To help recognise, identify and spot signs in the wild that indicate the presence of individual brown bears (Ursus arctos), a specially protected species, the Nature Conservation Agency, in cooperation with specialists from the Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava” and the Latvian Museum of Natural History, has developed guidelines for hunters and those involved in forestry. The material explains how to identify a den site and the territory inhabited by a brown bear, and how to act correctly in the event of an encounter.
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