Acceptance of bison reintroduction in the CH-Jura

Projekt Wisent Thal aims to reintroduce the European bison (bison bonasus) to the Swiss Jura landscape. As part of the project, several measures are being implemented to enable the bison to adapt to their new natural environment and to familiarise people with their new wild neighbour. WSL accompagned this project carrying out a social science study which focussed on the regional acceptance of the reintroduction of bison, which is a decisive factor for the success of this reintroduction. A quantitative survey and in-depth qualitative interviews were used to analyse which socio-demographic factors or other parameters promote or hinder the acceptance of the reintroduction.

Report on the most important results of the study