The LIFE WolfAlps EU project will launch a standardised and internationally coordinated monitoring system for the conservation status of the Alpine wolf population. The fact that the wolf is a species living at low densities, with large territories which do not respect the administrative limits, and the large dispersal capacity of the youngest animals require an extensive and coordinated monitoring of its presence beyond the borders of individual states. With the first LIFE WolfAlps project we succeeded in coordinating the highly fragmented Italian institutions. With this LIFE WolfAlps EU project, we aim to carry out the first coordinated monitoring of the distribution and composition of the Alpine wolf population.