E1 Public awareness

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

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 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

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

High-school students about brown bear

In March, along with the projects Nat2care and YOUrALPS, presentation about brown bear and other large carnivore species was held at Biotechnical Center Naklo in Slovenia. During the workshop, vocational high school students, enrolled in environmental technician study program, got familiar with large carnivore species’ biology, ecology and behavior, also by using realia (e.g. fur […]
18 / 4 / 2019
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

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

Following carnivore footprints with Scout Association of Slovenia

Scouts organizations were recognized as an important target group in the process of large carnivore conservation and protection of their habitats. Most scouts organizations worldwide have a long-term vision of nature conservation and environmental education provider. Throughout the project we have implemented several events for scouts organizations including workshops for young scouts, three presentations of […]
12 / 4 / 2019
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Photographic exhibition »Life with bears« on display in Pivka

Travelling exhibition of photographs, collected within photo contest Finding bearings, is hosted at a new location – Krpanov dom in Pivka, Slovenia. All local inhabitants and tourists are kindly invited to visit. Teachers from local schools and their students have been invited, as well. The main goal of the exhibition is to present the brown […]
9 / 4 / 2019
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes