Wonderful bear photos – new posters

Partner of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project Provincia Autonoma di Trento has published three posters with wonderful bear images. Bears are important natural heritage; let’s be proud of having them as a part of our land. The posters are available in the offices of the Trento Province.
24 / 11 / 2016
Communication campaign, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Bear intervention teams gather in Trentino

On 17th November 2016 the meeting of Bear intervention teams (BIT) promoted by the action E.2 of LIFE DINALP BEAR project, was held in Trentino. In this occasion, the staff of Provincia Autonoma di Trento has presented the organization of Trentino BIT and their bear management. Partners from Austria, Slovenia, Regione Veneto and Progetto Lince […]
23 / 11 / 2016
Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes

Networking with LIFE Slovenia

On Friday, September 16th, “Capacity building for our environment”, a networking event organized by LIFE Slovenia team, took place at Forestry Institute of Slovenia.  LIFE program Slovenia and successful LIFE projects were presented to general public and the media. Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Irena Majcen, and LIFE Capacity building project coordinator, mag. Julijana […]
20 / 9 / 2016
F, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes

Lectures for Slovenian damage inspectors and BIG members

On 22th and 23th of August 2016, we held 2 lectures (Kočevje, Mašun) for Slovenian damage inspectors and bear intervention group members, where we informed them about the progress of the ongoing project activities. One of the emphases of the lectures was also presentation of the Guidebook to Human-Carnivore Conflict, written by dr. Seth M. Wilson. Damage inspectors were […]
30 / 8 / 2016
Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Availability of carrion from wild ungulates as food source for bears in Slovenia

We assessed spatial and temporal availability of carrion from red deer, roe deer, wild boar and chamois which is already available to bears and availability of carrion that could be additionally used for feeding of bears. This analysis represents the basis for the establishment of experimental supplementary feeding of bears with carrion within action C7, […]
1 / 12 / 2015
A5 Availability of carrion, C7 Supplemental feeding, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Uncategorized

Project on the Nature-Health Fair

Last week we attended the 46th Nature-Health Fair at Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. The purpose of the fair is to show the diversity and integrity of nature, which has an important impact on the everyday life of our society. The fair was visited by more than 24,000 visitors. This four day event was divided […]
10 / 11 / 2015
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Press conference in Croatia

On May 21st 2015 our project partner Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. organized a press conference in Bosiljevo (Croatia) to present the project LIFE DINALP BEAR and to inform the media about the progress of some project actions. At the conference, the organizer showed measures for traffic mortality mitigation, which were implemented within the project actions (electric […]
22 / 5 / 2015
Activities, Bear mortality, C1 Organic waste, C4 Traffic mortality, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes

Focus groups about bears and bear management

Understanding public attitudes towards bears and bear management is one of the key requirements for successful planning of management measures. The same goes for project actions. Qualitative part of the survey of public attitudes for the LIFE DINALP BEAR project was carried out in Slovenia and Croatia. Short report in English, that is a basis […]
19 / 4 / 2015
A, A2 Public attitudes, Activities, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes

Attitudes of humans toward bears and brown bear management in Croatia

Within a scope of Action A.2 of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project named „Attitudes of humans toward bears and brown bear management“ a qualitative sociological method of focus groups were conducted in Croatia. Aim of this qualitative method was to determine the ranges of attitudes, opinions and perceptions of local inhabitants about the bears and […]
15 / 1 / 2015
A2 Public attitudes, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes