Protecting natural heritage with smart tourism management
Places with a UNESCO World Heritage label attract many tourists. In some places even too many tourist, which negatively impacts
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Author: Nick Huisman
German Wilderness gets €10 Mio annual investment
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment announced that it will invest €10 Million every year to the ‘Wildnisfonds’. This
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Potential Prealpi Giulie Wilderness now officially in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
This summer, Wilderness experts from the European Wilderness Society visited the Prealpi Giulie Nature Park in Italy. It shares the
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Comparing wildlife damages in The Netherlands
The Netherlands is a country that largely depends on its agriculture. Damages to grasses and crops are therefore compensated by
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Unique livestock protection LIFE project submitted
UPDATE: The project has been invited to submit a Full Proposal by February 2020. As we know, the return of
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First wolf pack confirmed in The Netherlands
Breaking news from The Netherlands, the country now has its first wolf pack. The development of wolves in The Netherlands
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Livestock protection and management info day
BIO AUSTRIA Lower Austria and Vienna organised together with international experts and the European Wilderness Society a ‘Livestock protection and
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EU fails to meet 2020 targets against biodiversity loss
Next year will mark the end of the current EU Biodiversity Strategy. A decade-long strategy that had set optimistic goals
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Wolves create healthy ecosystems
Scientists have widely studied the impact of wolves on the ecosystems. The famous example from Yellowstone shows how ungulate behaviour
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European Alliance for Wolf Conservation Annual Meeting
On June 7th and 8th, the European Wilderness Society will be meeting the organisations of the European Alliance for Wolf
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Exciting Wilderness Academy Days 2019!
Last week the European Wilderness Society organised the European Wilderness Academy Days 2019. A great 3-day conference with many international
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How climate change impacts forests
During the Wilderness Academy Days, which took place in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, there was a special session on
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First confirmed wolf pair in the Netherlands
Since February 2019, experts spoke of the first settled wolf in The Netherlands after 150 years of absence. A remarkable
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Rapid loss of World Heritage glaciers
There are 46 natural World Heritage sites in which we can find glaciers at this moment. They include some of
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Witnessing Europe’s largest population explosion
Many people are still unfamiliar with the animal. It looks like a big fox or a small wolf, with a
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Wilderness Academy Days just around the corner!
In less than a week, the European Wilderness Academy Days will be taking place in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau!
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New project: Multiperspective view on the biodiversity in forests
The European Wilderness Society has started a new project: ‘Multi-perspective view on fauna biodiversity in forests and forest edge areas’.
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Wild brown bear back in Portugal
For the first time in almost 200 years, a wild brown bear has ventured into Portugal. The adult brown bear
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Estonians campaign to halt spring-summer logging
The following message from the ‘Peace-for-Birds campaign’ has come to our attention, which requires international attention and acknowledgement. Through this
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Wolves return to Madrid after 70 years
In most of Spain, people hunted wolves virtually to extinction during the last century. In the region of Madrid, the
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