Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But
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European Wilderness Quality Standard
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What is Wilderness character?
What characterizes Wilderness? For those who care passionately about Wilderness, it seems that this question is an important part of
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Natural wonder on a tri-border: Kongura Wilderness
The autumn of 2019, auditors of European Wilderness Society visited a number of protected areas in Bulgaria. The most Southern
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Scenic nature in Ali Botush Wilderness
Ali Botush is a Strict Reserve in the Slavyanka mountain range, located directly on the border of Bulgaria and Greece.
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Exploring the jungle of Mantaritsa WILDForest
Mantaritsa Strict Reserve was established in 1968 to showcase and protect an old, unmanaged forest ecosystem in the Western Rhodope
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Launching Vlado Vancura Wilderness Academy
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. Edward Abbey As Edward Abbey, the famous American author
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Wilderness found in Cervenata stena: the land of caves
In autumn 2019, European Wilderness Society auditors travelled to Bulgaria to seek new potential Wilderness. One treasure found was Cervenata
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European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System 2.0.
The European Wilderness Society developed the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System, together with numerous Wilderness organisations and Wilderness
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10th anniversary of Wilderness in Europe
In February 2009 Wilderness advocates gathered in Prague for the Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas. Their focus was to unite Europe with a common vision and strategy for Wilderness, and thus the European Wilderness Resolution was created.
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Everything you need to know about Wilderness
Have you always wondered why Wilderness in Europe is so important? Or why it is necessary to have a common
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IUCN and European Wilderness Quality and Audit System – commonalities and differences
The European Wilderness Quality Standard as well as the IUCN protected areas categories, particularly category Ia and Ib, designate and
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Defining and protecting Wilderness in Europe
In 2013 the Wilderness Working Group (WWG) published an official European Wilderness definition. This definition builds on the IUCN definition
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Re-Audit of Majella Wilderness
A recently carried out Re-Audit of Majella Wilderness, located in Majella National Park in Central Italy, reviewed the Wilderness quality
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Wilderness in Sirente-Velino Regional Park
After an overnight stay at Monte Amaro in Majella Wilderness our auditors visited the Sirente-Velino Regional Park. Sirente-Velino Regional Park is
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Position Paper to Wilderness of the National Parks Austria
The National Parks Austria recently published a position paper for Wilderness and non-intervention management in the Austrian National Parks. The
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New potential Wilderness in Slovakia
The director of the Low Tatras National Park and the Chairman of the European Wilderness Society recently signed a Memorandum
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Italy’s wildest places in Majella Wilderness
Last week our Wilderness and Large Carnivore experts spent a week in central Italy to visit Majella National Park, home
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Need of the European Wilderness Standard and International Audit
Europe is a very densely settled land, and land use patterns have shaped and transformed virtually every corner of this
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A second chance for Pirin Wilderness
The Pirin National Park in Bulgaria was established on 18 November 1962. In that time it used to be a
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