Participation and involvement of young people are crucial in building the coexistence of lynx and humans, and we therefore have a foreseen collaboration with the schools within the Young Lynx Guardians programme within the LIFE Lynx project. On February, 13 2020 we made the first contact with The France Prešeren Kranj high school through a lecture about lynx and large carnivores by Urša Fležar from the Biotechnical Faculty and the...
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In early October, an art colony was held at the home of the academic painter Brigita Požegar Mulej. Artists with the widest range of creative practices were invited. Members of the project team prepared lectures about our project and lynx biology for the participants, we watched the documentary Path of the Lynx, and went on a guided field trip together. On the field trip, typical spots for lynx marking, resting and den preparation...
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As part of the project, an art colony will be held in Radovljica in early October, at the home of academic painter Brigita Požegar Mulej. The colony participants will be introduced to the biology of the lynx, its habitat and the opportunities and challenges of large carnivore coexistence. Under the impression of new topics related to lynx conservation, participants will be working on their artwork as part of the colony until 8th of...
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A three-day LIFE Lynx art workshop took place between August 30, and September 1. The participants worked in the heart of nature, at the guesthouse Jure Tourism, Gornje Poljane, Slovenia, under the mentorship of academic painter Karmen Bajec. LIFE Lynx project team members presented to the participant interesting facts about lynx, along with latest findings on lynx research in Slovenia and the reasons for their endangered status....
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