Vlado Vancura, Author at European Wilderness Society

Wilderness needs size

March 5, 2020March 3, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2750 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Wilderness in Europe is interpreted as an area governed by natural processes. And natural processes need space to freely take

Sustainable Tourism

Experience nature overnight

February 28, 2020February 26, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2787 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Nature in the dark or during the night is often considered an unpleasant place. Modern hikers naturally search for warm,

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Global diversity of Wilderness definitions

February 27, 2020February 26, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2814 Views 1 Comment 7 min read

Wilderness is a complex issue around the globe, so it is no surprise that there are several Wilderness definitions, which

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Fight for Wilderness in Bitterroot National Forest, USA

February 26, 2020February 25, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3133 Views 2 Comments 7 min read

The process of protecting Wilderness in the United States has become an inspiration for many people worldwide. The National Wilderness

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Percentage of European forest cover is misguiding information

February 25, 2020February 25, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3905 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

Our planet is at the edge of ecological collapse. One of the fundamental reasons is several centuries of deforestation and

Wilderness Policy

UNESCO World Heritage site renomination process in Slovakia

February 20, 2020February 26, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2929 Views 2 Comments 6 min read

UNESCO World Heritage site of the “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian and Other Regions of Europe” is

Wildlife

The wolf needs more training

February 17, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3180 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

The recent news and statistics revealed that wolves would need much better training to survive. Particularly education on the subject

European Wilderness Society

From Wilderness management to Wilderness stewardship

February 12, 2020October 20, 20223 years ago Vlado Vancura 2736 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

The growing experience of Wilderness conservation in Europe in the last few years has proved a need to communicate about

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Wilderness has a wide diversity of interpretation

February 10, 2020October 20, 20223 years ago Vlado Vancura 2705 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

There are multiple wilderness definitions worldwide. This indicates that wilderness is a very complex issue and very dependent on the

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Forest recovery in Majella National Park

February 7, 2020March 3, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3006 Views 1 Comment 7 min read

Spontaneous forest recovery in Majella National Park is just astonishing. One can observe it if you visit this area more

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To Spare or Share Wilderness

February 6, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2752 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

An interesting article was written by Fred Pearce: Sparing vs. Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature, was

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What is Wilderness character?

February 5, 2020November 6, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2817 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

What characterizes Wilderness? For those who care passionately about Wilderness, it seems that this question is an important part of

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The history of European forest exploitation

February 3, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3165 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

European forests dramatically suffered not only in the last decades but ever since the development of agriculture and permanent settlement

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Wilderness is a window to the past

January 31, 2020January 30, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2921 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

When I was young, my great-grandfather, a forester, told me that this Wild Valley used to be even more wild

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Wilderness is buffer

January 30, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2792 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

In the last years more and more researchers are focusing on studying Wilderness. Their conclusion is that despite the many

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The future of the fossil fuel industry

January 27, 2020August 19, 20213 years ago Vlado Vancura 2906 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The fossil fuel industry must be shut downs, is the title of the Acid News newsletter editorial, published on December

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Make Europe coal free by 2030

January 21, 2020March 6, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2762 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Several national governments have announced their intention to phase out use of coal. A total of 72.8 gigawatts of coal

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Challenges to protect Slovak Paradise

January 20, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2919 Views 0 Comments 10 min read

The European Wilderness Society and Slovak Paradise National Park have a successful partnership for several years. Slovak paradise proved that

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Fantastic achievements, but are we staying on the right track?

January 10, 2020February 24, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2836 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

According recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) statistic, close to 15% of the Earth’s land and 7% of

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Slovakian Wilderness under threat

January 9, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2995 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Slovakia has a great potential to become an important partner in the quest to protect European Wilderness. There are some