LIFEstockProtect has kicked off
LIFEstockProtect, the largest and most ambitious livestock protection project in the German-speaking region of the Alps, is off to a
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Deforestation in Europe increases
Forests cover roughly a third of our planet´s land and provide countless services to humanity. This is especially true in
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Investing in Wilderness pays off
For many, nature conservation is a charity cause. A nice-to-have, but secondary to ‘real’ issues like the economic situation. This
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What Does an Anti-Racist Wilderness Look Like?
The issue of racism and the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement have spread around the world within the last months. It
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Impressions from a primeval forest
Continuing our series about Wilderness research, today Yehor Yatsiuk tells us about his impressions from of the few remaining patches
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The climate crisis dries out Europe
Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic
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Iberian Wolf on its way to complete protection
Thanks to a special clause in the Habitat Directive, the wolf is not strictly protected in all of Spain as
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What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?
The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second
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The beautiful world of (non-) fungi in a Wilderness area
Today, we are happy to share a story from Iryna Yatsiuk, a mycologist from Eastern Ukraine living is Estonia. A
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What is the bison´s future in Europe?
European bisons or wisents (Bison bonasus) are some of the most iconic and largest herbivores that ever inhabitated Europe. In
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First forest webinar tomorrow
Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start
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Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.
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Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?
Recently, we reported about the planned enlargement of two ski resorts in the Apennines. The project earned massive criticism because
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Our bias about livestock farming
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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Ski resorts and threatened species fight for space in the Apennines
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
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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EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity
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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Webinar series with REWILD Institute
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
Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of
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Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But
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