A. Project management and the coordination of activities
A.1. Project coordination, territorial management committees and progress reports.
A.2. Project financial management.
A.3. Preparatory training for the beneficiaries.
B. Prevention of conflicts with bears in human settlements and their surroundings
B.1. Creation and training of local conflict prevention teams.
B.2. Maintenance and cleaning of the security perimeter around settlements and the paths between or close to these, to reduce their accessibility by bears and improve detection, avoiding contact between bears and people.
B.3. Dissuasive planting of fruit stands (cherries and plums) well away from human settlements.
B.4. Creation of a local information channel on the presence of bears in human settlements.
C. Management and mitigation of conflicts with bears in human settlements and their surroundings
C.1. Protection of domestic animal installations or other points of attraction in human settlements and their surroundings.
C.2. Pilot test of bear-proof garbage containers.
C.3. Pilot test of bear detector-repellent devices in fruit trees or other points of attraction in human settlements.
C.4. Information, monitoring early warning of bear conflicts in human settlements.
C.5. Radio-tracking of bears involved in problems or conflicts in human settlements and their surroundings (in Asturias).
D. Information dissemination and communication
D.1. Project website and social media networks.
D.2. Project information material.
D.3. Project information material.Information campaign for the local inhabitants, local retail establishments and social actors regarding good waste disposal practices, the elimination of attractants, management of problem bears and an environmental educational campaign for local schools.
D.4. Activities with local, regional and national media.
D.5. Support for socioeconomic development and entrepreneurship in the municipalities linked to and with a positive image of the brown bear.
D.6. Networking with other projects and visits to other areas with similar situations.
E. Monitoring and evaluation
E.1. Initial and final evaluations of the social perception of the presence of brown bears in the surroundings of human settlements and the effectiveness of the project’s actions.
E.2. Monitoring of the activities for the prevention of bear conflicts in human settlements.
E.3. Monitoring of cases of problem bears in human settlements, mitigation measures and their results.
E.4. Monitoring of the information, dissemination and communication activities.
E.5. Monitoring and production of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) report.
F. Sustainability, replication and utilisation of the project results
F.1. Sustainability of the actions: After-LIFE Conservation Plan
F.2. Proposal for replication in other municipalities of the Cantabrian mountains
F.3. Proposal for replication in other municipalities of the Cantabrian mountains
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