The diploma, approved by the Government on 10 March, establishes "new ecological protection and restoration measures for the next decade", entrusting the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests with defining the Alcateia Programme 2025-2035.

According to the executive, the decree-law, which reviews the legal framework for the conservation of the Iberian wolf, updates the compensation mechanisms for livestock producers to compensate for damages and allows for the reinforcement of the conservation of the species, making it compatible with socio-economic activities.

The government's decision came just days after the European Commission presented a proposal to change the status of wolves from 'strictly protected' to just 'protected', allowing each country in the EU bloc "additional flexibility" to control the populations of these animals.