Vlado Vancura, Author at European Wilderness Society

The different definitions of Wilderness values in Europe

Scientists, philosophers, poets, and politicians have defined Wilderness in various physical, biological, and metaphysical terms. Oelschlager in 1991 followed a

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Wildlife friendly meat

The conflict between farmer and predator has existed ever since man first domesticated sheep, cattle and other prey animals. Many

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National Parks problem, Time to go Wild

George Monbiot, a columnist of the Guardian, delivered an interesting speech about what the problem is with National Parks in

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Value of European Wilderness

Value of European Wilderness During the last decade the Wilderness movement achieved significant successes and gained the public support of

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Wilderness Partners in Ukraine

Vlado Vancura European Wilderness Society Director for Wilderness Development and Valik Voloshyn, European Wilderness Society Focal Point for Protected Areas

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Scientists call the EU to strengthen legal framework for nature conservation

This article is based on a press release from the Society for Conservation Biology The recent International and European Congress

Humans are worse than radiation for Chernobyl animals

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Humans are worse than radiation for Chernobyl’s wildlife

Wilderness areas represent a vital element of Europe’s natural and cultural heritage. What means Wilderness for Europe was settled a

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Wilderness Experts Exchange Programme launched!

The Wilderness Experts Exchange Programme of the European Wilderness Society focuses on exchanging information among Wilderness managers and Wilderness advocates involved

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Famous Sant Antonio Forest threatened by logging

We have received this call for action against the planned grazing and logging of one of the most pristine forest

Obama Administration moves to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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Europeans are concerned about biodiversity loss

A recent survey of the Eurobarometer on the Attitudes of Europeans towards the issue of biodiversity revealed that at least

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Managing floods and droughts with forests

Payments for ecosystem services became a buzzword in the past few years, even the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy has strong

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Wolf pups in Bükk

There have already been signals of a permanent wolf population in the Bükk National Park in Hungary, but the first

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Message from Little Sydney

The ‘Little Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe’ conference, held in Austria in May 2015, gathered more than 200 experts who

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Wilderness at Natura 2000 biogeographical region seminar

The Biogeographical process within the European Union Member States aims at creating a platform which helps improving the implementation of

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Singing the bear away

This video shows a good tactic of tourists, somewhere in Russia, to avoid conflict with a bear. SING! Please also

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Understanding Favourable Conservation Status

Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (this is the codified version