Our bear-friendly honey bread on Iceland

Gingerbread, manually produced by the Institute for preservation of cultural heritage Nesseltal Koprivnik, was recently awarded our bear friendly label. [...]

September 30th, 2016|Activities, C, C6 Ecotourism, Ecotourism, News|

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 [...]

Third visit of the project monitor

On September 21 2016 the steering group meeting was held at Slovenia Forest Service premises in Ljubljana. On September 22 [...]

September 29th, 2016|Communication campaign, F1 Project coordination|

Video surveillance of bears in the area of state road Ljubljana – Kočevje in 2016

The second video surveillance to monitor the presence and behaviour of bears and other wildlife in the vicinity of the [...]

September 28th, 2016|Bear mortality, D2 Traffic related mortality|

Networking with LIFE Slovenia

On Friday, September 16th, "Capacity building for our environment", a networking event organized by LIFE Slovenia team, took place at [...]

September 20th, 2016|F, F2 Networking, News, Public attitudes|

Lectures for Slovenian damage inspectors and BIG members

On 22th and 23th of August 2016, we held 2 lectures (Kočevje, Mašun) for Slovenian damage inspectors and bear intervention [...]

Processing samples from intensive sampling at full speed

Transfer of (part of) bear scat to a Petri dish and then to a storage buffer. Samples are then [...]

Second meeting with local hunters

On 8th July 2016 we had a meeting with representatives of hunting clubs LD Velike Poljane and LD Dolenja vas. [...]

July 25th, 2016|Bear mortality, C4 Traffic mortality|

Brown bear workshops at the Upper Carniola jamboree

Last week our project team participated in the Upper Carniola scout jamboree (GootJam), which is currently taking place near Bled, [...]

July 25th, 2016|E, E1 Public awareness|

A Guidebook to Human-Carnivore Conflict

We are pleased to announce the release of Dr. Seth Wilson’s A Guidebook to Human-Carnivore Conflict: Strategies and Tips for [...]