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Education of Hunters in Loški potok

Slovene Forestry Service and external contractor Slovene Hunting Association organized a seminar for hunters in Hrib in Loški potok on 8th  of April 2015. The aim of the seminar was to present the project LifeKočevsko, the…continue reading

Course in recording capercaillie population

Slovenian hunters association (Lovska zveza Slovenije ) as external contractor for capercaille population recording, held a course for all interested individuals willing to participate in recording of capercaillie population on 26.3.2015. Over 40 participants were…continue reading

Winter tracking of hazel grouse in Kočevje area

BirdLife Slovenia, as external contractor kept winter records of hazel grouse tracks in march 2015. Inventory took place in preselected transects, following outlined transect using GPS device and map. Tracking was done using snowshoes or…continue reading

Course in recording capercaillie population

Slovenian hunters association (Lovska zveza Slovenije) as external contractor for capercaille population recording, held a course for all interested individuals willing to participate in recording of capercaillie population on 26.3.2015. Over 40 participants were familiarized…continue reading

Workshop on »forestry and hunting situation in Kočevsko area«

Second in series of workshops on forestry and hunting sectors was held on March 18th in order to gather various interests, aspects and sugestions of key stakeholders in relevant sectors in the area. Workshop was…continue reading

Delavnica z Ribiško družino Kočevje

Projektni partnerji si prizadevamo za usklajeno upravljanje območij Natura 2000 Kočevsko, zato smo že v začetni fazi projekta k sodelovanju povabiti vse ključne deležnike in skupaj z njimi poglobili znanje o območju ter oblikovali usklajene…continue reading

The Census of three-toed and white-backed woodpeckers

In March the Slovenia Forest Service started fieldwork for producing the census of three-toed and white-backed woodpeckers to establish the baseline status of the population of these two target species within the project area (Action…continue reading

Inventory of the baseline status of the target species Eurasian three-toad woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) and white-baked woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) – Action A2

In order to maximize the effectiveness of concrete conservation actions in the field we need to ensure optimal spatial location of the planned actions. At the moment there is a lack of systematically collected data…continue reading

Education day for professional staff of forestry companies

Transmition of knowledge is cruical. After series of lectures and workshops aimed mostly at the employed district foresters and district hunters at Kočevje and Novo mesto departments of Slovenian forest service, on 13.2.2014 foresters employed…continue reading

Meeting of the project partners in February 2015 and visit of external supervisor for Slovenia

Project partners at the meeting, which was held on February  11th 2015  at Ljudska univerza Kočevje(LUK) – adult education centre, was visited by an external supervisor for Slovenia dr. Mitja Kaligarič. Each partner presented the…continue reading