Management of local car traffic related to presence of large carnivores in Poland. The sign saying “Slow down, bears in the area” is a part of an awareness campaign of WWF Poland on large carnivores. The roads in the area are local, of low importance, and have been recently renovated – this example shows that conservation does not necessarily interfere with development (photo: Joanna Cent).

 
 
  Part of: Henle K, Potts S, Kunin W, Matsinos Y, Simila J, Pantis J, Grobelnik V, Penev L, Settele J (Eds) (2014) Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation. Advanced Books: e1169. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e1169