Tourist guide educational course

An educational course for the future tourist guides was carried out in Kočevsko region in March, in collaboration with the [...]

Illegal rubbish dumps detected with the help of telemetry

Within the C1 action, illegal rubbish dumps were detected, based on telemetry data of radio-collared bears, gathered in D1 action. [...]

Workshops for local inhabitants on the Ā»hot-spotsĀ«

Because of the constant need of raising awareness about proper and consistent use of prevention measures, namely bear-proof garbage- and [...]

Bear-proof compost bins are fully effective, but proper anchoring is needed

The purpose of bear-proof compost bins is preventing bears from accessing anthropogenic organic remains and therefore from attracting bears to [...]

Cooperation with local experts on the hot-spots

On the Ā»hot-spotsĀ«, areas, where bears wander near the human settlements most often, we started to locally address the problems [...]

How the bear sees the world

The interactive event Ā»How the bear sees the worldĀ« was organized at the Biotechnical faculty at the Department of forestry [...]

Testing the efficiency of electric-doormats as a protection measure

Since Autumn 2018 and within action C.2, we have been testing the efficiency of electric-mats as an alternative protection measure [...]

February 21st, 2019|C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation|

Why is brown bear removal a necessary measure for bear conservation in Slovenia?

Slovenia is considered as a country with efficient conservation and management system of its brown bear population. Beside being in [...]

ā€œSafe grazingā€ ā€“ website about the measures for protecting property

Within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, the new website ā€œSafe grazingā€ was established. The purpose of this website is to [...]

Non-governmental organizations received first ā€œDiscover Dinaricsā€ funds

One of the basic principles of ecotourism is to provide benefits for the local population and nature conservation. Tour operators [...]