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Cultural and spiritual significance of nature
European Wilderness Society 

Cultural and spiritual significance of nature

26/02/202126/02/20212 hours ago Hanna Ollos 0 3 min read
Waste management in Lithuania
European Wilderness Society 

Waste management in Lithuania

25/02/202125/02/20211 day ago Gintare Tamulyte 0 3 min read
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Sustainable Tourism 

How has ranger work changed during the pandemic?

24/02/202124/02/20212 days ago Timothy Sung 0 4 min read
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Wilderness 

Hidden urban Wilderness in Salzburg

23/02/202119/02/20213 days ago Timothy Sung 0 3 min read
Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians
European Wilderness Society 

Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians

22/02/202119/02/20214 days ago Julia Ramsauer 0 1 min read
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Wildlife 

Eurasian otters to be killed in Salzburg

18/02/202118/02/20211 week ago Julia Ramsauer 0 2 min read
Spain: protection of wolf expanded
Wildlife 

Spain: protection of wolf expanded

12/02/202110/02/20212 weeks ago Julia Ramsauer 0 3 min read
How to bring halt to wild bee decline
Wildlife 

How to bring halt to wild bee decline

10/02/202104/02/20212 weeks ago Nick Huisman 0 2 min read
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Wildlife 

Human impact on large carnivore expansion in Europe

09/02/202102/02/20212 weeks ago Nick Huisman 0 3 min read

WildernessView All

Latest news from Wilderness, WILDCoasts, WILDForests, WILDIslands and WILDRIvers

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Wilderness 

Hidden urban Wilderness in Salzburg

23/02/202119/02/20213 days ago Timothy Sung 0 3 min read

Despite many pioneers of the Wilderness movement discovering the beauty of Wilderness in the vast open landscapes of America, one

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Wilderness 

Safeguarding wetlands

02/02/202101/02/20213 weeks ago Timothy Sung 0 4 min read
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WILDForest 

Have your say about the new EU Forest Strategy

29/01/20214 weeks ago Nick Huisman 0 1 min read
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WILDRivers 

Montenegro bring halt to new small hydropower plants

27/01/202125/01/20211 month ago Nick Huisman 2 2 min read
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WILDForest 

Call for a radical change to stop deforestation once and for all

26/01/202126/01/20211 month ago Gintare Tamulyte 0 3 min read
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Latest infos, updates and news from our projects

Cultural and spiritual significance of nature
European Wilderness Society 

Cultural and spiritual significance of nature

26/02/202126/02/20212 hours ago Hanna Ollos 0 3 min read

Nature brings many values to us humans. Throughout history, nature has provided us with ecosystem services, social, historic, cultural and

Waste management in Lithuania
European Wilderness Society 

Waste management in Lithuania

25/02/202125/02/20211 day ago Gintare Tamulyte 0 3 min read
© Garry Oye 2019 - All Rights Reserved
Sustainable Tourism 

How has ranger work changed during the pandemic?

24/02/202124/02/20212 days ago Timothy Sung 0 4 min read
Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians
European Wilderness Society 

Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians

22/02/202119/02/20214 days ago Julia Ramsauer 0 1 min read
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European Wilderness Society 

Three thought-provoking nature documentaries to watch right now

17/02/202117/02/20211 week ago Hanna Ollos 0 2 min read

ResearchView All

International Wilderness research

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Research 

Human disturbance has significant impact on animal movement

17/02/202118/02/20211 week ago Hanna Ollos 0 2 min read

Human activity has a fundamental influence on the movement patterns of animals. It increases or decreases the distance that animals

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Research 

Why the 2020 global biodiversity policy failed and how to improve for 2030

28/01/202128/01/20214 weeks ago Nick Huisman 0 2 min read
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Research 

Large carnivores do not need protected areas

08/01/202118/12/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 1 2 min read

PolicyView All

Wilderness policy and petitions

Nature Outlook 2050: Four alternative scenarios for (Slovak) nature
Wilderness Policy 

Nature Outlook 2050: Four alternative scenarios for (Slovak) nature

15/02/202110/02/20212 weeks ago Hanna Ollos 0 3 min read

A pilot study made by the Ministry of the Environment together with Slovak Environment Agency models the possible changes related

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Wilderness Policy 

Is this finally the year for global action on biodiversity?

04/02/202115/02/20213 weeks ago Timothy Sung 0 5 min read
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Wilderness Policy 

Financial industry under stress from climate change

21/01/202120/01/20211 month ago Timothy Sung 0 3 min read

Livestock ProtectionView All

Information, research and best practice examples on livestock protection against large carnivores

500+ attendees at Livestock Protection Conference
Livestock 

500+ attendees at Livestock Protection Conference

27/01/202127/01/20214 weeks ago Julia Ramsauer 0 3 min read

On the 26th of January the first multilingual Alpine Livestock Protection conference took place online. This conference was the official

Compensation payments for wolf depredation within 24 hours
Livestock 

Compensation payments for wolf depredation within 24 hours

12/01/202112/01/20212 months ago Julia Ramsauer 0 2 min read

Majella National Park is one of the most impressive, wild and extensive mountain ranges of the Apennines. It is also

VideosView All

Calanda Wolf Documentary © Peter A Dettling All rights reserved
Livestock Videos 

Exclusive episode 15: Young wolves on risky adventures

Latvia hunts wolf pups and pregnant wolves
Livestock Videos 

How wolves change flow of rivers

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Research Videos 

WWF Living Planet Report 2014 – protected areas act as Noahs Arc

Iberian Wolf documentary: La Emocion Del Lobo
Livestock Videos Wildlife 

Iberian Wolf documentary: La Emocion Del Lobo

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Livestock Videos 

Wolf howls in the Sun

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