Bear eco-tourism in Croatia

In the beggining of April our Slovene and Croatian teams met in Croatia to explore the possibilities of bear eco-tourism [...]

May 16th, 2017|C6 Ecotourism|

Press conference on bear-proof garbage containers

Municipality of Kostel is one of the first areas in Slovenia, where we implemented bear-proof garbage containers. At six locations, [...]

Bear-proof garbage containers for better coexistence with bears

In the springtime, after the denning period, bears start to search for food intensively. Attracted by garbage, compost piles and [...]

LIFE DINALP BEAR at “Week of Science” in Croatia

On Thursday, April 27th, two workshops abut bears were conducted at Petar Zrinski Elementary School and Vladimir Nazor High School [...]

Jury of the FINDING BEARINGS photo contest began their selection process

International photo contest about brown bear conservation and human-bear coexistence, FINDING BEARINGS, closed last week. 33 photographeres from Slovenia, Croatia, [...]

Brown bear workshops at one of the biggest scout events in Slovenia

Last Saturday, one of the biggest scout events in Slovenia (»Taborniški feštival«) took place, honoring International Earth Day and Scout [...]

Škofja Loka kindergarten visit

So far, almost 700 students took part in our educational workshops, taking place at primary and high schools across Slovenia, [...]

Three bear cubs killed by an adult male on Brenta Mountains in Trentino

From May to June, during the mating period, male bears can frequently attack and kill bear cubs in order to [...]

April 18th, 2017|Bear mortality, Population monitoring|

LIFE DINALP BEAR as a case study for EUROPARC Federation

EUROPARC Federation is the network of protected areas in Europe and one of organisation’s key aims is also promotion of [...]

Two post-doc / PhD positions available in Slovenia

Two postdoc (alternatively PhD) positions within the projects "LIFE DINALP BEAR" and "Development of a multi­method approach to study wildlife [...]