Workshop – Carpathian Convention Sustainable Tourism Protocol
12-13th December, representatives and NGOs from all 7 parties attended a Workshop on the Implementation of the Protocol on Sustainable
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Author: Max A.E. Rossberg
Vilm Resolution 2016 of the European Beech Forest Network
From 1 to 5 December 2016, 30 experts from 14 countries[1], who are dedicated to ecological research and the conservation
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The Ghost Trucks of Romania
As the FSC Board of Directors is evaluating to disassociate itself from Holzindustrie Schweighofer, another facet of the tricks of the logging
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer on probation: FSC shocks nature conservation world
The months of investigative reporting of illegal logging activities in Romania and the link to Holzindustrie Schweighofer were confirmed in a report
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Meeting with National Park Jasmund, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft and Müritz
Right after the superb European Beech Forest Network workshop, we met with several excellent Wilderness advocates in three National Parks
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Meeting in Königsbrucker Heide
The European Wilderness Society team visited the Director Jürgen Stein of the Königsbrücker Heide Wilderness Candidate area to inform themselves
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Is the wolf dangerous to humans?
This is a topic heavily discussed between the stakeholders. We found this postcard which explains it quite nicely…
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Beech Forest Network of Europe Workshop – update and new pics!
On the beautiful island of Vilm, the second Beech Forest of Europe Workshop has started. Attended by 30 European Beech
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11 Meetings in 3 countries: Busy weeks before christmas
While everyone is slowing getting into the Christmas feeling, the European Wilderness Society team has scheduled many meetings at the
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Austrian school project “Let’s get wild”
This spring, the European Wilderness Society started the preparations for a two year project aimed at Austria’s Highschools, focusing on Wilderness.
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Christkindlmarkt
After a very successful year of Wilderness protection with many great projects, we visited the Christkindlmarkt in Salzburg. Even though
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Sustainable Tourism Conference Salzburg
The European Wilderness Society visited the 13th Sustainable Tourism Conference in Salzburg. Topics included the needed change of the mass tourism
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Visit of European Wilderness Society team in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
Part of the team visited and were informed by Deputy Director Fery on the structure of the National Park Hohe
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Synevyr National Nature Park European Wilderness Quality Standard Pre-Audit Report
Three new Wilderness Candidates in Ukraine were pre-assessed in 2016. A team of European Wilderness Society experts visited the potential Wilderness
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Workshop managing neophytes and invasive plants in Natura 2000 wetland forests
The Kuratorium Wald is holding a series of workshops on managing forests in Natura 2000 sites. Max Rossberg led a
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Sustainable Tourism Guidebook 2016
Organic and fair trade are en vogue – not just in day-to-day shopping but more often than not also in holiday
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Ukrainian Activists stopping the destruction of the Tarutyns’kyj Steppe – momentarily!
As we reported, the Tarutyns’kyj Steppe is being illegally plowed with the consent of the Ukrainian Ministry of defence. Ukrainian activists
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Special Report: Deforestation in Romania
Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Knapp shared with us this devastating report about forestry practices in Romania and we immediately wanted
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Drastic destruction of a unique Wilderness in Ukraine
The WWF Ukraine is reporting that one of the last remaining steppe areas in the Ukraine is being destroyed by
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The return of the Golden Jackal
If we talk about large carnivores in Europe, we always talk about Wolf, Bear, Lynx and Wolverine, but we never
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