C1 Organic waste

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

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

New manual about the prevention of bear access to anthropogenic food remains

Easily accessible anthropogenic food sources are one of the greatest attractants for bears, that are therefore more likely to wander near human settlements. To maintain their natural wariness and consequently avoid possible conflicts situations, the organic waste leftovers should be managed responsibly and be properly protected. To raise awareness about the importance and to present […]
15 / 5 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Illegal rubbish dumps detected with the help of telemetry

Within the C1 action, illegal rubbish dumps were detected, based on telemetry data of radio-collared bears, gathered in D1 action. Besides locations, where illegal waste was present occasionally, one active dump site was detected in the immediate vicinity of the settlement. In this location, presence of the female bear, equipped with the telemetry collar, was […]
11 / 4 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Workshops for local inhabitants on the »hot-spots«

Because of the constant need of raising awareness about proper and consistent use of prevention measures, namely bear-proof garbage- and compost bins, workshops for local inhabitants were organized in February and March. They took place on all five project »hot-spots«: Sodražica, Rakitna, Loška dolina, Kostel and Zapotok, settlement in Municipality of Ig. During the workshops, […]
28 / 3 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Bear-proof compost bins are fully effective, but proper anchoring is needed

The purpose of bear-proof compost bins is preventing bears from accessing anthropogenic organic remains and therefore from attracting bears to human settlements. Bear-proof compost bins are made of massive oak wood, which cannot be damaged to the degree that bear could access the content. The cover is equipped with an extractable handle, which prevents bears […]
27 / 3 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

Cooperation with local experts on the hot-spots

On the »hot-spots«, areas, where bears wander near the human settlements most often, we started to locally address the problems regarding anthropogenic food in the year 2017, with the distribution and implementation of prevention measures, namely bear-proof garbage containers and bear-proof compost bins. Even though the measures prevent access to anthropogenic food by bears effectively, […]
11 / 3 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation