Hanna Ollos, Author at European Wilderness Society

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Predators help in mitigating wildlife roadkills

January 26, 2022January 26, 20227 hours ago Hanna Ollos 19 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Wildlife 8 min read

Michigan Tech ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers the days when carcasses of deer lined the highways through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. That

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Only three percent of land remains untouched, study says

January 18, 2022January 18, 20221 week ago Hanna Ollos 67 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem, Wilderness 5 min read

Satellite imagery has previously estimated that 20-40% of the Earth’s surface is still in relatively good condition and has not

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How mountain building influences biodiversity

January 13, 2022January 13, 20222 weeks ago Hanna Ollos 73 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, mountain, Wilderness 4 min read

Who would have thought that not only individuals but also planets could be affected by a midlife crisis? Once upon

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A new knowledge exchange platform for UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forests launched

December 13, 2021December 14, 20211 month ago Hanna Ollos 128 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, BEECH POWER 3 min read

The Interreg BEECH POWER project has recently launched a unique online platform. The platform serves as a networking and knowledge sharing

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China announces National Parks

December 13, 2021December 7, 20211 month ago Hanna Ollos 146 Views 2 Comments Biodiversity, Policy and Legislation, Wildlife 8 min read

China is a crucial country in both, the climate and biodiversity crisis. It is the most populous country in the

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Innovative project to protect the European wildcat submitted

December 7, 2021December 6, 20212 months ago Hanna Ollos 213 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, connectivity, Wilderness, Wildlife 6 min read

The native European wildcat has a fragmented distribution across Europe from Scotland to Turkey and the Caucasus. Its formerly wide

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Mapping the underground network of fungi

December 3, 2021December 1, 20212 months ago Hanna Ollos 207 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The vast network of fungi beneath the ground, also known as the internet of life and integral part of the

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Take a wild journey: apply now as a Wilderness volunteer!

October 8, 2021October 8, 20214 months ago Hanna Ollos 502 Views 0 Comments volunteer 6 min read

We are opening the Wilderness volunteering possibilities again and offer a unique opportunity: a wild winter volunteering journey with the

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Wilderness book club: Desert Solitaire – A season in the Wilderness

September 16, 2021September 15, 20214 months ago Hanna Ollos 447 Views 3 Comments Biodiversity, tourism, Wilderness, Wildlife 7 min read

The book ‘Desert solitaire’ written by Edward Abbey is an amazing combination of adventure writing with a bold dedication to

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Why we should NOT feed waterfowl

August 19, 2021August 19, 20215 months ago Hanna Ollos 426 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, human-wildlife interactions, migratory birds, Wildlife 7 min read

Experience has shown that people with good intentions are unaware that feeding waterfowl is unnecessary, especially in summer when animals

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Wetlands International launches a portal for data on waterbird populations

July 15, 2021July 8, 20217 months ago Hanna Ollos 539 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, bird, Wetland, Wildlife 4 min read

On 29 June 2021, Wetlands International launched the Waterbird Populations Portal. This is an online interactive platform, which collects current data

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Get to know more about rangers and join the discussion

July 8, 2021July 5, 20217 months ago Hanna Ollos 517 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, ranger, Wildlife 4 min read

Rangers serve under various titles and their work is vast, yet they all work to protect the natural world. Conservation

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Towards gender equality in the ranger workforce

July 1, 2021June 29, 20217 months ago Hanna Ollos 573 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, ranger 5 min read

Women are just as eager as men to join ranger workforces. Being a ranger is an important opportunity to contribute

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European Wilderness Society at the National Wilderness Skills Institute

June 21, 2021June 15, 20217 months ago Hanna Ollos 516 Views 0 Comments Wilderness, Wilderness Academy, Wilderness education, wilderness stewardship, Wilderness Week 3 min read

The National Wilderness Skills Institute is a modern training platform for those charged with the stewardship of US Wilderness and Wild

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Centralparks in the Carpathian Convention 12th Working Group on Biodiversity meeting

June 14, 2021August 19, 20218 months ago Hanna Ollos 548 Views 0 Comments Carpathian Convention, Carpathians, Centralparks 3 min read

Carpathian ecosystems hold some of the very last European wilderness. These areas are famous for their largest remaining primeval forests and grasslands.