313,993 ha of certified Wilderness in Europe – WOW!
For several years now, the team members of the European Wilderness Society have been building up the European Wilderness Network.
Continue readingFor several years now, the team members of the European Wilderness Society have been building up the European Wilderness Network.
Continue readingEarth in 600.000 pieces A new global map of roadless areas shows that the Earth’s surface is shattered by roads
Continue reading12-13th December, representatives and NGOs from all 7 parties attended a Workshop on the Implementation of the Protocol on Sustainable
Continue readingFrom 1 to 5 December 2016, 30 experts from 14 countries[1], who are dedicated to ecological research and the conservation
Continue readingAs the FSC Board of Directors is evaluating to disassociate itself from Holzindustrie Schweighofer, another facet of the tricks of the logging
Continue readingThe months of investigative reporting of illegal logging activities in Romania and the link to Holzindustrie Schweighofer were confirmed in a report
Continue readingRight after the superb European Beech Forest Network workshop, we met with several excellent Wilderness advocates in three National Parks
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society team visited the Director Jürgen Stein of the Königsbrücker Heide Wilderness Candidate area to inform themselves
Continue readingThis is a topic heavily discussed between the stakeholders. We found this postcard which explains it quite nicely…
Continue readingOn the beautiful island of Vilm, the second Beech Forest of Europe Workshop has started. Attended by 30 European Beech
Continue readingWhile everyone is slowing getting into the Christmas feeling, the European Wilderness Society team has scheduled many meetings at the
Continue readingThis spring, the European Wilderness Society started the preparations for a two year project aimed at Austria’s Highschools, focusing on Wilderness.
Continue readingAfter a very successful year of Wilderness protection with many great projects, we visited the Christkindlmarkt in Salzburg. Even though
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society visited the 13th Sustainable Tourism Conference in Salzburg. Topics included the needed change of the mass tourism
Continue readingPart of the team visited and were informed by Deputy Director Fery on the structure of the National Park Hohe
Continue readingThree new Wilderness Candidates in Ukraine were pre-assessed in 2016. A team of European Wilderness Society experts visited the potential Wilderness
Continue readingThe Kuratorium Wald is holding a series of workshops on managing forests in Natura 2000 sites. Max Rossberg led a
Continue readingOrganic and fair trade are en vogue – not just in day-to-day shopping but more often than not also in holiday
Continue readingAs we reported, the Tarutyns’kyj Steppe is being illegally plowed with the consent of the Ukrainian Ministry of defence. Ukrainian activists
Continue readingProf. Dr. Hans Dieter Knapp shared with us this devastating report about forestry practices in Romania and we immediately wanted
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