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Author: Vlado Vancura

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

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

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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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Wilderness 

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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Wilderness 

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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Wilderness Policy 

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

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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

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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

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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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European Wilderness Society 

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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WILDForest 

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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European Wilderness Society Wilderness 

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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Wilderness 

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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Wilderness Policy 

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 

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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European Wilderness Society 

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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Wilderness Policy 

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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Wilderness Policy 

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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WILDForest 

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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European Wilderness Society 

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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Wilderness WILDForest 

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

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