How the bear sees the world

The interactive event »How the bear sees the world« was organized at the Biotechnical faculty at the Department of forestry on 21st February 2019. It started with a short introduction of the project LIFE DINALP BEAR and goals of the research of bear behavioural patterns with radio-telemetry techniques and video-camera on its collar. Afterwards, the […]
5 / 3 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

Lecture in Kozjansko regional park, Slovenia

On 24th January 2019, we held a lecture about large carnivores and the golden jackal at the Kozjanski regional park in East Slovenia. Besides the presentation of the biology and ecology of the species we also presented the results obtained within different activities of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project. The most intriguing part was definitely […]
18 / 2 / 2019
Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

Why is brown bear removal a necessary measure for bear conservation in Slovenia?

Slovenia is considered as a country with efficient conservation and management system of its brown bear population. Beside being in favourable conservation status, Slovenian conflict prevention measures appear to be very efficient, too. Also removal from the population is thoroughly planned and based on scientific and expert knowledge. Despite that researchers and managers agree on […]
7 / 2 / 2019
Bear mortality, C5 Population surveillance, C9 Management scenarios, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

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

How did the bear abundance in Slovenia and Croatia change during the past 20 years?

Molecular genetics has been the primary method used to estimate bear abundance in the past 10 years. However, due to the financial and logistic limitations, these estimates are impossible to obtain on a yearly basis. Furthermore, the complexity of the analysis delays the process of obtaining the results, which means that the reported estimates can […]
3 / 9 / 2018
Bear mortality, C5 Population surveillance, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

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

There is enough suitable habitat for bear in the Alps and the Dinarics, but it is strongly fragmented

In the scope of LIFE DINALP BEAR A.3 Action we have analysed habitat suitability and connectivity for brown bear in the Alps and Dinaric Mountains. We used an extensive database with GPS locations from all bears that have been ever monitored by GPS telemetry in the study area. We conducted multiscale modelling of habitat suitability […]
29 / 8 / 2018
A3 Spatial connectivity, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

First workshop for the revision of the Brown Bear Management Plan in Croatia

On 11th July 2018, 1st LIFE DINALP BEAR workshop for the revision of the Brown Bear Management Plan in Croatia was held at the Faculty of Forestry of University of Zagreb. The workshop was planned within A.6 action of the project. Organization was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate for forestry, hunting and wood […]
23 / 7 / 2018
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

Excursion to National park Šumava and Bavarian forest

Slovenian LIFE DINALP BEAR project team, together with other Slovenian stakeholders in the process of large carnivores conservation and management, visited Šumava National park on excursion from 14th to 18th May 2018. Purpose of this excursion was an international meeting of stakeholders (foresters, hunters, researchers, large carnivore experts, decision-makers, wildlife managers, journalists) from Czech Republic, […]
19 / 6 / 2018
F2 Networking, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

For the first time in Croatia the size of the brown bear population has been scientifically estimated

In the period from September to December 2015, LIFE DINALP BEAR project team organized genetic sampling on the territory of the Republic of Croatia with a main goal to, for the first time, determine the size of the brown bear population using scientific methodology. With the help of thousands of volunteers, 4687 non-invasive genetic samples […]
9 / 5 / 2018
Bear mortality, C5 Population surveillance, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public participation