Communication in large carnivore conservation and management – A workshop

From 16th to 18th April 2018, an international workshop entitled “Communication in large carnivore conservation and management” was organized in the frame of our project and LIFE Lynx project. Experts and practitioners of communication activities exchanged knowledge, experiences and made suggestions for improvements or solutions to the challenges of communicating with the key stakeholders. The participants came […]
3 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

LIFE DINALP BEAR presents its achievements in National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

Chamber for agriculture and forestry of Slovenia and National Council organised a meeting “Future management of large carnivores in Slovenia” last week, where they expressed their concerns about population sizes and distribution areas of large carnivores in Slovenia. Experts from Ministries, Slovenia Forest Service (SFS), and representatives of Forest Ownership Association, Hunters Association and Farmers […]
25 / 4 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes

How to effectively protect beehives against brown bear damage? A new documentary

Organisations Palorma Nature and Pro Natura from Switzerland, in cooperation with several other partners (WWF Switzerland, LIFE DINALP BEAR project, SloWolf project and others), have produced an informative and very illustrative video on the effective protection of beehives from the damage caused by brown bear. A bear expert (a member of LIFE DINALP BEAR project), […]
5 / 4 / 2018
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Revising Slovenian brown bear management strategy is continuing

After conducting several workshops with many stakeholders for the revision of strategic documents for management of brown bear in Slovenia, the process of producing the revised national documents is continuing. In March, we have conducted another two strategic meetings with the national authorities – Ministry of environment and spatial planning – for drafting out the […]
4 / 4 / 2018
A6 Common guidelines, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Public attitudes, Public participation

In the field with Biology Students Association

In winter, members of the Biology Student Association went to Kočevska Reka (Slovenia), in order to get acquainted with the field work in biology. The students were divided into groups based on their interests and for three consecutive days conducting field work. One of the groups was dedicated to large carnivores tracking, since Kočevska region […]
3 / 4 / 2018
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

International Forestry Students’ Association learns about co-existence with bears

In March, International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) had their Winter Meeting in Slovenia. Students from Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Estonia and Slovenia visited Slovenian Forestry Institute and Slovenia Forest Service. Both institutions presented their work and activities within many European, regional or national projects. We presented them LIFE DINALP […]
30 / 3 / 2018
F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

A communication workshop coming up!

“Communication in large carnivore conservation and management” is a title of a networking and experience exchange workshop, which will be hosted by the University of Ljubljana within the frames of LIFE Lynx and LIFE DINALP BEAR projects from 16th to 18th April 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Both LIFE Lynx and LIFE DINALP BEAR projects are […]
29 / 3 / 2018
A2 Public attitudes, A7 Communication plan, Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

New posters about coexistence with brown bear

Due to the high interest we redesigned and reprinted project posters about human and bear coexistence. In addition to larger posters, we have prepared also smaller foldable versions. Why this package of posters is so special? Because the photographs used for the posters were taken by the participants of the project photography contest and exhibition, […]
30 / 1 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Beekeepers from Idrija will protect their beehives against bear damages

On 25th October 2017, we held an educational workshop at the city beehive in Idrija, Slovenia, where we presented the effective preventive measures for protecting beehives from bear attacks. 27 beekeepers attended the workshop, and they told us about their experience with the bear and bear encounters. At least half of those beekeepers had already […]
22 / 1 / 2018
C2 Damage cases, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Kindergarten children learn about bears and forest

LIFE DINALP BEAR project visited a kindergarten in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where we held a workshop on bear’s life, morphology, its role in the forest ecosystem and human-bear coexistence. Children were thrilled to listen to bear stories and facts, to touch bear items, to use didactic material and to receive project leaflets and stickers. They participated […]
17 / 1 / 2018
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation