A handbook on protecting sheep against large carnivore attacks has been published

The Slovenian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, and Slovenia Forest Service have published a handbook about prevention measures of [...]

First »project« litter of livestock guarding dogs was born

The Sedmak farm near Pivka (Slovenia) is best-practice example of using livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) for protecting herds from large [...]

December 14th, 2016|C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation|

On bear hot-topics in popular articles

LIFE DINALP BEAR project team has published 24 popular articles so far (16 in Slovenian, 4 in English, 4 in [...]

Bear intervention teams gather in Trentino

On 17th November 2016 the meeting of Bear intervention teams (BIT) promoted by the action E.2 of LIFE DINALP BEAR [...]

Bear-proof compost bins now available for commercial use

Bear-proof compost bins that are already being distributed for free as part of a project conflict-mitigation measures, are now available [...]

Expert visit of livestock guarding dogs in Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Italy)

Last week Silvia Dalmasso, veterinary in charge by Provincia Autonoma di Trento for check the guardian dogs has visited the [...]

November 8th, 2016|C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation|

GPS tracking of bear movement in Slovenia

Within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project 3 bears have been so far fitted with GPS collars in Slovenia – 2 [...]

October 26th, 2016|Conflict mitigation, D, D1 Conflict behaviour, News|

First bear-proof compost bins set up in the field!

In October we started with setting up the first bear-proof compost bins in the field. With this measure we are [...]

October 21st, 2016|C1 Organic waste, Conflict mitigation|

Press conference at the beginning of the distribution of bear-proof compost bins

Municipality of Sodražica is the first area in Slovenia where we started with the distribution of bear-proof compost bins within [...]

A new leaflet published: Keep bears wild and away from human foods

We are proud to announce the release of a new publication – the leaflet entitled Keep bears wild and away [...]