Jonas Sommer, Author at European Wilderness Society

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The climate crisis dries out Europe

10/08/202008/08/20207 hours ago Jonas Sommer 37 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

European Wilderness Society

Iberian Wolf on its way to complete protection

07/08/202008/08/20203 days ago Jonas Sommer 99 Views 0 Comments min read

Thanks to a special clause in the Habitat Directive, the wolf is not strictly protected in all of Spain as

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Research Wildlife

What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?

04/08/202030/07/20206 days ago Jonas Sommer 93 Views 0 Comments Corona, Research, Wildlife min read

The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second

Research WILDForest

Impressions from a primeval forest

03/08/202030/07/20201 week ago Jonas Sommer 112 Views 0 Comments Austria, forest, Old growth forests, Wilderness min read

Continuing our series about Wilderness research, today Yehor Yatsiuk tells us about his impressions from of the few remaining patches

Research Wilderness

The beautiful world of (non-) fungi in a Wilderness area

24/07/202022/07/20202 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 128 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Wilderness, Wilderness Week min read

Today, we are happy to share a story from Iryna Yatsiuk, a mycologist from Eastern Ukraine living is Estonia. A

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Wildlife

What is the bison´s future in Europe?

23/07/202023/07/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 201 Views 2 Comments Europe, Wildlife min read

European bisons or wisents (Bison bonasus) are some of the most iconic and largest herbivores that ever inhabitated Europe. In

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Training WILDForest

First forest webinar tomorrow

22/07/202029/07/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 194 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar min read

Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start

Training WILDForest

Erstes Webinar zum Thema Biodiversität im Wald

21/07/202021/07/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 211 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar min read

Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.

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Sustainable Tourism Wildlife

Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?

20/07/202020/07/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 260 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, ski resort, Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wildlife min read

Recently, we reported about the planned enlargement of two ski resorts in the Apennines. The project earned massive criticism because

Livestock Wildlife

Our bias about livestock farming

17/07/202017/07/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 206 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Livestock protection min read

The Covid-19 outbreak laid many problems of this world bare. On one hand, it showed how much humans pressure wildlife

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Sustainable Tourism Wilderness Network News

Ski resorts and threatened species fight for space in the Apennines

10/07/202007/07/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 351 Views 0 Comments nature tourism, ski resort, Sustainable tourism, Wilderness min read

The corona crisis has cut the skiing season short in most ski resorts around the world, including the Italian Apennines.

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German webinar series about forests

08/07/202007/07/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 277 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, fire, forest, forest future, large carnivores, webinar, Wilderness education min read

Starting on 23rd July, the European Wilderness Society will host a series of German-speaking webinars shining a light on all

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Livestock Wilderness Policy

EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity

03/07/202001/07/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 364 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Europe min read

Agricultural land covers 40% of the European Union. This means it is the most wide-spread land use in the EU

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European Wilderness Society Research

Webinar series with REWILD Institute

02/07/202001/07/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 237 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society, Research min read

Close followers of our website and our onlive events might have already noticed that we conducted three webinars in cooperation

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Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

01/07/202005/08/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 383 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests min read

Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of

Wilderness Wilderness Policy

Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

29/06/202026/06/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 395 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, European Wilderness Quality Standard, European Wilderness Society, Wilderness, wilderness stewardship, WILDForests, WILDRiver min read

We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But

Videos

#WirtschaftNeuLeben: Transform our economy

27/06/202026/06/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 227 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society min read

The European Wilderness Society participates in a German-speaking social media campaign titled #WirtschaftNeuLeben, which translates to ‘Live economy in a