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

Travelling exhibition „LIFE with bears“ moved to Plitvice

The international travelling photo exhibition, organised in the frame of LIFE DINALP BEAR project and entitled „LIFE with bears“, was officially opened on Wednesday, 2nd May 2018 at „Jezero“ Hotel in Plitvice Lakes National Park. The exhibition is dedicated to brown bear conservation and human-bear coexistence. This is already the second exhibition venue in Croatia […]
16 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

LIFE INFO DAY – capacity building for competitive LIFE proposals

The new call for LIFE program applications for period 2018-2020 opened on 18th April. For this purpose, the LIFE National Contact Point (NCP) for Croatia organized LIFE INFO DAY and exhibition of currently ongoing LIFE projects. Presentations were held by the representatives of NCP and EASME, as well as by the current LIFE projects beneficiaries. […]
15 / 5 / 2018
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, F1 Project coordination, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

For the first time in Croatia the size of the brown bear population has been scientifically estimated

In the period from September to December 2015, LIFE DINALP BEAR project team organized genetic sampling on the territory of the Republic of Croatia with a main goal to, for the first time, determine the size of the brown bear population using scientific methodology. With the help of thousands of volunteers, 4687 non-invasive genetic samples […]
9 / 5 / 2018
Bear mortality, C5 Population surveillance, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public participation

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

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