Workshop for Transboundary Monitoring of Brown Bear Population

Efforts towards population-level monitoring has been one of the crucial objectives of our project. A two-day workshop entitled “Transboundary Harmonization of Brown Bear Population Monitoring” was organized as one of the concluding activities of the project and was held at University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty. Within the course of the project, we tested and implemented […]
29 / 5 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

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

Another bear radio-collared in the Prealpine zone

After our previous bear capture for research and management purpose in the Prealpine hills of Slovenia, another alarm message set us into alert two days ago. The capture team, together will a full support of local hunting club Krekovše, went to the location immediately. A younger male was trapped inside the Culvert trap. The capture […]
23 / 5 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

New manual about the prevention of bear access to anthropogenic food remains

Easily accessible anthropogenic food sources are one of the greatest attractants for bears, that are therefore more likely to wander near human settlements. To maintain their natural wariness and consequently avoid possible conflicts situations, the organic waste leftovers should be managed responsibly and be properly protected. To raise awareness about the importance and to present […]
15 / 5 / 2019
C1 Organic waste, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

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

We collared a bear in Trnovski gozd

Last month, we set up a Culvert trap in the area of Trnovski gozd to capture a bear in order to fit it with a global positioning system (GPS) collar. GPS-collars allow us to track bear movement and collect their life history data. A younger adult bear was captured in the trap last week. The […]
8 / 5 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Defining the future of the “Bear friendly” label

Together with the marketing agency Nea Culpa, we have organized a workshop for the users of the “Bear friendly” label. We introduced some examples of comparable labels used abroad. Most of the workshop was dedicated to the brainstorming about the future of Bear friendly label. We have also prepared a questionnaire about satisfaction with the […]
25 / 4 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Conflict mitigation, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Meeting of livestock guarding dog breeders

In March 2019, we held a meeting with livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) breeders and cynology experts, who participate in the project activities for prevention of damages on livestock caused by brown bears. Despite we are regularly in contact with each breeder, it is very important that the knowledge and experience are being discussed among all […]
24 / 4 / 2019
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

Integration of brown bear presence into spatial planning

Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana organized an educational seminar for different experts working in spatial planning and environmental impact assessment area. Event was organized within action C3 “Integration of bear habitat connectivity and suitability into spatial planning”. Invited expert from Greece and project team members from Slovenia and Croatia presented their experience and […]
18 / 4 / 2019
C3 Spatial planning, Conflict mitigation, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, 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