Cross-border cooperation and ecosystem services in the long-term preservation of large carnivores populations in the northern Dinarides
is the full name of the project, which has officially begun on September 1st, 2018
The coexistence of humans and large carnivores in the northern Dinarides goes back to a far past, it is a heritage that is still to be built. Partners in the project will invest their expertise and enthusiasm to make the coexistence of people and large carnivores in the northern Dinaric region even more successful.
Project budget
The co-financing of the project is guaranteed under the program Interreg V-A Slovenia-Croatia. The project worth € 2,347,340 will run for 30 months, until the end of February 2021.
WHY?
To improve the preservation of large carnivores: lynx, wolf, and bears, and make better conditions for people to coexist with them.
WHERE?
Areas Natura 2000: Javorniki-Snežnik and Notranjski trikotnik in Slovenia, Gorski kotar and northern Lika in Croatia.
HOW?
Improving transboundary management of large carnivores through:
Improve the relationship between people and large carnivores through education, prevention measures other activities through:
The Center will be the central point of the Slovenian and Croatian Dinaric space for displaying and spreading all the tools and knowledge about large carnivores as well as guiding visitors across the entire Northern Dinarides.