Jonas Sommer, Author at European Wilderness Society

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New laws in Germany and Switzerland compromise wildlife protection

April 28, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 4260 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Within the last 20 years, wolves returned to Germany from Poland after total extinction. Now, there are hundreds of wolves

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Wolves and other Austrian wildlife under pressure

April 27, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 4516 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Since 7th January, Austria is ruled by a coalition of the conservative ÖVP and the Green party. The Green party

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Will burning forests be the new normal?

April 23, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 3794 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment

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European countries take actions against nitrogen pollution

April 22, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 3723 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Nitrogen pollution is one of the most universal environmental issues in Europe. While carbon emissions get more attention because of

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Never waste a crisis!

April 16, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 3532 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

The Corona crisis is already predicted to become the biggest economic crisis in history. Even though we are still in

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Protecting wilderness from home office

April 10, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3526 Views 0 Comments 10 min read

Since 16th March, Austria is in shut down. Hence, the European Wilderness Society decided to send all its employees into

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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial

April 8, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3608 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question

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How environmental destruction paves the way for pandemics

April 7, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 4620 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

We are witnessing the worst pandemic of the last hundred years right now. But it did not happen by sheer

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Permafrost turns into a carbon time bomb

April 6, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3773 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Permafrost is ground that is frozen all year round occuring in the Arctic and mountainous regions – the two regions

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First bear in Germany in 16 years

April 3, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 9681 Views 1 Comment 6 min read

In 2006, bear JJ1 kept Germans in suspense for weeks. JJ1, or Bruno, as the media called him, was the

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Our economy comes to a halt – so does pollution

March 31, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3839 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The current corona outbreak is a crisis in every sense. It destroys lifes, subsistences and restricts the life of billions.

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Wild forests protect the climate

March 25, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 4216 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

There is a wide consent that forests are the most efficient tool to fight the climate crisis. However, the question

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UK to rule out badger culling

March 11, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 4159 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Since 2013, the British government culls badgers to control the Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB). bTB is a serious disease in livestock

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EU continues to overfish marine Wilderness

January 28, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3765 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The European Union sets annual fishing quota in the “exclusive economic zone” (the sea zone belonging to EU member states)

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Spanish court declares wolf hunting illegal

January 23, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 5508 Views 5 Comments 5 min read

A verdict of the High Court of Justice of the region Castilla y León, Spain overturns the 2016 – 2019

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Will Wilderness in Australia ever be the same again?

January 22, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 3952 Views 2 Comments 6 min read

Australia is facing the worst fires in its history. Even though bushfires happen in Australia every year, the current situation

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The power of language in fighting the climate crisis

January 6, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 4119 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

This is the second part of a series emphasizing the impact of language in the fight against the climate crisis

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Can European countries continue to kill the wolf?

January 3, 20205 years ago Jonas Sommer 6072 Views 3 Comments 6 min read

After the European Court of Justice ruled on the Finnish wolf hunting quota, we ask: Can other European countries continue

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2019 – a year characterized by climate emergency

December 31, 20195 years ago Jonas Sommer 3815 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The Oxford English Dictionary has just awarded its word of the year: climate emergency. The rise of this term has

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Cats and dogs – the most destructive invasive species of all?

December 26, 20195 years ago Jonas Sommer 8821 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

Cats and dogs are the most popular pets around the world. Several hundred million individuals of each species live in