Communication in large carnivore conservation and management – A workshop

From 16th to 18th April 2018, an international workshop entitled “Communication in large carnivore conservation and management” was organized in the frame of our project and LIFE Lynx project. Experts and practitioners of communication activities exchanged knowledge, experiences and made suggestions for improvements or solutions to the challenges of communicating with the key stakeholders. The participants came […]
3 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR presents its achievements in National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

Chamber for agriculture and forestry of Slovenia and National Council organised a meeting “Future management of large carnivores in Slovenia” last week, where they expressed their concerns about population sizes and distribution areas of large carnivores in Slovenia. Experts from Ministries, Slovenia Forest Service (SFS), and representatives of Forest Ownership Association, Hunters Association and Farmers […]
25 / 4 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes

How to effectively protect beehives against brown bear damage? A new documentary

Organisations Palorma Nature and Pro Natura from Switzerland, in cooperation with several other partners (WWF Switzerland, LIFE DINALP BEAR project, SloWolf project and others), have produced an informative and very illustrative video on the effective protection of beehives from the damage caused by brown bear. A bear expert (a member of LIFE DINALP BEAR project), […]
5 / 4 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

New livestock guarding dogs’ pups available

We continue with the distribution of livestock guarding dogs, as a new project litter is available on Sedmak farm. At the beginning of the year, new puppies were born and they are now available to join new owner to protect their herds from brown bear and other large carnivores. From Sedmak farm, we co-financed eight […]
12 / 3 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

LIFE DINALP BEAR at the international workshop about damage prevention

In February, project members from Slovenia Forest Service attended the international workshop entitled Prevention and compensation of damages from large carnivores, organized by the secretariat of the Alpine Convention. The main topic of the workshop were the prevention techniques and approaches to prevent damages on human property caused by large carnivores in the Alpine areas […]
7 / 3 / 2018
Conflict mitigation, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans

Bears or other wildlife will cross the state road safer now

New dynamic traffic sign was installed along the state road Ljubljana – Kočevje (south from Turjak) in Slovenia. The execution was enabled by LIFE DINALP BEAR project, Eurofins ERICo institute, MIEL Ltd., Intercompany Training Centre Velenje and Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Infrastructure. New dynamic traffic sign together with other two already installed […]
13 / 2 / 2018
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Electric fence was installed along a section of Primorska highway

Reduction of brown bear-vehicle collisions on highways is an important activity in our project action “Decrease of traffic-caused bear mortality”. In Slovenia, two to three bears are killed in vehicle collisions on highways each year. The highest bear mortality on highways were detected on (i) Primorska highway between Logatec and Postojna; between Divača and Kozina […]
19 / 12 / 2017
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

New project litter – Karst shepherd dogs

The Tomšič farm from Zagorje (Pivka, Slovenia) is one of the best examples of preventing damages on livestock with the use of livestock guarding dogs (LGDs). For protection of sheep within the core area of bear occurrence in Slovenia they use several dogs, all of them are Karst shepherds, a traditional Slovenian autochthonous dog breed. […]
11 / 12 / 2017
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Challenges in livestock protection on Carinthia’s pastures

Livestock protection by means of electric fences, livestock guarding dogs, shepherds or combinations of these are demonstrably effective and keep the damage caused by large carnivores low. Carinthian alpine pastures (Austria), however, pose specific challenges for livestock protection in certain areas, due to changes in livestock keeping during the past long-term absence of large carnivores. […]
7 / 12 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, F1 Project coordination, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

Bear Intervention Group training in Tarvisio

We organized a training course for the bear intervention group of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy), which, in addition to the organizing project partner Progetto Lince Italia team, includes staff from the National and Regional Forest Service, veterinarians of the regional public healthcare body, and experts from the Universities of Turin and Udine. Project partners from […]
26 / 10 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes