In France, the wolf's range has grown year after year. According to the French Biodiversity Office (OFB), the number of 10 km cells with detected presence rose from 18 in 1996 to 1,286 in 2024.
Squares are the 10 km grid cells (European reference grid) where the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) detected wolf presence. Dark means regular presence, light means occasional presence.
Move the slider to see a year's detected range. “First detected” colours each cell by the year a wolf was first detected there.
A 10 km cell is not the exact place where a wolf was. Figures are numbers of cells, not numbers of wolves.
For Germany, the Federal Documentation and Advice Centre on Wolves (DBBW) publishes a territory map. Its data reuse terms are not stated, so this map does not reuse its data and links to the official map instead.
No. The number of cells measures how widespread wolves are, not how many there are. OFB publishes population estimates separately.
When OFB publishes the range for a new year, about once a year.
In Germany, the Federal Documentation and Advice Centre on Wolves (DBBW) publishes a territory map based on data from the federal states. Its website does not state terms for reusing the data, so this map does not include it. Please see the official map.
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