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On November 9th 2021 a meeting between the Park, WWF Italy and potential beneficiaries of the Bear Friendly label took place in Caramanico Terme, Maiella National Park, Central Italy. More than 100 potential beneficiaries of the Bear Friendly label among beekeepers and farmers were invited to the meeting and 20 of them participated reporting their opinion and also that of those who could not be present at the meeting. During the event, the LIFE ARCPROM project and the guidelines for granting...

The event, organized with the support of WWF Italy, was attended by 25 stakeholders invited to bring their own contribution for the discussion of the 4 priority themes that emerged during the first meeting held on 30 June 2021. After a first phase of presentation of the ARCPROM Project as well as the results of the first meeting, the participants were divided into 4 thematic tables where expectations, problems and wishes for the future were expressed through the method of...

This is the cry that rang out in the squares of Roccamorice, Campo di Giove, Palena, Pizzoferrato and Ateleta during the 5 stages of the coexistence tour. An initiative by @WWF Italia and Parco della Maiella to promote human-bear coexistence, carried out as part of the LIFE ARCRPOM European project. Games with salt dough, crosswords, quizzes and origami are just some of the activities that have transported adults and children to the world of the Marsican brown bear to learn...

On Friday, September 10th, a female bear, about six years old, was found dead near Vrontero, Prespa, specifically in the "Pyxos" area. The NGO “ARCTUROS” was informed about the incident by a citizen and they directly passed the information to the Management Authority of Prespa National Park, the Society for the Protection of Prespa and the Florina Forestry Office, who rushed to the area together with the Department of Veterinary of the Regional Unit of Florina, the Municipality of Prespa...

IN SEPTEMBER THE WWF ITALIA VOLUNTEERS WILL BE IN THE MAIELLA NATIONAL PARK FOR THE "COEXISTENCE TOUR" DEDICATED TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TERRITORY WWF volunteers and Maiella National Park together to increase the knowledge and awareness of citizens so that a stable population of Apennine brown bears can settle, reproduce and play its ecological role in the ecosystem: the effort is to cancel or minimize the anthropogenic threats for this key species of the protected fauna of the Apennines. This is...

Coexistence with the Apennine brown bear in the Maiella National Park. This is the topic on which the stakeholders interested by interactions with the bears met yesterday at the Park headquarters in Sulmona, Central Italy. The initiative was carried out in the frame of Action C1 of the LIFE ARCPROM project, a concrete conservation action specifically aimed to promote human-bear coexistence in the Maiella Park and in 3 National Parks in Greece (North Pindo, Prespa and Rodopi). The one held on...

After repeated incursions in several villages to feed on barnyard animals, the Bear Emergency Team of the Majella National Park planned a specific intervention to capture F1.99, a problematic female bear better known as Peppina. The capture attempt, implemented in the frame of the Life ARCPROM, was successful and the she-bear is now equipped with a GPS radio-collar. Park biologists and veterinarians will now have the possibility to better monitor her movements but the collar itself will not prevent future...

After repeated incursions in several villages to feed on barnyard animals, the Bear Emergency Team of the Majella National Park planned a specific intervention to capture F1.99, a problematic female bear better known as Peppina. The capture attempt, implemented in the frame of the Life ARCPROM, was successful and the she-bear is now equipped with a GPS radio-collar. Park biologists and veterinarians will now have the possibility to better monitor her movements but the collar itself will not prevent future...

Here are the extraordinary and funny images “captured” by a camera trap in the Majella National Park showing an Apennine brown bear “dancing” around a tree! This sub-adult bear is actually rubbing on a pine tree where it probably smelled other bears scent and wanted to leave its own as well. Rubbing is a behavior showed by bears in their entire range and still it is not fully known and understood. Adult males rub more than adult females and sub-adults and...

The partners of LIFE ARCPROM (LIFE18 NAT / GR / 000768) would like to thank the Board of Directors of the Green Fund, who with decision No. 181.1 / 2020, is going to cover part of the financial obligations of the project. LIFE ARCPROM aims at improving human-bear coexistence in four National Parks of S.Europe, three in Greece and one in Italy. The project started in October 2019 and will last for 5 years. Partners of the project are four National...