In the website http://gatunki.sggw.pl (window "Gatunki" -> "Niedźwiedź" -> "Pliki do pobrania") it is available the draft and Annex of the brown bear management plan for Poland together with the final presentation. Comments to the draft can be sent until 15 February 2011 to the address
Katedra Genetyki i Ogólnej Hodowli Zwierząt SGGW
ul. Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa
fax: 22 5936576
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The comments will be forwarded to the General Directorate for Environmental Protection, which is responsible and will decide about the future of the plan.

The management plan for the brown bear in Poland was presented on 29th November at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Now the General Directorate for Environmental Protection may take the lead in consultation procedures and paving the way to its implementation. Download the proposal of the plan HERE (6 MB).

The program broadcasted by TVP1 “Nature researchers” dedicates one episode to our research in the Tatra mountains. The episode, entitled “Dancing with bears”, deals with bear diet and winter dens, among other topics. The program was shown in Polish TV in late November and can be watched also online by clicking HERE.

Fot. Martin Straka

On 29^th November at 10:30 the management plan for the brown bear in Poland will be presented in the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. During the conference, the management plans for other species will be also presented.  Remember to confirm your attendance before 25^th November. Download the details of the conference location, program and attendance confirmation at the Polish site.

Fot. Djuro Huber

On 10 and 11^th October in Liptovsky Hradok the Slovak Wildlife Society, under the auspices of the Ministry of the Environment, organized the second workshop on the management plan for brown bears in Slovakia. The workshop was facilitated by Prof. Alistair Bath. The Polish team working on the management plan for Poland took part in this meeting. We joined the discussion on transboundary issues in brown bear population management with the presentation entitled “Brown bear in Poland: status and needs of a transboundary population”. The importance of cooperation was emphasized and agreed on. In the next two days (12-13 october) we also took part in the seminar "Implementation and work of an emergency team for solving urgent conflicts between bears and humans" led by Prof. Djuro Huber. We presented the immobilization and dead bear sampling protocols created for the purposes of the management plan in Poland.