Hanna Ollos, Author at European Wilderness Society

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Poisoning wildlife – A growing threat in Europe

Deliberate poisoning is one of the most severe factors threathening wildlife in Europe. Alarming cases have recently emerged in Austria.

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Adopting nature tourism in Slovakia

Nature tourism in Slovakia seems to be an effective tool to support nature conservation, as well as all around the

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Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald

The German National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald lets its forests develop freely. The objective is to reach a natural tree species composition

Sustainable Tourism

What does tourism do for wildlife conservation?

It is widely known that habitat fragmentation causes wildlife numbers to decrease all over the planet. Only a few small

Wilderness Policy

UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration

On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030.

Livestock

No compensation without livestock protection measures

The provincial government of Schleswig-Holstein recently decided to only pay compensation for lifestock losses if proper herd protection measures where

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Success for fox hunting ban in Luxembourg

In 2015, Luxembourg excluded the fox from their list of game species. The local hunting association predicted highly increasing fox populations and a rise

Sustainable Tourism

Respecting wildlife while backcountry skiing

The increase of backcountry winter sports, meaning activities outside the official boundaries of ski resorts, brings a lot of additional stress to alpine habitats and wildlife.

Wilderness Policy

10th anniversary of Wilderness in Europe

In February 2009 Wilderness advocates gathered in Prague for the Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas. Their focus was to unite Europe with a common vision and strategy for Wilderness, and thus the European Wilderness Resolution was created.

Wildlife

Study confirms low percentage of dog and wolf crossbreeding in Swiss wolf population

Many wolf opponents keep raising the argument of a high rate of hybridisation as a reason to shoot wolves. However, a recent long-term study from Switzerland came to the result that the dog introgression in the Swiss wolf population is very limited.

Wilderness

Living in the Restricted Zone

On January 29th 2019 an event in the nature protection center Erzgebirge in Germany will take a closer look on the habitats and inhabitants of the restricted zones of the former Iron Curtain.

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Wild boar hunts in Poland cause public outrage

The African Swine Fever has been on the rise in Poland for the past five years. To tackle the spreading disease the Polish government ordered a series of hunts with the aim of killing the majority of the polish wild boar population. The country’s veterinary officials approved a plan to kill 185 000 animals of the 200 000 polish wild boar within this hunting season.

Wilderness

Is Wilderness our home?

William Cronon picks up this idealised fantasy of Wilderness in his essay “The Troube with Wilderness: Or, Getting back to the Wrong Nature”. He discusses how this idealisation of Wilderness poses a dilema for properly protecting it and feeling responsible for its preservation.

Wildlife

Isolated Sierra Morena wolf population officially extinct

The Sierra Morena used to be home to the most southern distribution of the Iberian wolf. The iberian wolves, a subspecies of the European wolf, can be found in northern Portugal and north-western Spain. However, an isolated pack lived in the Sierra Morena for decades. The last update of the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe lists the Sierra Morena population as extinct.

Research

Ecosystem services of alpine rivers

Only 14% of alpine rivers are in a good ecological state, according to a brochure of the project “Strategic Planning

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9th meeting of the CCIC in Vienna

From 17th to 18th December 2018 the 9th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC) took place in Vienna. The Carpathian Convention is a consortium of the seven Carpatian countries (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia) to foster the sustainable development and protection of the Carpathian region.

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Author: Hanna Ollos

Poisoning wildlife – A growing threat in Europe

Adopting nature tourism in Slovakia

Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald

What does tourism do for wildlife conservation?

UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration

No compensation without livestock protection measures

Success for fox hunting ban in Luxembourg

Respecting wildlife while backcountry skiing

10th anniversary of Wilderness in Europe

Study confirms low percentage of dog and wolf crossbreeding in Swiss wolf population

Living in the Restricted Zone

Wild boar hunts in Poland cause public outrage

Is Wilderness our home?

Isolated Sierra Morena wolf population officially extinct

Ecosystem services of alpine rivers

9th meeting of the CCIC in Vienna

Wolfpacks manage disease outbreaks

What 200 years of hunting did to the wolves’ gene pool

Everything you need to know about Wilderness

Golden jackals eat what they find

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