A bear workshop at the Elementary School in Krasno, Croatia

We conducted a workshop at the Elementary School Dr. Milan Anić in Krasno (Croatia) on 30th May. About thirty pupils participated in the workshop and learnt about the anatomy and ecology of the brown bear and its behaviour, as well as about methods for preventing conflict between bear and people. The workshop roused great interest […]
11 / 6 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Intervention kit to help livestock breeders in emergency cases

On Tuesday 30th May, project team from Slovenia assisted a livestock breeder, who suffered from a large-scale depredation by large carnivores. LIFE Lynx project team and volunteers from NGO Dinaricum joined us on the field. On the pastures, located on rocky terrain with steep slopes, setting up a high electric fence can be very challenging. […]
8 / 6 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

Knowledge transfer and exchange of experience with German foresters

On Thursday, 31th May, we hosted a group of German foresters in Slovenian Karst region. Our colleague from the Regional unit Sežana of Slovenian Forest Service presented the characteristics of Karst forests, management practices, prevention of conflicts with bears and other large carnivores, and hunting experiences in the aforementioned area. Our team presented project actions […]
5 / 6 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Tracking large carnivores – Open Door Day at Slovenia Forest Service and Slovenian Forestry Institute

On Tuesday, May 29th, Open day was organised as part of the “Week of Forests” at Slovenian Forestry Institute and Slovenia Forest Service. More than 300 participants attended the event, which celebrated also Natura 2000 day. In cooperation with LIFE Lynx, we performed two workshops about large carnivores for primary-school and kindergarten children. We presented […]
30 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

TIC Lož added »bear« info point to their bear watching touristic offer

Watching and photographing bears in their natural habitat is becoming the leading touristic product in Loška dolina, and TIC Lož (Touristic-information centre) is becoming, so to say, “Information centre for bear watching” ;-). The result of a successful cooperation between our project and TIC Lož, and the importance of bears for Loška dolina, is an […]
29 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

Exhibition of study circles at Jakopič’s promenade in Ljubljana

Photo selected within FINDING BEARINGS photography contest and displayed as a part of the project traveling exhibition Life with bears, was selected also for the exhibition of study circles organized by the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education in co-organization with the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. You can visit the exhibition on Jakopič’s […]
25 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

The Museum of Natural History has a bear info point

Interactive terminal with contents about bears and the project has a new host: it is located in the Museum of Natural History in Ljubljana, Slovenia in a part dedicated to Slovenian forest wildlife, among which is also a brown bear. The museum is visited by a high number of visitors every day, who now get […]
23 / 5 / 2018
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Scouts encountered large carnivores again

Also this year, we participated in scouting event called Feštival – an event organized in Tivoli park in Ljubljana. Our stand was equipped with project materials such as real size bear footprints, bear skull, skin and project publications, with the help of which we raise awareness about brown bears, advise on how to behave in bear […]
21 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

About brown bears at the Primary school

On Monday, May 14th, we organized an educational workshop at the “Notranje Gorice” primary school, Slovenia in cooperation with LIFE WOLFALPS project. We focused on bears and other large carnivores. All 111 pupils attending the school, participated in the workshop. Besides providing information about large carnivore biology and ecology, the main purpose of the workshop […]
17 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

“LIFE farming” international networking conference

International conference “LIFE farming” took place on 8th-9th May in Ljubljana. The main objectives of the conference were to highlight the topic of environmentally sustainable agriculture, especially the interdependence of nature conservation and agriculture. On the first day we visited some LIFE projects on the field. First, we headed to Ajdovščina, where LIFE ViVaCCAdapt project […]
11 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes