A6 Common guidelines

First workshop for the revision of the Brown Bear Management Plan in Croatia

On 11th July 2018, 1st LIFE DINALP BEAR workshop for the revision of the Brown Bear Management Plan in Croatia was held at the Faculty of Forestry of University of Zagreb. The workshop was planned within A.6 action of the project. Organization was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate for forestry, hunting and wood […]
23 / 7 / 2018
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

Revising Slovenian brown bear management strategy is continuing

After conducting several workshops with many stakeholders for the revision of strategic documents for management of brown bear in Slovenia, the process of producing the revised national documents is continuing. In March, we have conducted another two strategic meetings with the national authorities – Ministry of environment and spatial planning – for drafting out the […]
4 / 4 / 2018
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes, Public participation

Another meeting among Slovenian stakeholders

The fourth meeting with stakeholders in the process of developing a new Strategy for brown bear management in Slovenia was dedicated to a meeting among representatives of livestock breeding community, representatives of responsible Ministry and project team members. The purpose of the meeting was to address the specific concerns livestock breeders have with regards to […]
14 / 12 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes, Public participation

Stakeholders for Slovenian brown bear management strategy met again

In Ljubljana, during the process of developing new Strategy of brown bear management in Slovenia, stakeholders have met for the third time. Over 50 participants took part in the workshop, representing a wide array of stakeholders’ viewpoints (managers, farmers, livestock breeders, hunters, researchers, natural conservationists etc.). This time, the topic discussed was an overview of […]
17 / 11 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes, Public participation

Common guidelines for population-level management of brown bear issued

Common guidelines for brown bear management on a population level are now ready. We consider them an important achievement, as for the first time they provide a frame for population level management of Alpine and Northern Dinaric bears. Traditionally, bears are managed on a national or even regional levels, which hinders adequate long-term management of […]
14 / 11 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

Stakeholders have gathered in Slovenia

Slovenian LIFE DINALP BEAR team organized a workshop with many stakeholders invited to discuss and shape the revision of strategic documents for management of brown bear population in Slovenia. We focused on acquiring the interested stakeholders’ opinions about present brown bear management in Slovenia and about their wishes, how they imagine the management should look […]
7 / 11 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR organises another meeting for production of Brown bear Common Management Guidelines

Members of LIFE DINALP BEAR project, WISO platform, and Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Space have met in a picturesque valley of Kolpa river in south Slovenia to discuss the final draft of Guidelines for Common Management of Brown Bear in the Alpine and Northern Dinaric Region. As a starting point, we presented some chapters […]
25 / 5 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

Workshop “Managing brown bear across the Alps, the Dinaric mountains and beyond” in Venice

One of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project objectives is establishment of common guidelines for brown bear management on a population level. The project started with the idea of common guidelines for four countries, participating in the project – Austria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. However, this goal was soon after agreed to broaden geographically, as the […]
10 / 2 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

International workshop about brown bear management in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)

Two-day international workshop about brown bear management in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was held in Banja Luka on February 18-19, 2016. Workshop started with presentation of conservation and management of the brown bear in the framework of European law and its compliance and implementation in the BiH as well as national […]
23 / 2 / 2016
A6 Common guidelines, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Establishment of Common guidelines for population level management

On 20th and 21st of January the meeting with the members of the WISO Platform was held in Valdieri, Italy. On the meeting it was agreed that the Common guidelines for population level brown bear management, which will be developed within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, will cover broader than just the project area (the […]
26 / 1 / 2016
A6 Common guidelines, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans