Minding Animals Norway's first hearing statement, on bear management

Minding Animals Norway (MAN) has submitted its very first hearing statement ("høringsuttalelse" in Norwegian), on the management of the brown bear (and in part large predators in general). The 4 page text is available in full on MAN's webpage. I drafted the text.

Talk on official and unofficial predator management advertised

The one-woman company "Natur, Utvikling og Design", run by Lisbet Baklid, has released an invitation to its annual conference on large carnivores and grazing animals (to be arranged at Hamar, Norway, Oct 31 - Nov 1), where I will be giving the talk "Offisiell og 'uoffisiell' rovviltforvaltning i Norge sett med et humanøkologisk blikk - Hva er motivene og handlingene?" [Official and "unofficial" predator management in Norway, as seen in a human ecology perspective - What are the motives and actions?]".

My talk is one of six advertised in the 3 pp invitation. Other speakers include John Linnell and Petter Wabakken.

Tartu visit, November 2010: Supervision

It is the last day of my latest visit to Tartu, which envelops 23-30 November. I am satisfied and tired. The visit pretty much started out with a 3-4 hour supervision session with my supervisor Kalevi Kull. We discussed my tentative notions of integration vs. segregation (vs. assimilation) as competing management models... And he criticised my notion of the 'independent' vs. 'dependent' viability of wildlife populations on the grounds that it reproduces the nature/culture distinction. Useful discussion.

The department is vivid as ever with two classes of international master students...