F2 Networking

Rok Černe – “Name of the week” on Radio Val 202 in Slovenia

After still being very excited due to winning the prestigious LIFE Award 2020 last week, today LIFE DINALP BEAR project team celebrates again. The project coordinator Rok Černe was honoured with another recognition, as he was chosen as the “Name of the week” on Slovenian Radio Val 202. Each week the listeners vote for one […]
26 / 10 / 2020
Communication campaign, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F2 Networking, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

Networking with Greek projects

Cooperation with other similar projects and knowledge exchange is important for a successful implementation of any project. Currently there are many project that are dealing with large carnivores in Greece, especially with bears and with human-bear coexistence. LIFE PRIMED, LIFE ForOpenForests, LIFE NATURA THEMIS, LIFE AmyBear and LIFE SAFECROSSING are just some of the project […]
13 / 6 / 2019
F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Uncategorized

Networking in the Pyrenees

Project team from Italy and Slovenia just spent a very informative and fruitful week in the Pyrenees, learning about brown bear population status in France and Spain, and about their efforts in saving a small, reinforced population, which is however, experiencing an increasing population trend. Our French and Spanish colleagues kindly hosted us with very […]
24 / 5 / 2019
Conflict mitigation, F2 Networking, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

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

Professor Stephen Herrero awarded at “LIFE with bears” conference

LIFE DINALP BEAR project proudly hosted 26th International conference on bear research and management. The conference took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 16th to 21st September 2018. At the conference, The International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) handed out their Distinguished Service Award to Professor Stephen Herrero. Throughout his career, Prof. Herrero has […]
19 / 3 / 2019
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Slovenian and American bear-related eco-tourism experience

After the IBA conference in Ljubljana in September 2018, several bear experts from USA joined us in the field. We made several trips into bear habitat and we visited several artificial feeding sites for bear to introduce them this practice in Slovenia. Two days were dedicated to bear-watching eco-tourism, including a meeting with local representatives from Lož valley. We exchanged […]
21 / 2 / 2019
Ecotourism, F2 Networking, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Head of the LIFE Programme visits Slovenia

Head of the LIFE Programme at the European Commission, Mr Angelo Salsi, visited Slovenia on 26th and 27th of November. The visit was organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of Rep. Slovenia. Mr. Salsi visited some of the most interesting and successful LIFE projects currently taking place in Slovenia, including the […]
30 / 11 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, E5 Media, F1 Project coordination, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Seminar on coexistence with large carnivores in Belluno

On Friday, 19th October 2018, a seminar on impacts on game species and coexistence with large carnivores was held in Sedico – Belluno. Eighty hunters participated in this training program promoted by the Italian Federation of Hunters coordinated by Dr. Michele Bottazzo, Belluno Section president Alberto Colleselli, also president of the Italian Lynx Project. They […]
5 / 11 / 2018
E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

About protection measures with AGRIDEA from Switzerland

Coexistence between human and large carnivores is a challenge for numerous countries worldwide, which is being confronted in various ways. International cooperation, through knowledge and experience exchange, can be an effective mode for identification of the most effective measures for protection of livestock against large carnivores depredation. As one of the principal activities of the […]
30 / 10 / 2018
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, Ecotourism, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

26th international Conference on bear research and management concluded

The main theme of the “Life with bears – 26th International Conference on Bear Research and Management” was human-bear coexistence in human dominated and politically fragmented landscapes. Specific conference topics were designed in a way to welcome recent research results, technical advances, and case studies on a wide spectrum of issues relevant to ensuring a […]
4 / 10 / 2018
Bear mortality, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E5 Media, Ecotourism, F2 Networking, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation