In the lobby of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, the exhibition of bears and wolves, created within the framework of the LIFE Programme, is being held by the end of October. The international photography exhibition “Life with bears” was created as part of the LIFE DINALPBEAR project. The project LIFE SloWolf (which is already finished) is one of the best LIFE projects in the 25 years of the LIFE programme.

86 photographs from Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Italy, Poland and Romania came to the international photographic competition of the LIFE DINALPBEAR project, among which the expert commission prepared a selection of the best photographs. The exhibition on the topic of protection and successful cooperation with brown bear is complemented by an exhibition of the SloWolf project. With the Green Awards nomination,LIFE project SloWolf slammed into the very top of nearly 4,500 projects, which have been approved by the European Commission in the LIFE Programme so far.

Despite the differences between bears and wolves, both projects have a common protection and management of populations, a reduction in the number of conflicts and the promotion of the coexistence of bears and wolves with humans. While the LIFE DINALP BEAR project is in full swing, the SloWolf project ended in 2013. Due to the ever-present topic, the results of both projects are extremely valuable and useful for everyone in Slovenia, since we share a living environment with them. Both projects and their results are particularly important for everyone living in environments with a greater presence of bears and wolves. Within the framework of both projects, 20 electric fences were distributed to farmers for the protection of sheep from the attacks of bears and wolves. In addition, as one of the most effective practices, shepherd dogs can be in a big help to shepherds. During the two projects, shepherd dogs were donated or co-financed. In the LIFE DINALP BEAR project, this good practice has been upgraded with the establishment of working lines of shepherd dogs and working breeding networks in Slovenia and Italy. On the basis of these measures, the reduction in damage caused by wolves and bears has also been recorded in recent years. In both projects, they emphasize that there are significantly better controlled measures than if people in the local environment try to tackle conflicts on their own.

Activities of both projects, their materials and publications can be found on the LIFE DINALP BEAR and SloWolf web pages on the YouTube channel (LIFE DINALP BEAR, For Wolves) and follow them on Facebook (@dinalpbear, @slowolf.projekt) and Twitter (@DinalpBear).

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