CS 90263 – 17305 Rochefort - France
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