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Slovenian Environmental Agency (ARSO) is responsible for providing monetary compensation for damage caused by protected animal species. The amount of damages fluctuates depending on the available food in nature, according to spring cold or summer drought, there’s more damage expected. The year 2019 was like this, with 1.301 reported damage cases caused by protected animal species (76 % more than the year before), out of which, 1.173 received the compensation. A total of 570.580,39 EUR was paid in compensation, for damage caused by 28 different protected animal species. Most damage cases happened between the months of July and November, with most of the damage caused by large carnivores, and most of the damage being on small livestock.

Wolfs and brown bears caused the most damages in 2019. They appeared in areas where their presence had not been previously detected, and in these areas, due to less adequate protection of property, unexpected damages occurred. Because of that, many breeders more often sought sources of funding for additional protection measures at both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Environment, and there has been a more pronounced demand from farmers to reduce the size of the wolf and brown bear populations by culling.


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Figure NB07-1: Damage caused by protected animal species in 2019 according to the level of compensation 
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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Figure NB07-2: Number of damage cases per month, from 2005 till 2019
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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2005[number] 2006[number] 2007[number] 2008[number] 2009[number] 2010[number] 2011[number] 2012[number] 2013[number] 2014[number] 2015[number] 2016[number] 2017[number] 2018[number] 2019[number]
January 7 26 30 50 37 27 23 28 14 22 22 22 33 31 29
February 7 31 40 58 33 49 28 35 16 16 13 26 29 13 28
March 22 49 59 41 52 64 55 34 49 31 38 45 53 37 47
April 42 55 86 99 62 69 59 56 56 54 36 50 45 42 72
May 58 94 121 107 76 122 88 96 94 103 43 86 75 87 97
June 93 106 82 118 71 108 76 104 61 96 31 56 82 55 98
July 117 93 123 163 110 115 84 163 64 98 66 68 103 55 138
August 223 149 182 218 127 165 147 269 89 149 90 91 166 98 179
September 245 210 191 295 158 268 131 242 147 217 182 116 263 122 241
October 169 144 130 205 109 215 105 147 80 137 133 93 157 88 186
November 70 75 82 111 79 105 72 98 41 60 51 71 86 61 108
December 29 36 58 73 38 30 35 23 23 30 19 23 25 37 78
Figure NB07-3: Number of damage cases caused by individual protected animal species from 2005 till 2019
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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brown bear[number] wolf[number] lynx[number] ferret[number] raven[number] other[number] total[number]
2005 817 61 28 28 102 25 1061
2006 589 165 16 23 185 19 997
2007 294 354 7 17 282 144 1098
2008 625 420 17 38 366 72 1538
2009 379 427 21 45 33 47 952
2010 629 555 8 41 29 75 1337
2011 316 443 7 24 33 80 903
2012 702 349 2 51 47 144 1295
2013 408 150 0 43 35 98 734
2014 577 212 0 55 52 117 1013
2015 394 114 1 39 45 131 724
2016 368 100 1 55 75 148 747
2017 511 172 2 58 103 271 1117
2018 184 189 1 43 82 227 726
2019 446 337 1 77 127 313 1301
Figure NB07-4: The ratio of paid compensation according to agent – protected animal species
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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brown bear[EUR] wolf[EUR] lynx[EUR] ferret[EUR] raven[EUR] other[EUR] total[EUR] brown bear[%] wolf[%] lynx[%] ferret[%] raven[%] other[%]
2005 194865.56 30050.26 6501.33 4267.96 15075.32 9313.57 260074 74.93 11.55 2.50 1.64 5.80 3.58
2006 145159.81 87841.58 3280.77 5031 39380.84 8099.82 288793.82 50.26 30.42 1.14 1.74 13.64 2.80
2007 81866.39 203336 1161.47 4750.02 52639.86 11732.66 355486.40 23.03 57.20 0.33 1.34 14.81 3.30
2008 170648.97 279371.18 3712.21 14680.57 67172.24 43253.24 578838.41 29.48 48.26 0.64 2.54 11.60 7.47
2009 149910.32 270706.30 3856.29 20888.46 13745.66 14661.94 473768.97 31.64 57.14 0.81 4.41 2.90 3.09
2010 252496.68 333685.90 1263.75 9956.05 12377.61 29063.45 638843.44 39.52 52.23 0.20 1.56 1.94 4.55
