ACTION C.3 – Integration of bear habitat connectivity and suitability into spatial planning
Connectivity between habitat patches is critical for long-term survival of wildlife populations, as it directly affects its dynamics and chances of long-term survival but also its possibilities for expansion. Re-colonization of Eastern Alps through natural expansion of bears from the Dinaric population is one of the priorities of bear conservation in Europe. This makes improving of habitat connectivity between the Dinaric Mountains and the Alps, which will ensure the adequate number of dispersals and maintain gene flow, critical for establishing a viable bear population in the Alps. The most effective way to do this is to provide correct information for environmental impact assessment (EIA) that would include habitat connectivity for bears in spatial planning, and conserve the most critical locations. The understanding of habitat suitability and spatial connectivity of landscape will be transformed into handbook “EIA Guidelines”. The idea is for the book to be used in future spatial planning, as a measure to prevent further fragmentation, and for an assessment of critical barriers currently causing fragmentation with identification of best areas for amelioration actions. An educational seminar will be organized in each country. With this action we will attempt to fill the expert knowledge gap and popularize the large carnivore habitat connectivity issue among the experts and companies dealing with spatial planning and environment impact assessments.
Latest C.3 actions:
Home range of bear »Rok« in our online database
We already reported about movements of brown bear male »Rok« in the pre-Alpine area (see the link here), and now [...]
»Rok« the brown bear from »Trnovski gozd« in Slovenia – what is he doing?
The brown bear male from the pre-alpine area of western Slovenia, nicknamed Rok at the time of capture, was the [...]
Brown bear presence and spatial planning in Croatia
In Croatia, Veterinary Faculty of the University of Zagreb organized an educational seminar for different experts working in spatial planning [...]
Handbook for integrating brown bear presence in spatial planning
In the Dinarics, traffic related mortality represents a major cause of brown bear mortality and also limits bear expansion into [...]
Integration of brown bear presence into spatial planning
Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana organized an educational seminar for different experts working in spatial planning and environmental [...]
LIFE DINALP BEAR at the AlpGov workshop »Networking for Ecological Connectivity and Green Infrastructure«
We participated in a workshop on the ecological connectivity and green infrastructure, held at Škocjanski zatok (Slovenia) in the end [...]
