New leaflets promoting Bear friendly products

We have prepared a new version of small leaflets that promotes buying of Bear friendly products. The leaflet explains the concept of the Bear friendly label. Moreover, new version is upgraded with short information about all three large carnivores: brown bear, Eurasian lynx and wolf. Leaflet comes in a small format, which can be enclosed […]
2 / 8 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Bear friendly map for tourism

During the project, the Bear Friendly Label was awarded to more than 70 products and services in Slovenia and Croatia. These products promote coexistence between people and large carnivores through the use of different bear friendly practices: (i) effective protection of livestock, beehives or orchards, (ii) use of bear-proof garbage bins, (iii) development of responsible […]
26 / 6 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR at Green & Outdoor Tradeshow

In April, we took part at GREEN & OUTDOOR SLOVENIA Tradeshow, which was attended by numerous tourism experts and agents from all over the world. We presented guidelines for responsible brown bear tourism. Importance of preventing habituation and other measures that reduce impacts of tourism activities on bears were emphasized. We explained the Bear friendly […]
7 / 5 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, 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

Non-governmental organizations received first “Discover Dinarics” funds

One of the basic principles of ecotourism is to provide benefits for the local population and nature conservation. Tour operators offering programs presented on the Discover Dinarics portal, have agreed to allocate part of the tourism revenues to non-governmental organizations working in the field of nature conservation and large carnivore topics in the Dinarides. NGOs […]
4 / 12 / 2018
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, 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

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

LIFE DINALP BEAR supports Code of Conduct in Nature

On Thursday, September 27, 2018, the Forestry Institute and the Slovenian Forest Service held a presentation of the “Visiting Nature in Slovenia” Code of Conduct, which covers the guidelines of respectful behaviour in nature in Slovenia and encourages the protection of the environment. The goal of the code is to better inform visitors of nature […]
1 / 10 / 2018
C6 Ecotourism, Communication campaign, Ecotourism, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

We have prepared a proposal for the regulation of bear watching activities

Our project team is coordinating preparation of the strategy and action plan for bear management in Slovenia. During the process, the need to prepare legal framework for commercial bear watching activities that would prevent potential negative effects of this activity on bears, while providing economic benefits for local community, became more and more evident. In […]
10 / 8 / 2018
Activities, C, C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, F, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, News, Public participation