Why do we need four categories of Wilderness areas?
Wilderness conservation is a complex issue! It is not easy to find a comprehensive definition covering the very diverse subcontinent of Europe.
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Author: Vlado Vancura
White-tailed eagle massacre continues
According to the RTE News agency, a White-tailed eagle (Seeadler) was shot and found dead in Tipperary, Ireland on the
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Deer feeding puts birds at risk
The study led by Nuria Selva was carried out in the Polish Eastern Carpathians (Bieszczady.
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Women 4 Wilderness 2.
They restore my equilibrium and help me keep things in proportion when everything is crowding in.
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Women 4 Wilderness 1
Wilderness is not just a resource to be development but it has many human, natural and economic benefits that are not well understood to the general public.
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Mapping green infrastructure
The report also identifies key habitats for large forest-dwelling mammals and the analysis of connectivity among them.
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European Wilderness Quality Standard for Wilderness in Scandinavia?
Excluding extractive use such as hunting and fishing or collecting non timber forest product such as berries, nuts and mushrooms are important criteria to meet Wilderness quality standard.
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Wilderness is biodiversity and…
The US National Park Service has recently published the ‘2012 National Park Visitor Spending Effects report’. The study shows that the whole National Park System (NPS), which is largely Wilderness!, received over 282 million recreation visits.
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Ecotourism is sustainable economy
The Costa Rican News agency has just reported about a study conducted by US researchers, which suggests that ecotourism has a positive impact on poverty reduction.
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Our Vision: Moving from 1% to 5%
The Board of our society decided to join Europe’s new conservation vision on the 16th of January (see here). This decision not only meant that our entity signed up for The Vision for a Wilder Europe document, but also an active contribution to the actions defined in this vision.
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Large predators are symbols of Wilderness in Europe as well
Several arguments are dealing with large predators from time to time.
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New business partner: travel agency CARPATICA, Slovakia
ARPATICA offers a wildlife watching and nature tours in Eastern Carpathians (Slovak-Poland).
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Wildlife poisoning in Serbia
In the municipality of Apatin, Serbia, not far from the settlement the bodies of 4 dead white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) were found. The birds were likely poisoned.
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Wilderness Philanthropist in South America
Since leaving the business world in 1989 he dedicated himself to environmental activism and land conservation.
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Wilderness is a necessity… also in Europe
With a great pleasure we share a personal experience of our long supporter and Wilderness Advocate Mr. Juraj Svajda who is currently on a 12 month study trip in the US, working on a research project in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado):
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Quotes about Wilderness
However the power of Wilderness is first of all the ability to touch the hearts of people… in the following quotes, people are telling us how they feel about Wilderness.
Read MoreThe perfect startup for Wilderness
The European Wilderness Society is quite a new initiative, which is very much based on the enthusiasm of a few
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Latest Wilderness news from Ukraine!
However way from the main cities and right at the border with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, the Ukrainian Carpathians are among the most remote – and certainly among the most Wilderness rich – areas the country has to offer. A tiny fragment of the 1,500-kilometre range of mountains stretching in an arc from the Czech Republic to Serbia via Poland and Romania, they occupy the westernmost corner of Ukraine and host their share of the wildlife – wolves, bears, lynxes and a variety of plant species – for which the Carpathians are famous.
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Hunting ban on wolf
Great news that Slovakia finally intoduces a hunting ban in Western Slovakia bordering Poland and Czech Republic in order to
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Working for a wilder Europe
Our society’s Board had a meeting in Vienna on 16 January and we made a milestone decision to join the
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