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

Hunters and bears

How do hunters get along with big predators on their grounds? That’s a question, which bothers mainly those countries, where big predators such as bears are not common nowadays. Christine Sonvilla, who is contributing photographer and author of the long-term project „Living on the edge – Brown bears in Central Europe“, has compiled an article […]
2 / 10 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E5 Media, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Bear-proof garbage- and compost bins serve their purpose well so far

In spring 2017, we implemented some measures for reducing occasions of bear visits to settlements in Slovenia: the bear-proof garbage containers and bear-proof compost bins were set in various locations in bear core area in Slovenia for the first time. Their purpose is to reduce frequency of bear approaching to the settlements. After the first […]
24 / 9 / 2018
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

A two-year study on efficiency of using carrion for artificial feeding of bears is concluded

Artificial feeding of bears has a long tradition in Slovenia as well as in several other countries. Corn, fruit and carrion from domestic animals, mostly cows and horses, were the main feed provided on feeding sites. Following the ban on feeding livestock carrion in 2004 strong concerns arose among the general public. There was a […]
10 / 9 / 2018
C7 Supplemental feeding, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, News

Are you interested in protecting your herd with the livestock guarding dogs? You can find all the necessary information in the newly issued handbook

Livestock guarding dog protecting the herd. Photo: T. Berce, LIFE DINALP BEAR If we want to maintain the long-term existence of pasture in the large carnivore areas, the protection of livestock is of key importance. The most frequent damages occur to the small livestock. For effective protection, the combination of various prevention measures should be […]
6 / 9 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes, Public participation

Radio-collared another bear in Trentino, Italy

In Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy, Forest and Fauna Service team has captured a young male bear, weighing 129 kilograms, in Rendena valley. Possibly, this individual might be responsible for predation of cows during the summer. That’s why we took a hair sample for genetic analysis; the result of analysis, compared with the organic samples […]
31 / 8 / 2018
Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Traffic related bear mortality – yearly report on effectiveness of mitigation measures

In the second half of the year 2017 and the first half of 2018, we continued monitoring the effectiveness of mitigation measures implemented to prevent traffic related bear mortality along the selected road sections of the road Ljubljana – Kočevje and the selected railway section between Ljubljana – Postojna (Rakek) and Postojna – Prestranek. The […]
14 / 8 / 2018
Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, D2 Traffic related mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Intervention kit to help livestock breeders in emergency cases

On Tuesday 30th May, project team from Slovenia assisted a livestock breeder, who suffered from a large-scale depredation by large carnivores. LIFE Lynx project team and volunteers from NGO Dinaricum joined us on the field. On the pastures, located on rocky terrain with steep slopes, setting up a high electric fence can be very challenging. […]
8 / 6 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

Knowledge transfer and exchange of experience with German foresters

On Thursday, 31th May, we hosted a group of German foresters in Slovenian Karst region. Our colleague from the Regional unit Sežana of Slovenian Forest Service presented the characteristics of Karst forests, management practices, prevention of conflicts with bears and other large carnivores, and hunting experiences in the aforementioned area. Our team presented project actions […]
5 / 6 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

“LIFE farming” international networking conference

International conference “LIFE farming” took place on 8th-9th May in Ljubljana. The main objectives of the conference were to highlight the topic of environmentally sustainable agriculture, especially the interdependence of nature conservation and agriculture. On the first day we visited some LIFE projects on the field. First, we headed to Ajdovščina, where LIFE ViVaCCAdapt project […]
11 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes