{"id":132297,"date":"2025-03-31T17:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"environment-moves-bison-bear-and-lynx-to-lower-risk-category","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132297\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment ministry moves bison, bear and lynx to lower-risk category"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. The Belarusian environment ministry on March 14 reclassified the European bison, bear and lynx to a lower-risk category, from vulnerable to near threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its decision was published on the National Legal Internet Portal on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s Red Data Book lists 213 species with 32 being at a high risk of extinction. The near-threated category covers animals with fluctuating populations. The Red Data Book also lists 310 plant species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pavie\u0142 Hie\u0161ta\u016dt of the National Academy of Sciences said last August that Belarus\u2019 brown bear population rose from 130 in the late 1980s to about 800 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the European bison population increased ninefold over 30 years to 2,700.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2024, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed an edict authorizing limited bear and lynx hunting to control their populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, Pozirk. The Belarusian environment ministry on March 14 reclassified the European bison, bear and lynx to a lower-risk category, from vulnerable to near threatened. Its decision was published on the National Legal Internet Portal on Saturday. The country\u2019s Red Data Book lists 213 species with 32 being at a high risk of extinction. 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