2011 113703.14 251486.68 975 3254.83 36156.70 37499.45 443075.80 25.66 56.76 0.22 0.73 8.16 8.46
2012 232339.10 191879.75 150 6047.32 9392.97 130512.33 570321.47 40.74 33.64 0.03 1.06 1.65 22.88
2013 145066.14 89246.18 0 4388.50 13229.81 60548.79 312479.42 46.42 28.56 0 1.40 4.23 19.38
2014 192206.02 140594.94 0 4768.46 24107.28 90115.09 451791.79 42.54 31.12 0 1.06 5.34 19.95
2015 147866.08 83914.30 168.75 4729.07 8353.03 58316.16 303347.39 48.74 27.66 0.06 1.56 2.75 19.22
2016 136126.03 63481.84 24.86 5559.91 10104.10 47888.60 263185.34 51.72 24.12 0.01 2.11 3.84 18.20
2017 164917.36 159246.16 1434.97 5886.09 19539.09 171952.33 522976 31.53 30.45 0.27 1.13 3.74 32.88
2018 58074.66 127771.70 0 9588.15 13252.28 101336.13 310022.92 18.73 41.21 0 3.09 4.27 32.69
2019 138884.20 244656.33 181.50 7604.71 20114.31 159139.34 570580.39 24.34 42.88 0.03 1.33 3.53 27.89
Figure NB07-5: Number of damage cases according to damage objects
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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goats and sheep[number of incidents] fruit cultivation[number of incidents] forage production (bales)[number of incidents] agriculture[number of incidents] poultry[number of incidents] beekeeping[number of incidents] other[number of incidents]
2005 353 139 120 225 32 79 113
2006 526 138 86 76 25 73 73
2007 726 67 59 34 25 13 174
2008 862 168 112 165 55 69 222
2009 544 100 84 73 52 32 116
2010 753 172 106 99 49 68 138
2011 576 68 67 49 38 30 100
2012 563 182 119 114 73 87 220
2013 302 84 49 45 61 76 157
2014 347 120 91 130 78 89 269
2015 221 90 83 77 54 64 179
2016 240 78 74 51 75 85 180
2017 363 110 81 132 75 100 346
2018 309 56 44 39 72 28 188
2019 456 113 79 129 98 89 365
Figure NB07-6: The ratio of paid compensation according to damage objects
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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goats and sheep[EUR] fruit cultivation[EUR] forage production (bales)[EUR] agriculture[EUR] poultry[EUR] beekeeping[EUR] other[EUR] total[EUR] goats and sheep[% (EUR)] fruit cultivation[% (EUR)] forage production (bales)[% (EUR)] agriculture[% (EUR)] poultry[% (EUR)] beekeeping[% (EUR)] other[% (EUR)]
2005 104732.72 18804.40 20277.81 27698.62 4297.36 43352.85 40910.23 260073.99 40.27 7.23 7.80 10.65 1.65 16.67 15.73
2006 171839.87 20813.47 17298.94 10736.22 5121.28 34406.69 28577.82 288794.29 59.50 7.21 5.99 3.72 1.77 11.91 9.90
2007 279044.26 13260.36 9491.37 5099.31 5221.91 7908 35461.19 355486.40 78.50 3.73 2.67 1.43 1.47 2.22 9.98
2008 347837.59 46712.49 18263.50 20647.28 15017.58 32411.20 97948.77 578838.41 60.09 8.07 3.16 3.57 2.59 5.60 16.92
2009 325990.32 25703.23 15277.48 15264.71 20996.97 11396.90 59139.36 473768.97 68.81 5.43 3.22 3.22 4.43 2.41 12.48
2010 455051.65 38309.13 15868.08 20670.24 10988.88 37460.97 60494.49 638843.44 71.23 6.00 2.48 3.24 1.72 5.86 9.47
2011 296576.18 19053.13 20448.02 24070.60 4815.36 11186.83 66925.68 443075.80 66.94 4.30 4.62 5.43 1.09 2.52 15.10
2012 291436.80 29892.64 14412.79 68068.72 9538.41 38016.56 118955.55 570321.47 51.10 5.24 2.53 11.94 1.67 6.67 20.86
2013 135365.60 17459.38 6695.04 15890.79 4372.04 35723.39 96973.18 312479.42 43.32 5.59 2.14 5.09 1.40 11.43 31.03
2014 159195.04 22901.54 11676.88 38453.10 6468.40 62095.74 151001.09 451791.79 35.24 5.07 2.58 8.51 1.43 13.74 33.42
2015 102739.60 16722.49 17363.74 10353.72 5614.04 40497.30 110056.50 303347.39 33.87 5.51 5.72 3.41 1.85 13.35 36.28
2016 89272 14152.23 13461.08 8806.30 6171.35 51381.71 79940.67 263185.34 33.92 5.38 5.11 3.35 2.34 19.52 30.37
2017 179952.77 43943.49 14925.96 38607 6814.05 42903.08 195829.65 522976 34.41 8.40 2.85 7.38 1.30 8.20 37.45
2018 128766.30 29304.02 9205.89 7209.61 11076.74 16863.10 107597.26 310022.92 41.53 9.45 2.97 2.33 3.57 5.44 34.71
2019 211903.99 28044.11 10623.60 31657.80 8098.65 45876.42 234375.82 570580.39 37.14 4.92 1.86 5.55 1.42 8.04 41.08
Figure NB07-7: The number of installed higher prevention measures co-financed by Slovenian Environmental Agency (ARSO) since 2015
Sources:

ODSEV, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 05. 2021)

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applications[number] action taken[number] no. established measures[number]
2015 10 6 6
2016 2 3 9
2017 29 8 17
2018 27 28 45
2019 31 16 61

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