Between 25 and 27 February, the Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) participated in the LIFE ARCPROM International Conference, held in Larissa, Greece, where it presented the challenges and experiences related to coexistence with the growing brown bear population in the Cantabrian Mountains. The objectives and achievements of the LIFE Human Bear Coex project, coordinated by FOP, […]
Advancing from conflict towards an effective co-existence, which benefits both people and biodiversity, is one of the major challenges for nature conservation around the world. It is a challenge that spans endangered as well as more common species, the larger as well as the smaller fauna. With the aim of sharing ideas and solutions to […]
We want bears, but away from the villages. This is the message reiterated today by the six municipalities with the highest density of bears in the region of Asturias, meeting with the Principado de Asturias and the Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) in the constitution of the Asturian Coordination Committee of the LIFE Human Bear COEX […]
The Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) continues to work within the framework of the LIFE Bears with Future project to adapt the species’ habitat to climate change. Local work crews will finish the second planting campaign of the project in the coming days, with more than 100,000 native trees – mostly fruit bearing trees- planted since […]
Nine municipalities in the western Cantabrian mountains, which host the highest density of brown bears in Spain, will be the main actors in a new conservation Project supported by the European Union’s LIFE Programme. “LIFE Human Bear Coex”, coordinated by the Fundacion Oso Pardo (FOP – Brown Bear Foundation), aims to prevent the incursion of […]
The climate change crisis will displace wild cherries to areas of higher altitude and this will have effects on the brown bear and other species. This is the principal conclusion of a study, fruit of the collaboration between the Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB) of the University of Oviedo, The University of Granada and the Brown Bear […]
Checks of the tree plantations undertaken between last November and March as part of the first planting campaign of the LIFE Bears with future project, were made during September and October. During these checks, the percentage of successfully rooting plants was evaluated in order to apply the necessary corrections to the second planting campaign, currently underway. […]
The new seed collection campaign of the LIFE Bears with Future project was carried out over the whole summer. It commenced in July with the collection of wild cherry (Prunus avium) fruits. Subsequently, in August, alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) fruits were collected, with the fruits of whitebeam (Sorbus aria) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) collected in September. Fruit […]
The LIFE Bears with Future project contemplates celebrating meetings with collectives who undertake recreational activities in bear areas. The objective is to interchange experiences and publicize the recommendations on how to safely move around in the mountains housing brown bears. Fungi collecting is one of these activities. These meetings started in March with talks and the distribution of materials. […]
From 22 to 26 May 2023 and within the framework of the LIFE Bears with Future project, an international meeting was held in Somiedo (Asturias) with members of the LIFE ARCPROM project, which develops actions to improve the cohabitation between bears and human activities in three National Parks in Greece (Rodope Mountain Range, Prespa and Pindos) and in […]
