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 Die
Bären von Slovenien - Politischer Erklärungsversuch zur
Legitimation der Bären-Jagd
Clarification
of the brown bear cull in Slovenia in 2002 for the Bern Convention
Standing Committe Meeting
Written
by: Marko Jonozovic, BSC Forestry
Head of the Department for Wildlife Slovenia Forest Service
Jože Sterle for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Mladen Berginc for the Ministry of the Environment,
Spatial Planning and the Energy
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10.02.03 |
3. The management of the bear population
in Slovenia at present
Cases
of damage involving bears
The
assessment of the present state of affairs, based on the data collected
so far (8-year analysis), regarding damage incurred by bears (in
line with the methodology of compensation payments) and the analysis
for 2002 show the following:
| damages |
|
 |
|
Year
|
No.
of damage cases |
Damages
paid out in SIT |
|
1994
|
7
|
837,000.00
|
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1995
|
57
|
2,826,562.00
|
|
1996
|
45
|
6,139,890.00
|
|
1997
|
81
|
9,724,539.00
|
|
1998
|
105
|
28,913,215.00
|
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1999
|
138
|
23,921,963.00
|
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2000
|
139
|
12,614,238.00
|
|
2001
|
123
|
10,601,558.00
|
|
2002
|
374
|
18,146,990.00
|
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The
data shows that, prior to 2002, the number of damage cases settled
around just over a hundred a year. The nominal value of compensations
kept increasing, slowly at first, whereas in 1998 and 1999 it went
up dramatically.
But the amount declined after 1998. In 2002, the number of cases
shot up. It is highest in the Kocevje and Notranjska areas and in
the wider Alpine and sub-Alpine region. In the former, this is the
result of the higher number of bears, whilst in the latter the main
cause is the utilisation of the land (free pasture in the mountains),
as the number of bears here, compared to the central area, is considerably
lower, but nevertheless on the increase.
The
damages incurred are assessed by experts of the Forests Institute
of Slovenia, whilst compensation is paid out by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Food.
In
2002, there were so many cases of damage incurred by bears and wolves
that for a few months now the Ministry has been unable to pay compensation
as the amount is much greater than the funds available for this
in the national budget.
::culled
bears so far::
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