Within the framework of the LIFE Osos con Futuro project, the Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) has signed collaboration agreements with the hunting federations of Asturias, Castilla y León and Cantabria. The objective in all these cases is to inform and raise awareness amongst their members, so that the hunting activities in winter are carried out in the safest possible manner for both the hunters and the bears.

The hunting federations with which agreements have been signed within the LIFE project framework are:

• Cantabrian Hunting Federation
• Castilla y León Hunting Federation
• Principality of Asturias Hunting Federation

The FOP is preparing specific material for this collective. More precisely, an animated video and a digital infograph are in preparation which will be distributed to the federations and also available via the general information channels of these federations and the FOP. These informative actions will be backed up with presential meetings with hunters in which the recommendations for hunting in bear areas will be presented and debated.

A coordinated project

The “Bears with Future” Project, co-financed by the European Union LIFE Project, will be carried out until 2025. It is coordinated by the Brown Bear Foundation in partnership with the Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge), and the Natural heritage Foundation of the Castilla y León regional government. The Government of Asturias is co-financer, via the Directorate General for the Environment and Rural Planning, of the Department of Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries. Tierra Pura Foundation collaborates technically and co-finances the project.