Session Chair: Jenny Glikman
LBSC04 – Practical Pathways Toward Human-Bear Coexistence
Serena Frau, Fabrizio Cordischi The Bear Smart Community (BSC) initiative in Italy adapts the Canadian Bear Smart model to the socio cultural and legal context of the Central Apennines, where […]
LBSC05 – Operation of Bear Intervention Units in the Bear Smart Communities in Greece and Italy
Maria Papazekou Range expansion by the Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) in central Italy and the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Greece depends on functional ecological corridors. However, corridor […]
Invited Talk: IT06 – The challenging conservation of the brown bear in Trentino – Italian Alps: a balance 25 years after the reintroduction
Trentino and the surrounding central Alps are home to one isolated bear population numbering around 120 individuals.A huge effort in terms of conservation and management has been made in the […]
LBSC02 – The governance of Bear Smart Communities
Antonio di Nunzio, Valerio Reale Human–bear coexistence in the Central Apennines requires approaches that consider wildlife conservation alongside the social, economic, and institutional aspects of living with a recovering bear […]
LBSC03 – The role of tourism in shaping coexistence among the bear smart communities
This presentation explores how tourism can be intentionally shaped to support human–bear coexistence within the Bear Smart Communities (BSC) framework. We begin by outlining the geographical and economic context: core […]
Invited Talk: IT05 – The challenge of human-wildlife coexistence: international perspectives and considerations
Presenter email: [email protected] Human-wildlife conflict is a serious and growing concern for biodiversity conservation worldwide. Negative encounters between people and wildlife may trigger these situations, but the deeper challenge often […]
LBSC01 – The LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors Project: Creating 16 Bear Smart Corridors in the Central Apennines
The Marsican brown bear exists as a small relict population in the Central Apennines – one of the most threatened populations in the world. Human-caused mortality, whether intentional or accidental, […]
OR22 – Defining Co-existence with the Southernmost population of Wabusk (Polar Bears) from an Omushkego Cree Perspective
Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo, Gregory Thiemann, Vicki Sahanatien, Geoff York, Lyle Walton, Alysa McCall, Community Members (holding space), Joseph Northrup Polar bears (Wabusk) in southern Hudson Bay and James Bay exist at […]
OR02 – Lessons, challenges and opportunities for human–brown bear coexistence in the Polish Carpathians
Carlos Bautista, Teresa Berezowska-Cnota, Agnieszka Olszańska, Agnieszka Sergiel, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Nuria Selva Damage caused by bears to human properties and the presence of bears in urban areas, together with administrative […]