Protection measures, implemented in LIFE DINALP BEAR, successfully transferred to other projects and practices

In LIFE DINALP BEAR and LIFE SloWolf projects we established a good cooperation with numerous livestock breeders, beekeepers, municipalities and local communities, that now successfully adopt effective protection measures against damage on human property caused by large carnivores. We expect this to have effect on gradual decrease of number of conflicts between human and bear […]
27 / 3 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, C4 Traffic mortality, Communication campaign, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Cooperation with stakeholders promotes tolerance towards bears

Due to numerous social-economic questions, the conservation of large carnivores is a demanding process, which is not under the natural sciences domain only. Likewise, the conservation of brown bear depends largely on human acceptance. Low tolerance represents one of the major threats to brown bear conservation. In efforts to decrease the frequency of damage cases […]
23 / 3 / 2020
C1 Organic waste, C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

The Final Project Report submitted

Last month, our project steering group reached a breaking point with submitting project’s “Final Report” to the European Commission and our co-financers. We have also produced a “Layman’s Report” for general public, where we summarized in a comprehensive and interesting manner project objectives, background, challenges, and results, which we achieved during the last five years […]
5 / 11 / 2019
E6 Laymans’s report, F1 Project coordination, F3 After LIFE, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Last visit of our project monitor

In September, the project-coordinating partner, Slovenia Forest Service, hosted project’s last monitor visit in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We were glad to receive our project monitor, Prof. dr. M. Kaligarič, and a representative of our co-financer, Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Mrs. J. Lebez-Lozej. That morning started with a demanding objective: to get through all […]
25 / 10 / 2019
F1 Project coordination, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Are you safe and responsible in nature?

We have prepared another leaflet for foreign and domestic tourists with short information on how to behave in bear areas and what to do in case of unexpected bear encounter. Moreover, the leaflet covers basic rules and guidelines for respectful behaviour when visiting nature in Slovenia and Croatia, which should be followed to ensure your […]
12 / 8 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

New leaflets promoting Bear friendly products

We have prepared a new version of small leaflets that promotes buying of Bear friendly products. The leaflet explains the concept of the Bear friendly label. Moreover, new version is upgraded with short information about all three large carnivores: brown bear, Eurasian lynx and wolf. Leaflet comes in a small format, which can be enclosed […]
2 / 8 / 2019
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes, Public participation

Protecting goats in Slovenian Alps with high electric fence

We have successfully set a night enclosure of high electric fence on the mountain pasture »Božca« near mountain “Kobariški stol” in the Slovenian Alps. In the past months there have been several wolf attacks on livestock here and on the neighboring mountain pastures, so the local damage inspector gave the initiative to build a night […]
31 / 7 / 2019
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public participation

Impact factors in occurrence of human-bear conflicts

Among many different possible conflicts between humans and bears, those that are a consequence of bear feeding behaviour are the most common. The distribution and gravity of conflicts depend not only on the quantity and on availability of anthropogenic food sources, but also on habitat characteristics, structure of landscape (overlap between bear habitat and settlements) […]
29 / 7 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Guidelines for optimisation of bear population monitoring in Slovenia

In Slovenia, a variety of indicators for the brown bear population status, impact of bears on the environment and their interactions with humans have long been monitored. Number of monitored indicators has increased over time, some of them thus becoming redundant, which is why it makes sense to optimise the entire bear monitoring scheme at […]
24 / 7 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

What can data from long-term systematic counting at permanent counting sites tell us about bears in Slovenia?

Systematic bear counting on a network of permanent counting sites (feeding sites) is the oldest brown bear monitoring method in Slovenia aside from mortality recordings. In its present form it was introduced in 2004, but its beginnings date back to the early 1990s. The monitoring method has significant potential and in this report we provide […]
23 / 7 / 2019
C5 Population surveillance, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring