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Tourist guide educational course

An educational course for the future tourist guides was carried out in Kočevsko region in March, in collaboration with the Opazujem-varujem project team, Tourist office Zavod Kočevsko and Slovenia Forest Service. During theoretical part of the course, the participants were informed about brown bear biology and ecology, monitoring techniques, damage prevention techniques and how to […]
16 / 4 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, 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

How the bear sees the world

The interactive event »How the bear sees the world« was organized at the Biotechnical faculty at the Department of forestry on 21st February 2019. It started with a short introduction of the project LIFE DINALP BEAR and goals of the research of bear behavioural patterns with radio-telemetry techniques and video-camera on its collar. Afterwards, the […]
5 / 3 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

Testing the efficiency of electric-doormats as a protection measure

Since Autumn 2018 and within action C.2, we have been testing the efficiency of electric-mats as an alternative protection measure for human property. Abroad, this type of measure is already widely used to prevent bears from accessing human property and breaking into buildings. As in Slovenia we mainly face damages in agriculture, this measure is […]
21 / 2 / 2019
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Why is brown bear removal a necessary measure for bear conservation in Slovenia?

Slovenia is considered as a country with efficient conservation and management system of its brown bear population. Beside being in favourable conservation status, Slovenian conflict prevention measures appear to be very efficient, too. Also removal from the population is thoroughly planned and based on scientific and expert knowledge. Despite that researchers and managers agree on […]
7 / 2 / 2019
Bear mortality, C5 Population surveillance, C9 Management scenarios, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

“Safe grazing” – website about the measures for protecting property

Within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, the new website “Safe grazing” was established. The purpose of this website is to raise public awareness about protected wildlife species that cause harm to human property, interactions between human and protected wildlife, and the importance of using various types of protection measures that can prevent damages. You can […]
31 / 1 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Non-governmental organizations received first “Discover Dinarics” funds

One of the basic principles of ecotourism is to provide benefits for the local population and nature conservation. Tour operators offering programs presented on the Discover Dinarics portal, have agreed to allocate part of the tourism revenues to non-governmental organizations working in the field of nature conservation and large carnivore topics in the Dinarides. NGOs […]
4 / 12 / 2018
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation