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

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

LIFE DINALP BEAR is the best!

So say the jury members Mr. David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, Mr. Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President at the European Investment Bank and Ms. Luciana Miu, Research Postgraduate at the Imperial College of London.  The winners were announced yesterday at the European Green week celebration and LIFE DINALP BEAR won the “Nature” category. The LIFE Awards […]
22 / 10 / 2020
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

Awards Announcement at the EU Green Week 19-22 October 2020

Every year, the European Commission organizes the EU Green Week, the largest environmental event. This year, the EU Green Week is dedicated to nature and biodiversity. In the light of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the event will bring together representatives of public and scientific institutions, decision-makers, non-governmental organizations, companies and the media so […]
16 / 10 / 2020
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

Promotional video – LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 voting continues

Have you already watched LIFE DINALP BEAR’s video for LIFE AWARDS 2020 nomination? Vote now for LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 If you like it and you appreciate our efforts in contributing to population-level monitoring and management, raising awareness, promoting responsible eco-tourism, decreasing human-bear conflicts and promoting efficient protection measures, then we invite you to give […]
29 / 9 / 2020
Activities, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

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

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

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