EC issued reasoned opinion on wolf hunting in Sweden
The European Commission has recently published its June infringement package, which includes 6 items linked to our environment in Europe.
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Author: Vlado Vancura
The public land of future generations
What do you think of appointing future generations as owners of protected public land. Is this legally possible? Probably not, but
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The role of natural reforestation
I have just watched an interesting video from the US about creating bison preserve (an “American Serengeti”) by buying up
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Natura 2000 fitness check raises concerns
Europe’s largest environmental conference, the EU Green Week, was organised in Brussels on the first week of June. The potential
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Constitutional court decided in favour of Hungary’s protected areas
Although the European Commission’s Wilderness register from 2013 does not include one single Wilderness area from Hungary, there is a
Read MoreEU Green Week 2015
The EU Green Week 2015 The largest environmental policy conference of Europe focuses on nature and biodiversity in 2015. Green
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Green Week goes wild
The European Commission’s Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy in 2015, will take place from 3
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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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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Small Hydro Power
Interesting animation video why we should not consider more hydro power dam along our rivers.
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Roads free of Wilderness
A recent article in New York Times (April 12, 2015) calls the attention to the different view of economists and ecologists
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