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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

Opening of the forest trail and educational point Mašun

On the occasion of this year’s “Week of Forests”, organized by Slovenia Forest Service, the opening of the forest educational trail Mašun and a permanent exhibition on large carnivores took place in Mašun (Snežnik area, south Slovenia). Both were established in the frame of the Interreg project Carnivora Dinarica. Under the motto “Large carnivores co-create […]
4 / 6 / 2021
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, Ecotourism, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

The exhibition “Life with bears” after the project

The travelling exhibition “Life with bears” was created as a result of the international photo contest “Finding Bearings”. Its authors presented their visions of coexistence possibilities with Europe’s largest carnivore. The contest took place between March and April 2017. The expert commission received 86 photos from 34 authors from Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Italy, Poland and […]
13 / 7 / 2020
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Bear Info points after the project

The LIFE DINALPBEAR project has ended in 2019. Nevertheless, many of its results and activities remain. One such result are the interactive info points for the visitors of the areas with bear presence. The terminals provide information about bears and coexistence with them – all through an interactive way with quiz, games, drawings and many […]
2 / 7 / 2020
Communication campaign, E3 Info-points, 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

The Final Project Report submitted

Last month, our project steering group reached a breaking point with submitting project’s “Final Report” to the European Commission and our co-financers. We have also produced a “Layman’s Report” for general public, where we summarized in a comprehensive and interesting manner project objectives, background, challenges, and results, which we achieved during the last five years […]
5 / 11 / 2019
E6 Laymans’s report, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

The fifth project Bulletin issued

After five years of the project, we have issued our last annual Bulletin. In this last issue, we are presenting the activities from the previous few months, and also summing up the results. We are eager to see the good practices from the project to be continued, so we have prepared some recommendations for the […]
29 / 6 / 2019
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

A Fieldguide for Investigating Damages Caused by Carnivores

We are pleased to announce the release of “A Fieldguide for Investigating Damages Caused by Carnivores: Brown Bear, Grey Wolf, Golden Jackal, Red Fox, Eurasian Lynx”. The purpose of the Fieldguide is to provide detailed information for field investigators to identify the cause of death of livestock, when suspected to be attacked by carnivores. Its […]
21 / 6 / 2019
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Bear intervention group meeting

In Mašun, in bear core area in south Slovenia, we carried out an international workshop for training of Bear intervention group (BIG) members in the project area. The first day of the educational training was carried out in the lecture room, where topics about large carnivore monitoring, conservation efforts, intervention methods and management approaches in […]
5 / 6 / 2019
Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Karst shepherd dog day

Project activities regarding damage prevention measures were presented at Karst shepherd dog day, organized by Karst shepherd dog club. The focus of the round table was the practices of protecting the flocks with livestock guarding dogs, namely Slovenian Karst shepherds breed, and crucial steps in the training process and ensuring the effective protection were pointed […]
10 / 5 / 2019
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation