The LIFE Lynx project is now almost at the finish line. Project partners met in Slovenia for the last time to agree on the final outputs of the project. Project Monitor and representative of the biggest project co-financer, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, agreed that the project achieved and even overachieved many of the goals set in the project proposal. Magda Sindičić, from Faculty for Veterinary Medicine...
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In mid-December 2023, in collaboration with the cycling community gravgrav.cc and the cycling store Loose Cycles, we organized an event for cyclists. During the introductory part of the event, we first presented the lynx, the challenges faced by the population, and the efforts of our project for the conservation and protection of the species. Max Riese from Grav Grav introduced the collaboration with the project and the development of...
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In November, we joined forces with the providers of the innovative WINESPERIENCE® ART workshops, where participants paint an acrylic picture under the guidance of an experienced artist. This time, the theme of the painting evening was the lynx. During the creation process, the members of the project team presented the project and showed the main characteristics of the lynx. Participants were able to touch the fur and the skull, get to...
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We have published English translation of the booklet “In the Footsteps of Lynx Mala“, which complements the Lynx Trail, which starts and ends near the Jelenov studenec hut, south-west of Kočevje. The booklet will take children on a very special adventure with lynx Mala and Urša, the explorer. Together they will observe the forest, learn about the tracks of different animals and the places where the lynx likes to walk or rest. They...
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Join us for a social ride with Biologist Žan Kuralt and ultra endurance athlete Max Riese and learn about the Lynx Trail Bikepacking Route. As gravgrav.cc together with I-RIS.cc and LIFE Lynx we launched the first educational bikepacking route “The Lynx Trail” through Slovenia and Croatia. A 3 to 4 day route starting at the DINA Pivka museum in Pivka, Slovenia leading you through two National Parks to Rijeka, Croatia at...
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The nationwide competition “My Country – Beautiful and Hospitable” is organised by the Tourist Association of Slovenia and focuses on the tidiness of places, the quality of tourist offerings, marketing and promotion of tourist products, and a clean environment. Many Slovenian towns and cities participate in the competition. They are visited and evaluated by a state commission composed of experts in landscape architecture,...
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In early September, as part of the LIFE Lynx project, we organized a study visit for a limited number of foreign journalists and tourist operators. We presented to them the benefits of the presence of lynx and other large carnivores for the local community, especially in terms of ecotourism development and enriching the tourism offerings. The participants of the study visit were first welcomed at the Department of Biology,...
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The 221-kilometre-long Lynx Cycling Trail, which takes you from Pivka in Slovenia through the Snežník forests and Gorski Kotar to Rijeka in Croatia, has already attracted some cyclists in the two months since it was set up. The first to ride the trail were two Austrian cyclists, Maria Prasch and Gabriele Ruthofer. After their arrival in Rijeka, they told us that they really enjoyed cycling through the beautiful and changeable Dinaric...
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Do you know who can sneak up on a lynx’s prey? Why does a lynx use its whiskers or why can its eyes reflect light at night? What needs to be done before a lynx can be relocated from the Carpathians to Slovenia? All this and more interesting facts about the lynx can be found in the new didactic guidelines for the Lynx educational trail in Kočevsko. In addition to the basic topics covered in the trail, these guidelines also...
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Would you like to have fun, ride your bike, protect the lynx and learn about large carnivores? Bikepacking is combining riding your bike with exploring nature. We ride through nature, learn about it and get in touch with it while taking time off from our everyday lives. The Lynx Trail Bikepacking route leads you through the remote karst landscapes of the Dinaric mountains, thick forests and seasonal lakes all the way from Pivka to the...
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On February 15 and 16, 2023, the LIFE Lynx project team attended the Alpe-Adria Fair where we were presenting the Lynx Educational Trail in Kočevje, lynx art workshops, interactive e-lessons, and other lynx-based tourism products developed within the project. The Lynx Eductional Trail was opened in September 2021 and is one of the 14 forest educational trails that were selected by the Slovenia Forest Service regional units to be...
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