Wild Rheas in Northern Germany
Rheas prefer warm and hot weather and inhabit open areas such as savannas, grasslands and valleys in South America. The
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Author: Max A.E. Rossberg
Webinar 9th July 15:00 CET Tourism in Wilderness
Wilderness and protected areas are facing challenges with visitors and tourism, as more and more people are interested in seeing
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Shape the EU Green Deal on Restoring Biodiversity NOW!
The European Green Deal call will mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. Projects
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1 Million visitors
Dear friends and wilderness advocates, together we broke the threshold of 1 million visitors to our website https://wilderness-society.org. If we
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The sky in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau is blue again!
The UNESCO Biosphere Lungau lies in the crossways of many airlines routes from the East to Southern Europe and from Central Europe to the Arabic world. Sometimes up to 10 airplanes are leaving their contrails in the sky above the Tauern mountain range. Not anymore!
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2019: A Wild Year!
This year the European Wilderness Society has been very successful. In the anniversary year of Wilderness, we have grown in
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New Webinar Series during Corona lockdown
The spread of the coronavirus disease is clearly a public health emergency, affecting many businesses all across the world. Apart
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180 hunters kill one Wolf pack in Norway
Viewer discretion recommended: Some of the images in this article might be disturbing for younger audiences. On New Years Eve
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Happy New Year: the challenges of 2020
A tremendous year is coming to an end. 55 years ago, the United States passed the Wilderness Act, 10 years
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Finding solutions for future of alpine farming in Tschengls
The future of the pasture farming is an uncertain one. During the citizen engagement activity we discussed it on Saturday in Tschengls.
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Discussing future of alpine farming in Tschengls, South Tyrol
Since the 1960s, farming on alpine pastures is changing rapidly. With the return of large predators, such as the wolf,
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EU Parliament declares climate emergency
On the 28th of November, the European Parliament officially declared the climate emergency in Europe. With 429 votes for and
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European Wilderness Network: The wildest places in Europe!
In the past years, more than 41 Wilderness Areas from 17 countries joined the European Wilderness Network. The European Wilderness
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Wilderness fascinates 1 million people
Back in 2014 we started with a small website not knowing if any European let alone wilderness advocates from anywhere
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Oil companies under pressure
To keep the world’s average temperature below two degrees, the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016. To achieve this goal,
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How the fall of East Germany improved the world’s biodiversity
Today, 30 years ago, the Berlin Wall that separated the capital city in Western and Eastern Germany fell. Just before
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Stones are an important home for our wildlife
The Canary Islands became very famous for their stone beaches like Playa Jardin near Puerto Santa Cruz and El Beril on
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Win €10 000 to save the forest
The Evergreen Innovation Camp is a follow-up project of the famous Schweighofer Prize, taking place in the BOKU in Vienna.
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How climate change triggered the medieval witch hunt
The Little Ice Age began in the 15th century and ended officially in the 19th. At its climax, in the
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Let’s get wild at the 5th European Ranger Congress
The European Wilderness Society supports ranger at the 5th European Ranger Congress in Bavaria.
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