The webinar co-organised between FACE, CIC and LCIE aimed to explore the different activities carried out in surveying and monitoring LC populations and showed how stakeholders (especially hunters) are involved in surveying and inputting data to monitoring schemes. The webinar also discussed the desirability and potential for expanding the role of stakeholders in data collection.

The EU Platform members and experts in monitoring from different countries presented how surveying and monitoring techniques are applied in a range of countries. Hunters are already involved in monitoring in many countries. There is also the potential to bring in other stakeholders. Participants were asked for their opinions on participating in monitoring schemes (if they were hunters themselves) or what they thought of hunters participating in monitoring schemes. The vast majority agreed that it could bring benefits.

The presentations and the webinar video are available on the Platform website.