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The population of brown bear in Slovenia is in a favorable state of preservation, with a trend of improvement. The estimated number of bears in spring was 990.

The population is the northwestern part of the Dinaric-Pind population, which was in 2012  estimated at 3950 individuals and is stable or growing.

The brown bear live in large forested areas, in Slovenia, they are present in fir and beech forests of the high karst massifs, so the brown bear population indicator indirectly reflects the status of this forest landscape, which is largely included in the Natura 2000 network.


This indicator shows the status of the brown bear population in Slovenia and, indirectly, the status of the bear's habitat. It is composed of several sub-indicators: sex structure of animals taken from the wild, various reasons for taking animals from the wild, registration of damage to property caused by bears, and data gathered at permanent counting sites.

 


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Figure NB06-1:  Number of incidents caused by the brown bear
Sources: 

Statistical data on incidents caused by the brown bear to human assets, Slovenia Forest Service, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2021 (30. 03. 2021)

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incidents [number]

damage in EUR[EUR]

1995

57

11795

1996

45

25621

1997

81

40580

1998

105

120653

1999

138

99825

2000

139

52638

2001

123

44240

2002

503

131377

2003

239

64922

2004

466

124129

2005

817

194866

2006

589

145160

2007

294

81866

2008

578

170679

2009

380

154314

2010

629

252497

2011

311

113703

2012

592

232339

2013

364

145066

2014

519

192206

2015

355

148344

2016

306

136126

2017

440

164917

2018

151

58075

2019

341

138884

Figure NB06-2: Structure of brown bears eliminated from the wild
Sources: 

Statistical data on structure of elimination from the brown bear population, Slovenia Forest Service, 2021 (30. 03. 2021)

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total[number]

unknown[number]

above 150 kg[number]

from 101 to 150 kg[number]

up to 100 kg[number]

unknown[%]

females [%]

males[%]

unknown[number]

females [number]

males[number]

1995

36

1

6

12

17

2.80

33.30

63.90

1

12

23

1996

49

0

5

15

29

2

34.70

63.30

1

17

31

1997

43

0

2

13

28

0

46.50

53.50

0

20

23

1998

61

1

8

20

32

4.90

32.80

62.30

3

20

38

1999

56

1

11

7

37

1.80

33.90

64.30

1

19

36

2000

63

0

6

16

41

0

39.70

60.30

0

25

38

2001

56

2

7

14

33

3.60

35.70

60.70

2

20

34

2002

116

1

9

20

86

0.90

36.20

62.90

1

42

73

2003

72

0

6

13

53

1.40

36.10

62.50

1

26

45

2004

80

2

9

17

52

2.50

36.30

61.30

2

29

49

2005

95

0

4

22

69

0

47.40

52.60

0

45

50

2006

126

0

13

31

81

1.60

47.60

50.80

2

60

64

2007

108

0

15

21

72

0.90

44.40

54.60

1

48

59

2008

92

1

5

21

65

3.30

41.30

55.40

3

38

51

2009

85

1

10

19

55

2.40

34.10

63.50

2

29

54

2010

108

0

8

26

74

0

44.40

55.60

0

48

60

2011

64

0

7

13

44

6.30

45.30

48.40

4

29

31

2012

132

0

10

21

101

2.30

40.90

56.80

3

54

75

2013

58

0

6

9

43

8.60

44.80

46.60

5

26

27

2014

143

2

18

24

99

0.60

49.70

49.70

1

71

71

2015

116

0

13

23

80

0

38.80

61.20

0

45

71

2016

48

0

6

5

37

4.20

33.30

62.50

2

16

30

2017

122

4

11

24

83

3.30

42.60

54.10

4

52

66

2018

153

21

20

112

0

36.60

63.40

0

56

97

2019

183

1

14

43

125

0.50

50.30

49.20

1

92

90

2020

99

1

7

24

67

3

51.50

45.50

3

51

45

Figure NB06-3: Brown bears eliminated from the wild by reason
Sources: 

Statistical data on structure of elimination from the brown bear population, Slovenia Forest Service, 2021 (30. 03. 2021)

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Eliminated bears - total[number]

Kills - total[number]

Losses [number]

Capture [number]

Extraordinary kills[number]

Regular kills[number]

1995

36

32

4

0

2

30

1996

49

43

4

2

9

34

1997

43

32

10

1

7

25

1998

61

50

11

0

8

42

1999

56

42

12

2

6

36

2000

63

45

15

3

8

37

2001

56

41

13

2

8

33

2002

116

90

23

3

25

65

2003

72

61

11

0

15

46

2004

80

60

20

0

14

46

2005

95

73

22

0

37

36

2006

126

94

27

5

18

76

2007

108

89

19

0

21

68

2008

92

75

17

0

14

61

2009

85

69

16

0

13

56

2010

108

98

10

0

5

93

2011

64

57

7

0

6

51

2012

132

100

32

0

15

85

2013

58

48

10

0

4

44

2014

143

120

23

0

11

109

2015

116

99

17

0

6

93

2016

48

31

16

1

3

28

2017

122

96

26

0

19

77

2018

153

140

13

0

12

128

2019

183

167

16

0

6

161

2020

99

88

11

0

12

76

Figure NB06-4: Spring and autumn population structure of the brown bear during the period 2004-2021
Sources: 

Statistical data on the monitoring of abundance trends and the population structure of the brown bear, Slovenia Forest Service and Slovenian Hunting Association, 2021 (30. 03. 2021)

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other bears[%]

offspring 1+[%]

offsprnig 0+[%]

female bears with offspring 1+ [%]

female bears with offspring 0+ [%]

spring

46

19

17

9

9

autumn

42

11

28

5

14

Figure NB06-5: Average number of bears observed per counting point
Sources: 

Statistical data on the monitoring of abundance trends and the population structure of the brown bear, Slovenia Forest Service and Slovenian Hunting Association , 2021 (30. 03. 2021)

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spring[number]

autumn[number]

total[number]

2004

0.87

0.80

0.84

2005

1.17

1.15

1.16

2006

0.98

0.95

1.03

2007

0.96

0.46

0.71

2008

0.94

1.22

1.09

2009

1.08

0.82

0.95

2010

0.95

1.23

1.09

2011

1

0.51

0.76

2012

1.09

1.17

1.13

2013

1.11

1.02

1.06

2014

1.35

1.49

1.42

2015

1.26

1.14

1.20

2016

1.10

1

1.05

2017

1.37

1.77

1.57

2018

1.32

1.49

1.41

2019

2.10

1.94

2.02

2020

2.01

1.72

1.87


Goals

To maintain a favourable state of the brown bear population and to reduce conflicts.



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