Jonas Sommer, Author at European Wilderness Society

European Wilderness Society

Iberian Wolf on its way to complete protection

07/08/202008/08/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 855 Views 0 Comments 5 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 months ago Jonas Sommer 692 Views 0 Comments Corona, Research, Wildlife 4 min read

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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Research Wilderness

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

24/07/202006/11/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 624 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Wilderness, Wilderness Week 3 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?

23/07/202014/10/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 884 Views 2 Comments Europe, Wildlife 7 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

22/07/202029/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 728 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 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

21/07/202021/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 943 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

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

Sustainable Tourism Wildlife

Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?

20/07/202020/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 810 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, ski resort, Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wildlife 5 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

17/07/202016/12/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 773 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Livestock protection 4 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

10/07/202007/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 853 Views 1 Comment nature tourism, ski resort, Sustainable tourism, Wilderness 4 min read

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

European Wilderness Society Training

German webinar series about forests

08/07/202016/09/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 730 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, fire, forest, forest future, large carnivores, webinar, Wilderness education 2 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

03/07/202001/07/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 884 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Europe 3 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

02/07/202001/07/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 720 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society, Research 2 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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European Wilderness Society Training Wilderness Policy

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

01/07/202005/08/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 888 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests 2 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

29/06/202002/12/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 914 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, European Wilderness Quality Standard, European Wilderness Society, Wilderness, wilderness stewardship, WILDForests, WILDRiver 5 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

27/06/202026/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 659 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society 1 min read

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