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Compost bins made by LIFE DINALP BEAR useful also in North America

Bear-proof compost bins, developed for the first time in the LIFE DINALP BEAR project in Slovenia, are an important measure for reducing the frequency of bears wandering into settlements. Bears that learn to obtain food in human settlements on organic waste, are a source of conflict with local inhabitants. Bear-proof compost bins are thus key […]
15 / 3 / 2022
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Livestock guarding dogs continue to protect livestock also after the project

Livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) are one of the more effective measures for protecting livestock from large carnivores attacks. In the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, we therefore established a network of LGDs breeders for the purpose of promoting and increasing the number of working dogs in the project area. We cooperate with LGDs breeders even after […]
19 / 7 / 2021
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Home range of bear »Rok« in our online database

We already reported about movements of brown bear male »Rok« in the pre-Alpine area (see the link here), and now you can also see a map of its home range on our interactive web portal MBase, which also contains an international database for large carnivores (https://portal.mbase.org/). Rok’s home range is shown here, and the entire […]
9 / 7 / 2021
C3 Spatial planning, C5 Population surveillance, C8 Monitoring geo-database, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

»Rok« the brown bear from »Trnovski gozd« in Slovenia – what is he doing?

The brown bear male from the pre-alpine area of western Slovenia, nicknamed Rok at the time of capture, was the last bear equipped with a telemetry collar in the frame of LIFE DINALP BEAR project. He was captured and fitted with a radio-collar at the end of May 2019 and since then his collar has […]
8 / 7 / 2021
C3 Spatial planning, C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Bear-proof garbage bins set up also by Carnivora Dinarica

After the completion of the LIFE-awarded project LIFE DINALP BEAR, best practice examples are carried on. Ten new bear-proof containers, like they were developed within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, were installed under the supervision of the Slovenia Forest Service team in the frame of Carnivora Dinarica project, which is financed by the Interreg Slovenia-Croatia […]
8 / 12 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Good practice from the LIFE DINALP BEAR project live on

As part of the project Opazujem-Varujem, in which Slovenia Forest Service and Zavod Kočevsko participated as partners, experts from the Slovenia Forest Service and the Biotechnical Faculty of University in Ljubljana educated tourist guides and locals about responsible ecotourism and measures for coexistence with bears. Thus, the Guidelines of responsible ecotourism and knowledge about effective […]
24 / 11 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, C6 Ecotourism, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

Protection measures, implemented in LIFE DINALP BEAR, successfully transferred to other projects and practices

In LIFE DINALP BEAR and LIFE SloWolf projects we established a good cooperation with numerous livestock breeders, beekeepers, municipalities and local communities, that now successfully adopt effective protection measures against damage on human property caused by large carnivores. We expect this to have effect on gradual decrease of number of conflicts between human and bear […]
27 / 3 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, C4 Traffic mortality, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Cooperation with stakeholders promotes tolerance towards bears

Due to numerous social-economic questions, the conservation of large carnivores is a demanding process, which is not under the natural sciences domain only. Likewise, the conservation of brown bear depends largely on human acceptance. Low tolerance represents one of the major threats to brown bear conservation. In efforts to decrease the frequency of damage cases […]
23 / 3 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Are you safe and responsible in nature?

We have prepared another leaflet for foreign and domestic tourists with short information on how to behave in bear areas and what to do in case of unexpected bear encounter. Moreover, the leaflet covers basic rules and guidelines for respectful behaviour when visiting nature in Slovenia and Croatia, which should be followed to ensure your […]
12 / 8 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

New leaflets promoting Bear friendly products

We have prepared a new version of small leaflets that promotes buying of Bear friendly products. The leaflet explains the concept of the Bear friendly label. Moreover, new version is upgraded with short information about all three large carnivores: brown bear, Eurasian lynx and wolf. Leaflet comes in a small format, which can be enclosed […]
2 / 8 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation