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European Wilderness Society
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Hunting ban on wolf
Great news that Slovakia finally intoduces a hunting ban in Western Slovakia bordering Poland and the Czech Republic in order to support setting up a viable and sustainable wolf population. This news is based on an article published on www.carnivores.cz Wolves are protected across Europe, but Slovakia managed to get a derogation agreement […]
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Working for a wilder Europe
Our society’s Board had a meeting in Vienna on 16 January and we made a milestone decision to join the new conservation vision of Europe as the 10th signatory party. The 10th World Wilderness Congress (aka WILD10) had many resolutions among them the new conservation vision for Europe. This resolution calls for the wide adoption […]
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Searching for Europe’s Big5
Brown bear? Bison? Killer whale? Polar bear? Moose? Wolf? Lynx? Or something else should be considered as the 5 symbolic animal species of Europe. Whatever the final 5 will be, they will have a big role to play: helping the protection of Europe’s wilderness and wildland!
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21st century protected area
The first protected area, the Yellowstone National Park, was set up in the 19th century. In the 20th century there was a boom in setting up protected areas as a believed key to halt biodiversity loss. How will protected areas look like in the 21st century?
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Howling for protection
Wilderness is somewhat an abstract term and, if not experienced personally, it is hard to explain its meaning to people. Therefore symbolic animals are important, which can make the emotional and visual link to wilderness.
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Wild Wild East
Bieszczady National Park, Poland is located in the extreme South-East corner of the country, bordering Slovakia and Ukraine. It covers the highest areas of the Polish part of the Bieszczady Mountains. In 1992 the Park and its surrounding areas became part of the UNESCO East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve,
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The year of wilderness
2014 is the year when we can celebrate wilderness protection across Europe. Hopefully this year will be a milestone to improve the protection and restoration of wilderness attributes.
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Documentary: Wolf Mountains
This is the story about the rebirth of european wilderness, in which the wolf, the wisent, the bear and other rare animals live as freely as centuries ago. Take a look with us into the unrestrained area of the Eastern Carpathians, formerly known as THE WOLF MOUNTAINS
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