Wild Photo Contest Trip
The winner of the Let’s Get Wild Photo Contest in the wildlife category Mr. Mauro Raunich, from Slovenia enjoyed two
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Author: Vlado Vancura
Ancient forest Punios silas in Lithuania under threat
Forest in Europe is permanently attacked. The excuses for heavily logging broadleaf and conifer forests are not only natural disturbances
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Wilderness Audit in Gorgany Nature Reserve, Ukraine
In the past weeks the European Wilderness Auditors spent several days in Gorgany Wilderness, embeded in the Gorgany Mountains Massif. The area is located
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Enlargement of the Wilderness in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve in Ukraine is already hosting several Wilderness areas included in the European Wilderness Network. To achieve
Continue readingWilderness And Wildness Are Not Synonyms
For many non-native English speakers, Wilderness and Wildness sound similar and sometimes even identical. However, that’s a wrong impression. Wilderness
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The Legacy of Vano Kupradze
There are many unnamed park rangers scattered all over Europe with the passion and strong belief that protection of Wilderness
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New Wilderness in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
In the past week the European Wilderness auditors spent a few days in the newly proposed Wilderness named Chornohora (Black)
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Why do people love wolves?
Having read the growing number of comments on our blog about wolves, I get a feeling that an increasing number
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Wilderness Audit and roadless areas
Experience from conducting European Wilderness Audits confirms that roads are one of the main barriers to designate high quality Wilderness.
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Wilderness Audits in Ukraine
Wilderness and strict non-intervention management are inseparable elements of nature and biodiversity conservation in a number of protected areas in Ukraine. Vlado Vancura
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Wilderness in the Fourth Millennium
Robert Frazier Nash, author of the essay ‘Island Civilization: A Vision for Human Occupancy of Earth’, proposes his plan for
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Roadless areas and Wilderness
The current network of roads across the globe has made it possible for humans to access almost every region on
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Forest disaster in Slovakia
The forests in Slovakian mountains are considered by many to be the landscape least impacted by humans in Central Europe,
Continue readingWilderness and Wildness – What is the difference?
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the European Resolution on Wilderness, it can be said that the word Wilderness becomes
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EU Forest in danger
Artificially planted spruce forests in the Czech Republic fall prey to bark beetles, biomass power plants threaten French forests, the destruction of old-growth forests
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Will Slovakia continue wolf killing?
Slovakia is one of the EU countries that still conducts legal wolf killing, despite strict protection. How much longer will Slovakia continue this?
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Experiencing Wilderness through wildlife watching
It is not easy to understand the importance of protecting Wilderness if you do not have any first-hand Wilderness experience. Wildlife watching is a popular way to get such a Wilderness experience.
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Romanian Făgăraș Old-growth forest is still threatened
The current speed of destruction of the Fagaras primary forest is truly alarming. Researchers from from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, in Prague conclude their several years of monitoring work with the statement that solutions are needed as fast as possible.
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How we lose our last wild rivers
Most of the European rivers already lost their wild character, and the handful remaining wild rivers are quickly disappearing.
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Natural Tourism is the new buzzword
In the last two weeks, Aevis Foundation, Slovakia, has organised a series of five meetings about natural tourism in Slovakia.
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