Meetings with damage inspectors from Slovenia Forest Service

Within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, we pay great attention to the prevention of damage to human property caused by brown bear. Therefore, we regularly cooperate with Slovenia Forest Service (SFS) damage inspectors, who carry out assessments of damage claims by protected species in the field. Damage inspectors regularly face situations, in which they have […]
6 / 7 / 2017
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Lecture for employees of “Slovenian Railways” in Postojna

On 23rd June 2017, ERICo institute and Slovenian Forest Service held a presentation about brown bears and wolves for employees of Slovenian Railways in Postojna, Slovenia. We presented biology and ecology of the two species, their management in Slovenia, and offered some recommendations on how to behave when encountering bears and wolves in nature. We […]
29 / 6 / 2017
Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Two workshops for elementary school pupils raised great interest

On Tuesday, 23rd May we conducted a workshop about bears in the Elementary school Grabrik in Karlovac and on Thursday, 25th May another one in Elementary school Ivan Goran Kovačić at Severin na Kupi, in Croatia. Over 70 pupils participated in the workshops and learnt about bear anatomy and ecology, about bear behavior, as well […]
14 / 6 / 2017
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Opening of LIFE DINALP BEAR info points on the Rijeka-Zagreb highway

On Tuesday, May 30th 2017, we arranged a formal opening of information points of LIFE DINALP BEAR project, which are available for all travellers who stop at resting services Vukova Gorica or Ravna Gora on their journey along the highway between Zagreb and Rijeka. Driving speeds on the highways are fast and the traffic is […]
12 / 6 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, E3 Info-points, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR organises another meeting for production of Brown bear Common Management Guidelines

Members of LIFE DINALP BEAR project, WISO platform, and Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Space have met in a picturesque valley of Kolpa river in south Slovenia to discuss the final draft of Guidelines for Common Management of Brown Bear in the Alpine and Northern Dinaric Region. As a starting point, we presented some chapters […]
25 / 5 / 2017
A6 Common guidelines, Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

6th LIFE DINALP BEAR project steering group meeting

6th meeting of the project steering group was carried out on 17th-18th May in south Slovenia, in the brown bear core area, in the Kočevsko region. We have reported on the progress of the project actions and updated the colleagues on the present state of our respective work. We are absolutely satisfied with the progress […]
24 / 5 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation

Public attitudes towards bears and bear management

We used structured survey to analyse public perceptions about human-bear conflicts and about potential solutions to human-bear conflicts on a randomly selected sample of inhabitants of bear areas in Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. Following a data quality screening, 2306 questionnaires were included in the analysis. Our results indicate that Italians can tolerate the most […]
21 / 5 / 2017
A, A2 Public attitudes, Activities, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes

LIFE DINALP BEAR and LIFE Wolfalps together for promoting livestock guarding dogs

Last week, our project partner Provincia Autonoma di Trento promoted a conference about livestock guarding dogs (LGDs), in collaboration with MUSE, a partner of the LIFE WOLFALPS project, and the Trentino breeders association. During the first day, representatives of the Office for wildlife of Provincia Autonoma di Trento demonstrated the management practices for large carnivores […]
19 / 5 / 2017
C2 Damage cases, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, E5 Media, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Press conference on bear-proof garbage containers

Municipality of Kostel is one of the first areas in Slovenia, where we implemented bear-proof garbage containers. At six locations, occasionally approached by bears, we set up 15 bear-proof housings for large garbage containers (used by multiple households). Additionally, we will further deliver 46 small bear-proof garbage bins (for individual households) to three villages in […]
15 / 5 / 2017
C1 Organic waste, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Bear-proof garbage containers for better coexistence with bears

In the springtime, after the denning period, bears start to search for food intensively. Attracted by garbage, compost piles and slaughter remains they sometimes approach human settlements, as well. Overturned garbage containers and broken compost bins are not the only consequence of bears approaching humans – habituation of bears to humans might represent even bigger […]
12 / 5 / 2017
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation