Vlado Vancura, Author at European Wilderness Society

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Next step of Wilderness verification mission in Ukraine

After the field assessment the European Wilderness Society verifiers worked in the office to summarize collected information and analyse Wilderness/core zone

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Ukraine Wilderness Policy

Adopting environmental law in Ukraine

As our organisation is getting really active in Ukraine, our team looks at the country’s environmental legislation with extra care.

Wildlife

Hunters at work – stop brown bear killing!

According to WWF’s fact sheet, there are about 8.000 brown bears remaining in Western Europe and the Carpathians (Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine,

Wildlife

The brown bear journey

The brown bear journey continues and Iwo arrives back to Poland! Our friend, Nuria Selva from Poland, has just sent

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State of Nature in EU published

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) published today the State of Nature in EU report. The report is based on reports

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Critical review of state of nature in Europe leaked

The Guardian’s online edition published an article about a soon-to-be-published report on the state of Europe’s nature. The report found

Ukraine Wilderness

Wilderness verification mission in Ukraine

At the beginning of May our team carried out a site assessment of the very first Wilderness area in Ukraine.

Wildlife

Iwo’s incredible journey to the South

One of our partners, Nuria Selva from the Polish Academy of Science has just sent us this news about a

Wilderness

Nature Park Meeting in Carpathian

Vasil, deputy director of Zacharovanij Kraj National Park, Ukraine organized a workshop for us in the Carpathian National Nature Park,

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Last day of assessment in Zacharovanyy Kray National Park

Normally we do a night Wilderness assessment for light pollution, early morning wildlife observation and noise disturbance, however in this

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Update: Verifying Wilderness in Ukraine

The international team of the European Wilderness Society is currently visiting two Ukrainian protected areas the Zacharovanyy Kray and Vizhnitsky National