“LIFE farming” international networking conference

International conference “LIFE farming” took place on 8th-9th May in Ljubljana. The main objectives of the conference were to highlight [...]

How to effectively protect beehives against brown bear damage? A new documentary

Organisations Palorma Nature and Pro Natura from Switzerland, in cooperation with several other partners (WWF Switzerland, LIFE DINALP BEAR project, [...]

In the field with Biology Students Association

In winter, members of the Biology Student Association went to Kočevska Reka (Slovenia), in order to get acquainted with the [...]

International Forestry Students’ Association learns about co-existence with bears

In March, International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) had their Winter Meeting in Slovenia. Students from Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, [...]

March 30th, 2018|F2 Networking, Public attitudes, Public participation|

New livestock guarding dogs’ pups available

We continue with the distribution of livestock guarding dogs, as a new project litter is available on Sedmak farm. At [...]

March 12th, 2018|C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation|

Beekeepers from Idrija will protect their beehives against bear damages

On 25th October 2017, we held an educational workshop at the city beehive in Idrija, Slovenia, where we presented the [...]

January 22nd, 2018|C2 Damage cases, Public attitudes, Public participation|

Another meeting among Slovenian stakeholders

The fourth meeting with stakeholders in the process of developing a new Strategy for brown bear management in Slovenia was [...]

New project litter – Karst shepherd dogs

The Tomšič farm from Zagorje (Pivka, Slovenia) is one of the best examples of preventing damages on livestock with the [...]

December 11th, 2017|C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, Public attitudes|

Population Status Report for brown bears in the project area

We have prepared the third annual Population Status Report for brown bears in the Northern Dinaric Mountains and Central-Eastern Alps. [...]

December 1st, 2017|C5 Population surveillance, Population monitoring|

Bear Intervention Group training in Tarvisio

We organized a training course for the bear intervention group of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy), which, in addition to the [...]