Elena Leonteva, Author at European Wilderness Society

Wilderness Bookclub: contemporary female nature writing

Nature writing, celebrating and meditating on the non-human environment and our relationship with it, has a long literary history, stretching

Climate change

Losing iconic emperor penguins to climate change

Species extinction risk is accelerating due to anthropogenic climate change, raising the urgency to protect vulnerable species. The emperor penguin

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Wilderness

Rivers for landscape connectivity

Concerned scientists, citizens and governments have been raising the alarm over habitat and biodiversity loss for a while already. Solutions,

Wildlife

Does climate change kill gray whales in the Pacific?

Since the beginning of 2019 more and more gray whales along the west coast of North America from Mexico through

Wildlife

World Rewilding Day: Rewild to Supercharge Climate Mitigation

On March 20, people across the planet celebrate World Rewilding Day. It was launched in 2021 by the Global Rewilding

Wilderness

Journey into the Carpathians with scribble movies

The Carpathians are one of the most important European wildlife refuges harbouring some of the last undisturbed ecosystems such as

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Climate change

Learning to adapt – about butterflies and climate change

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our century. Along with habitat destruction, they are the main drivers

Wildlife

Women in conservation: Wangari Maathai of Kenya

This International Women’s Day is celebrated under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of

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Wilderness Policy

International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2022 the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. Despite the progress in promoting the

Wildlife

The end of the whaling epoch in Iceland

February 19 is World Marine Mammal Protection Day (World Whale Day), whose purpose is to draw attention to the problems

Wilderness

105 years of Russian protected areas

The Russian system of protected areas has been celebrating 105 years this year. On January the 11th of 1917 the

Ukraine Wildlife

Wildlife under threat due to Polish-Belarusian wall construction

Scientists and experts in the field of wildlife conservation call the European Commission to halt the construction of the wall

Climate change

Wilderness book club: Timefulness by Marcia Bjornerud

Marcia Bjornerud’s book ‘Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World’ is a geologist’s love letter to

Ukraine Wilderness

New National Park in Ukraine

At the beginning of 2022 the President of Ukraine signed a decree officially creating the new Pushcha Radzivila National Park

Wildlife

Scientists and enthusiasts in Russia are tracking down the Russian desman to save it from extinction

By the end of the 19th century, only two species of desman remained in Europe: the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)

Author: Elena Leonteva

Wilderness Bookclub: contemporary female nature writing

Losing iconic emperor penguins to climate change

Rivers for landscape connectivity

Does climate change kill gray whales in the Pacific?

World Rewilding Day: Rewild to Supercharge Climate Mitigation

Journey into the Carpathians with scribble movies

Learning to adapt – about butterflies and climate change

Women in conservation: Wangari Maathai of Kenya

International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development

The end of the whaling epoch in Iceland

105 years of Russian protected areas

Wildlife under threat due to Polish-Belarusian wall construction

Wilderness book club: Timefulness by Marcia Bjornerud

New National Park in Ukraine

Scientists and enthusiasts in Russia are tracking down the Russian desman to save it from extinction

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