Three shepherd dogs were killed after another incident of the illegal use of poison baits that took place in the area of Vevi, Florina on July 20, 2019. The field teams of the 'LIFE AMY BEAR' and ' Poison Detection Team Action in Western Macedonia’ projects have co-operated against another case of a phenomenon that is a scourge for wildlife and a serious public health hazard.
A four-day networking visit held from 27 to 30 May 2019, participating staff from the Forestry of Slovenia and the University of Zagreb, colleagues and partners from Greece involved in the implementation of LIFE projects. Twenty global scientists and experts Foresters, Biologists, Veterinarians, Agricultural Engineers from Slovenia, Croatia and Greece had the opportunity to present the results of nine (9) LIFE projects co-funded by European and national resources.
In the framework of Action C2.1 of the LIFEAMYBEAR Exchange Experience Trip for the management of bear population, which is co-funded by the European Commission and own resources under the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity Program. In this context, an educational exchange experience trip took place at the Abruzzo and Majella National Parks, with the participation of one person from the lead partner of the project, one from NGO Callisto and three from ADIDM Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia.
Mr.Mertzanis (LIFE ARCKAS, LIFE AmyBear & LIFE SAFE CROSSING) responded (on behalf of Callisto NGO) to the challenge by Life Dinalp, coming from the coordinators in Slovenia at the seminar that took place on 08/04/2019 with a title: "Fragmentation/Connectivity of bear habitats on transport axes - compensatory-management measures". The seminar took place at the University of Ljubljana in an audience of representatives of Ministries, Technical Services and Construction Companies.
