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Author: Magdalena Meikl

Training 

Schoolworkshops on butterflies and predators

May 25, 2022May 25, 20224 hours ago Magdalena Meikl 5 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

There was a lot going on this week within our two projects “Schmetterlingsreich” and “Let’s get wild 2“, which are

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Butterfly habitats in the Salzburger Lungau

May 16, 2022May 17, 20221 week ago Magdalena Meikl 29 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The last days we have been visiting potential habitats for butterflies in the Salzburger Lungau together with private landowners and

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Wildlife 

Hundreds of reptile species face extinction

May 9, 2022May 9, 20222 weeks ago Magdalena Meikl 61 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

A study was published in Nature recently reviewing the status of over 10,000 reptile species worldwide. Things are not looking

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Research 

Landscape impacts the European wildcat

April 19, 2022April 27, 20221 month ago Magdalena Meikl 102 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The European wildcat is classified as “Least Concern” by the IUCN, but populations are declining and it is in Annex

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Wilderness workshops for schools in Austria

March 24, 2022April 27, 20222 months ago Magdalena Meikl 155 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The European Wilderness Society has created a diverse program of workshops for schools in Austria for the summer semester 2022.

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Research 

Can artificial whale poo save the oceans?

March 9, 2022April 27, 20223 months ago Magdalena Meikl 188 Views 1 Comment 9 min read

Everything makes sense in the life cycle of the world’s oceans: dead mussels, dead plant remains, even faeces. Whale excrements

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Climate change 

New IPCC report: limited time to change course

March 3, 2022March 8, 20223 months ago Magdalena Meikl 223 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

The latest report of the UN Climate Change Board was published recently. This is relevant not only despite, but precisely

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Wilderness 

Bark beetles bring high lumber prices and biodiversity

February 11, 2022February 15, 20223 months ago Magdalena Meikl 255 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Bark beetles feed and breed between the bark and the wood of various tree species. While some species, such as

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Wildlife 

Master of camouflage: the green toad is the amphibian of the year 2022

February 4, 2022February 10, 20224 months ago Magdalena Meikl 279 Views 1 Comment 9 min read

Isn´t the outfit of the green toad reminding someone of a camouflage suit? Actually, they can change their beige green

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WILDForest 

About the use of large machines in forestry

January 28, 2022April 28, 20224 months ago Magdalena Meikl 294 Views 0 Comments 11 min read

The use of large machines in forestry and the associated soil damage is a problem that is widely underestimated. Until

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Climate change 

The narrative of the climate neutrality of wood as a resource

January 14, 2022January 11, 20224 months ago Magdalena Meikl 330 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Increased use of wood as a supposedly climate-neutral building material and energy source is often promoted. This is leading to

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WILDForest 

Natural vs. commercial forests as biodiversity spots and carbon sinks

January 13, 2022January 11, 20224 months ago Magdalena Meikl 319 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

There are heated arguments about the use of forests in the debate about wood production, climate protection and biodiversity. A

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Wildlife 

The lynx is the animal of the year in Austria

January 12, 2022January 21, 20224 months ago Magdalena Meikl 344 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

The Eurasian lynx was once widely distributed on the European continent. By the end of the 19th century it was

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Research 

Increased COVID-19-related litter threatens environment and wildlife

January 10, 2022January 11, 20225 months ago Magdalena Meikl 344 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment will take years to understand. British scientists investigated the effects

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Research 

Highest temperatures ever in the Arctic and Antarctic

December 21, 2021December 21, 20215 months ago Magdalena Meikl 382 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

On 6 February 2020, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recognized a new high temperature record for the Antarctic continent: 18.3°C,

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Climate change 

Record amount of coal burned all over the globe

December 20, 2021December 21, 20215 months ago Magdalena Meikl 386 Views 1 Comment 7 min read

Global power generation from coal is expected going up 9% in 2021, driven by a rapid economic recovery that has

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Wildlife 

Domestic cats as a serious threat to local wildlife

December 14, 2021December 14, 20215 months ago Magdalena Meikl 489 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

It has been thousands of years since the first cats Felis catus were domesticated. But we still don’t seem to

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