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# Europe — Wildlife-disease control zones may need to follow movement ecology rather than administrative defaults
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/issue-001-07-europe-wildlife-disease-control-zones-may-need-to-follow-movement-ecology-rather-than-administrative-defaults/
- Published: 2026-09-11T22:41:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T22:41:43.000Z
- Description: Modeling of African swine fever and wild-boar movement suggests an 8 km infectious buffer can reduce dispersal risk, but highly heterogeneous or heavily human-modified landscapes may permit smaller zones while agricultural landscapes may require larger ones.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: One Health, Wildlife, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-09-11, #global-radar, #geo-europe, #Import 2026-09-11 18:32, #peer-reviewed

Geography

Europe

Evidence

Peer-reviewed modeling study

System

Wildlife disease / working landscapes

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

Wildlife-disease control zones may need to follow movement ecology rather than administrative defaults. Modeling of African swine fever and wild-boar movement suggests an 8 km infectious buffer can reduce dispersal risk, but highly heterogeneous or heavily human-modified landscapes may permit smaller zones while agricultural landscapes may require larger ones.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Disease zoning is an ecological design problem. Movement and landscape structure can provide a stronger basis for buffer size than a uniform administrative boundary.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

These are movement-informed model estimates, not experimentally validated universal buffer distances. Local landscape conditions and outbreak dynamics still matter.

## SOURCE

Journal of Applied Ecology · Wielgus et al. · 2026  
[View original evidence ↗](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70559?ref=intelligence.wildlandseco.com)

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