Networking with LIFE projects in Italian Apennines

In September, project partners from Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia took a networking trip to two National Parks in Italy: “Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga” National Park and “Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise” National Park. We were guests of expert and scientific teams of both Parks, which have a considerable amount of experience, both with large […]
20 / 10 / 2017
Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, F2 Networking, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

Pupils fascinated by the bear workshop in Rijeka

On 3rd October, we conducted a workshop at the Elementary School Nikola Tesla in Rijeka, Croatia. Over thirty pupils participated in the workshop and heard more about the anatomy and ecology of the bear, about its behaviour, as well as about methods of preventing conflicts between bears and people. The workshop roused great interest among […]
13 / 10 / 2017
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR was presented in Rome and Pisa

On September 25th and 26th, presentation of LIFE DINALP BEAR project and brown bear research in Croatia was held at two Italian universities, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Pisa, respectively. At Sapienza University, presentation was held for 12 PhD students at the Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology. At Pisa University, graduate students […]
11 / 10 / 2017
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Photography exhibition »Life with bears« on the new location

On September 1st 2017, our photography exhibition has moved from the first location at Slovenian Museum of Natural History to the lobby of the Ministry of the environment and spatial planning (Slovenia), where it will be for display until the end of October 2017. At the occasion, visitors can check out the promotional material about the […]
8 / 9 / 2017
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

A new leaflet about reducing brown bear-vehicle collisions in Slovenia

Mitigation measures for reducing traffic-caused bear mortality are important from two aspects: decreasing bear injury or mortality and traffic accident related risks for drivers and passengers. In Slovenia, 180 bears were killed in vehicle collisions in the period from 2005 to 2016. On average, this represents 15 bears per year or 15% of all detected […]
6 / 9 / 2017
Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, D2 Traffic related mortality, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Bear workshops for scouts from Ljubljana

We introduced LIFE DINALP BEAR project and brown bear habits to young scouts from Ljubljana, while they were on a traditional annual camp in Osilnica in South Slovenia. As that is a bear area, this knowledge is important to minimise potential conflict situations. We made bear paw-prints and used other project material to carry out […]
10 / 8 / 2017
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

How to behave in bear areas

Encounters between people and bears are a rare event in nature, as bears are cautious animals that prefer to avoid people. Despite that, we can still encounter a bear on rare occasions, especially when a bear had not realised our presence before we encountered it. Often, encounters happen in spring due to bears’ emergence from […]
2 / 8 / 2017
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

A female bear has been captured in Culvert trap

Setting the Culvert trap for the first time in the field in Slovenia, an old female bear has been captured near a village last week. She was sedated and measured. We took genetic samples and fitted her with GPS radio-collar. By receiving GPS-locations from her collar we will be able to track her movements. By […]
28 / 7 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Uncategorized

Discover Dinarics presented on the networking workshop in Italy

On 3rd and 4th of July 2017, a networking workshop was organized by LIFE WOLFALPS project at the Multipurpose Center of Filorera Mountain, in Val Masino, Italy, to discuss different ecotourism initiatives developed by LIFE and other projects. We have presented how the idea of the ecotourism action was born under the LIFE DINALP BEAR […]
19 / 7 / 2017
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

LIFE DINALP BEAR on a high-school forestry camp

We introduced LIFE DINALP BEAR project to the participants of the summer forestry camp, taking place in the heart of the bear core area in Kočevski rog (Slovenia) last week. Through an evening chat by the fire we communicated the main goals and the focal activities of the project. The students expressed great enthusiasm for […]
7 / 7 / 2017
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation