LIFE DINALP BEAR is the best!

So say the jury members Mr. David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, Mr. Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President at the European Investment Bank and Ms. Luciana Miu, Research Postgraduate at the Imperial College of London.  The winners were announced yesterday at the European Green week celebration and LIFE DINALP BEAR won the “Nature” category. The LIFE Awards […]
22 / 10 / 2020
Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

Promotional video – LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 voting continues

Have you already watched LIFE DINALP BEAR’s video for LIFE AWARDS 2020 nomination? Vote now for LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 If you like it and you appreciate our efforts in contributing to population-level monitoring and management, raising awareness, promoting responsible eco-tourism, decreasing human-bear conflicts and promoting efficient protection measures, then we invite you to give […]
29 / 9 / 2020
Activities, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, Habitat conservation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

LIFE Awards 2020 – LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 voting begins

After LIFE DINALP BEAR was nominated for the “LIFE AWARDS 2020” in June, we are happy to announce that LIFE Citizens’ Prize 2020 voting among the finalists starts now. During this voting campaign, organised by the European Commission, the public can vote for their favourite LIFE projects in the fields of nature protection, environment and climate […]
8 / 9 / 2020
Activities, Conflict mitigation, Ecotourism, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

Networking with Greek projects

Cooperation with other similar projects and knowledge exchange is important for a successful implementation of any project. Currently there are many project that are dealing with large carnivores in Greece, especially with bears and with human-bear coexistence. LIFE PRIMED, LIFE ForOpenForests, LIFE NATURA THEMIS, LIFE AmyBear and LIFE SAFECROSSING are just some of the project […]
13 / 6 / 2019
F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Uncategorized

Happy holidays

It is the time of sharing memories, uplifting spirits and whispering hopes for the New Year. When we look back to the year 2018, we see friendships, team spirit, reached short-term objectives, team effort, relaxing moments, green forests, yellow fields, enthusiastic collaborators, inspiring volunteers, supportive followers and ever-observing eye of the public, that is holding […]
21 / 12 / 2018
Communication campaign, F1 Project coordination, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Uncategorized

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

Bear workshops for scouts from Ljubljana

We introduced LIFE DINALP BEAR project and brown bear habits to young scouts from Ljubljana, while they were on a traditional annual camp in Osilnica in South Slovenia. As that is a bear area, this knowledge is important to minimise potential conflict situations. We made bear paw-prints and used other project material to carry out […]
10 / 8 / 2017
E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized

A female bear has been captured in Culvert trap

Setting the Culvert trap for the first time in the field in Slovenia, an old female bear has been captured near a village last week. She was sedated and measured. We took genetic samples and fitted her with GPS radio-collar. By receiving GPS-locations from her collar we will be able to track her movements. By […]
28 / 7 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring, Public attitudes, Uncategorized

Save the date for Life with bears!

The 26th International Conference on Bear Research & Management will be held between September 16th and 21st 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This already traditional conference will once again bring together world-leading experts to discuss and give insight into latest developments of bear research and management, tackling all important challenges and opportunities of coexisting with bears. […]
27 / 7 / 2017
Activities, F, F2 Networking, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Uncategorized

Discover Dinarics presented on the networking workshop in Italy

On 3rd and 4th of July 2017, a networking workshop was organized by LIFE WOLFALPS project at the Multipurpose Center of Filorera Mountain, in Val Masino, Italy, to discuss different ecotourism initiatives developed by LIFE and other projects. We have presented how the idea of the ecotourism action was born under the LIFE DINALP BEAR […]
19 / 7 / 2017
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation, Uncategorized