Third Peer Review Visit
Topic: User conflict resolutions
Place: Bohinj, Slovenia
When: 17th - 18th - 19th September
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After the institutional greetings by the Slovenia Forest Service and the Province of Potenza, the peer review started with the masterclass followed in the afternoon by the stakeholder workshop.
Many good practices have been presented, such as the ones related to the conservation and management of the Alpine Ibex in Slovenia and to the Life Lynx project, whose objective is to prevent the extinction of the Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population through reinforcement and long-term conservation.
Others were those related to the quiet zones of the Triglav National Park that is one of the largest protected areas with national and international importance.
Subsequently, a good practice related to large carnivores was presented; Its objective is the prevention and reduction of the damages on livestock by using electric fences as a means of protection.
During the second day, which was the one dedicated to the study visits, the project partners met a local farmer so as to hear about these protective measures and to help him in installing them; having so the opportunity of participating in the process and moving their bodies a little bit more.
Regarding large carnivores in Slovenia, the partnership was also presented a beautiful project that involves school children in the coexistence with large carnivores by doing a series of workshops (targeted also at teachers) and by working with biological material; representing so a very important example of citizen participation and awareness raising initiative.
On the second day (the one dedicated to the study visits), the partnership visited some of the places discussed during the masterclass to deepen always more into the context of the hosting partner and acquire more knowledge:
- Visit to the quiet zones in Pokljuka
- Tour of good practice: protecting livestock from large carnivores with high electric fences
- Visit to the Memorial of Lynx Adaptation enclosure
Last but not least, the project partners had also the possibility to meet in person the new discovery partners (DPs) Bosnia and North Macedonia that joined the project last summer.
