C4 Traffic mortality

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

Bears or other wildlife will cross the state road safer now

New dynamic traffic sign was installed along the state road Ljubljana – Kočevje (south from Turjak) in Slovenia. The execution was enabled by LIFE DINALP BEAR project, Eurofins ERICo institute, MIEL Ltd., Intercompany Training Centre Velenje and Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Infrastructure. New dynamic traffic sign together with other two already installed […]
13 / 2 / 2018
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Electric fence was installed along a section of Primorska highway

Reduction of brown bear-vehicle collisions on highways is an important activity in our project action “Decrease of traffic-caused bear mortality”. In Slovenia, two to three bears are killed in vehicle collisions on highways each year. The highest bear mortality on highways were detected on (i) Primorska highway between Logatec and Postojna; between Divača and Kozina […]
19 / 12 / 2017
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Reducing traffic-bear mortality in Slovenia

A female bear with three cubs wandered on a highway Ljubljana-Maribor in Vransko district in the night from 10th to 11th July. The unfortunate circumstances demanded all four traffic casualties; two cubs were killed by traffic at three a.m., the third one hour later, and the female the next night as she returned on the […]
1 / 8 / 2017
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, D2 Traffic related mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Lecture for employees of “Slovenian Railways” in Postojna

On 23rd June 2017, ERICo institute and Slovenian Forest Service held a presentation about brown bears and wolves for employees of Slovenian Railways in Postojna, Slovenia. We presented biology and ecology of the two species, their management in Slovenia, and offered some recommendations on how to behave when encountering bears and wolves in nature. We […]
29 / 6 / 2017
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Second meeting with local hunters

On 8th July 2016 we had a meeting with representatives of hunting clubs LD Velike Poljane and LD Dolenja vas. Both hunting clubs are located in the area where we set two systems of dynamic traffic signs within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project. We presented the results of the project connected with bear traffic mortality, […]
25 / 7 / 2016
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Acoustic deterrents now help bears to escape cars faster

In April, we completed the installation of acoustic deterrents into the roadside traffic pillars on the regional road Ljubljana – Kočevje. The devices were installed in four road sections, namely in the vicinity of Nove Lozine, Gornje Lozine, Ortnek and Turjak, on a total length more than 7 km. Acoustic deterrents operate only during the […]
4 / 5 / 2016
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Bear or other wildlife road crossing is now tracked by the dynamic traffic signs

Two, in terms of animal-vehicle collisions problematic sections of the main road Ljubljana – Kočevje between Zgornje Lozine and Dolenja vas (Jasnica) and Ortnek and Žlebič, respectively, were equipped by two systems of dynamic traffic signs. The installation was enabled by ERICo Velenje, Ecological Research and Industrial cooperation and Slovenia Forest Service (in cooperation with […]
22 / 1 / 2016
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

The installation of acoustic deterrents on Railway to prevent bear train collisions

The acoustic deterrents, which minimize the chance of bear presence on the rail at the time of train arrival, were mounted on masts on two problematic sections of the railway Ljubljana – Koper at the end of 2015. With installation of acoustic deterrents on electric poles along the railway section Postojna – Prestranek (5km) and […]
28 / 12 / 2015
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Meeting with representatives of the Slovenian railways

We met with representatives of the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport in early October. At the meeting we presented the aims and objectives of the project LIFE DINALP BEAR and, in particular, activities to reduce the bear mortality including railways. At the same time we discuss the problem of traffic […]
15 / 10 / 2015
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR