Wetlands International launches a portal for data on waterbird populations
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
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
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
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
Carpathian ecosystems hold some of the very last European wilderness. These areas are famous for their largest remaining primeval forests and grasslands.
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Environmental stewardship in a post-natural world: what are we trying to protect?
The Anthropocene is a key paradigm for debating environmental issues in scientific, political and ethical debates. What would a sustainable
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The old human-nature dualism: Are we part of nature?
This simple question can drastically shape our worldview. Today, Tobias Nickel leads us the entanglement with nature in different parts
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A human-dominated planet: is there any nature left?
Geological eras are periods of time that allow us to divide and to study the different stages through which the planet
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Global eco-awakening – a rise in environmental concern
The COVID-19 pandemic has injected fuel in environmental awareness, so called the eco-awakening across the globe, new report has revealed. Nature
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Defining nature: revisiting the human-nature relationship
Are humans separate from or part of nature and what defines our relationship with nature? In the next weeks we
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Year-round protection for the wolf in Slovakia
On Earth Day, the Minister of Environment symbolically signed the decree, enacting the year-round protection of the wolf in Slovakia.
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The end of nature?
There is not a single day going by where we do not read or receive reports of some form of logging
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New video on the story of the European beech forests
The protection of old-growth European beech forests was a long process that stretched over several decades. In the newly published video,
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The European Wilderness Society joined the Global Waste Cleaning Network
We are happy to announce that last week, the European Wilderness Society joined the Global Waste Cleaning Network, to capitalise
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Our night sheds a bad light on wildlife
There has been evidence in the past that artificial night lights strongly affects animals. Artificial light disrupts the behaviour of
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Wilderness book club: The hidden life of trees by Peter Wohlleben
If a book is titled ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ and its subtitle is ‘What Do They Feel, How Do
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Coastal ecosystems are under pressure
Coastal ecosystems worldwide bring an enormous value in ecosystem services to humans, however, they are facing increasing pressures due to
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Austrian Wilderness area doubles in size
Since it was founded in 2002, the Austrian Dürrenstein Wilderness area has grown to 35 square kilometers and has been
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Could Denmark be a wolf land?
In Denmark, there has been a long-standing debate about the protection of the wolf. After a rollercoaster-like history of wolves
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Women and the climate emergency
The lack of gender balance in leading roles in the nature conservation sector is alarming. With regards to changes to
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