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The execution of the project aims to maintain a monitoring and census system of Iberian lynxes and other species in five areas of Andalusia and Extremadura; carry out surveillance programs; and establishing a system for detecting risk factors.

The general objective of the project has focused on maintaining a monitoring system of five populations of Iberian lynxes and other biodiversity in Andalusia and Extremadura.

• Carrying out dissemination and communication actions of the project.
• Censuses of Iberian lynxes in Andalusia.
• Monitoring of other species.
• Photo trapping in Andalusia: photo identification of lynxes and cataloguing.
• Prospecting of potential areas of dispersion and risks in areas of connection between subpopulations.
• Surveillance of possible declines of the wild rabbit in Andalusia.

• Within the framework of the project, 66 lynxes have been registered in Andalusia, which represents an approximate contribution of 37% of the lynxes of Andújar.

• Another 13 threatened or interesting species have been identified (specifically 7 carnivores and 5 birds of prey) with possible interspecific interactions with the lynx, highlighting possible wildcat populations.

• Monitoring in three areas of dispersal and connection of lynxes in Extremadura, recording at least 3 dispersals and 1 connectivity, using 6 specific photo-trapping stations and radio monitoring, detecting another 14 threatened species or species of interest.

• The results of this initiative have been able to determine that in Andújar the densities of rabbits are very low, being a major problem for the conservation of the best population of lynxes. Rabbit populations have also been monitored, which has been able to determine that the viral haemorrhagic disease controls wild rabbit populations, and constituting the greatest limitation of Andújar.