Presentation of the project on the Hunting and fishing fair

On the 9th international Hunting and fishing fair (17. – 19. April) in Gornja Radgona (Slovenia) we presented our project activities to the interested visitors, who were very curious about the bear topics. The visitors also paid much attention to our new leaflet How to behave in bear areas.
23 / 4 / 2015
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Focus groups about bears and bear management

Understanding public attitudes towards bears and bear management is one of the key requirements for successful planning of management measures. The same goes for project actions. Qualitative part of the survey of public attitudes for the LIFE DINALP BEAR project was carried out in Slovenia and Croatia. Short report in English, that is a basis […]
19 / 4 / 2015
A, A2 Public attitudes, Activities, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News, Public attitudes

Public release

How to behave in bear areas On the occasion of publishing the first project leaflet How to behave in bear areas a public release was prepared by the LIFE DINALP BEAR project team. The aim of this leaflet is to provide the right answers to  everyone living or visiting bear country. Leaflet was prepared in […]
16 / 4 / 2015
Communication campaign, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Analysis of human-bear conflicts

We finished with the analysis of registered human-bear conflict cases. Analysis was performed within Action A.1. We analysed the occurence of human-bear conflicts throughout the project area and identified most important factors that influence human-bear conflicts. All results are given in the report. We wish you a nice reading. Analysis of occurrence of human-bear conflicts […]
15 / 4 / 2015
A1 Conflict analysis, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Article about human-bear encounters

On the Slovenian web-site Planet.si an article about the close encounter between a caver and a denning bear was published yesterday. Two members of our LIFE DINALP BEAR project team, dr. Miha Krofel and the project coordinator Rok Černe, gave their opinion about human-bear encounters and how to behave in bear areas. Link to the […]
9 / 4 / 2015
Communication campaign, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Meeting with officials from SFS

On March 5th 2015 the LIFE DINALP BEAR project team from Slovenia Forest Service met the officials working with human-bear conflicts in Slovenia. All the officials present at the meeting are also damage inspectors and some of them are members of the intervention group for large carnivores, so they are constantly in contact with local […]
9 / 3 / 2015
Conflict mitigation, E2 Education of officials, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Project LIFE DINALP BEAR offers assistance to Slovenian municipalities in resolving human-bear conflicts

In some municipalities in Slovenia human-bear conflicts occur regularly. These conflicts include bears entering the vicinity of or in the village, bears causing damage on sheep herds, beehives and other property, etc.). Within LIFE DINALP BEAR project we want to help the municipalities with regular problems with bears by providing different techincal and practical solutions […]
20 / 2 / 2015
C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation, LIFE DINALP BEAR

How to behave in bear areas? Find out in our new LIFE DINALP BEAR leaflet!

Do you know how to behave in bear areas? Do you know what does it mean if a bear stands up on its hind legs? Now you can find many useful information about proper behaviour in bear areas in our LIFE DINALP BEAR leaflet! LEAFLET – How to behave in bear areas – ENGLISH
16 / 2 / 2015
Communication campaign, E1 Public awareness, LIFE DINALP BEAR

LIFE DINALP BEAR is looking for an expert to assist in development of guidelines for responsible use of brown bears in tourism

Project LIFE DINALP BEAR is looking for an expert to assist in development of guidelines for responsible use of brown bears in ecotourism. The expert should have following competencies: Have wide experience in large carnivore conservation and management. Have a good knowledge of ecotourism. Have written similar documents. Be able to write and work fluently […]
10 / 2 / 2015
C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Attitudes of humans toward bears and brown bear management in Croatia

Within a scope of Action A.2 of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project named „Attitudes of humans toward bears and brown bear management“ a qualitative sociological method of focus groups were conducted in Croatia. Aim of this qualitative method was to determine the ranges of attitudes, opinions and perceptions of local inhabitants about the bears and […]
15 / 1 / 2015
A2 Public attitudes, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes