Ziva Alif, Author at European Wilderness Society

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It is not too late to prevent biodiversity loss

Recently, WWF publlished a new Living Planet report with dire news: since 1970, mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird and fish populations

European Wilderness Society Wildlife

Instead of poached eggs, poached birds on the plate

Illegal wildlife trade is a significant threat to the survival of many charismatic species, including elephants, rhinos or saigas. The

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Research

Forests becoming shorter and younger: fires, droughts and pests

A new paper published in Science recently by McDowell et al. showed how the forests are becoming younger and shorter,

Wildlife

We’re losing exceptional reptile evolutionary diversity

While each species has its own intrinsic value and is thus worth conserving, it is hard, if not impossible, to

Wilderness Policy

Political attack on Slovene environmental NGOs

The Corona crisis is used in Slovenia as a cover to allow more environmental destruction by the new government that

Wilderness Policy

A victory for Bulgarian Pirin National Park on court

After a 3 years long court saga, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court ruled against the plans to allow construction in

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Training Ukraine

Webinar: European Wilderness Network – Ukraine on 7th May, 16:30 CET

In our webinar, on the 7th of May at 16:30 CET we explored the European Wilderness Network for the last

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Wilderness Policy

Slovenian Court nullified intervention law for bear and wolf culls

The battle against wolf and bear cull is mainly fought in courts in Slovenia. Last year, the Constitutional Court stopped

Wildlife

Wider consequences of Corona crisis – more nature overexploitation?

The foremost reason for the current biodiversity crisis is the overexploitation of natural resources by humans. This has already pushed

European Wilderness Society

Webinar: European Wilderness Network – Central and Southern Europe

In this webinar, we continued to explore the Wilderness in Central and Southern Europe. Countries that we visited include Portugal,

Wilderness

Wilderness in Gorczański National Park

Gorczański National Park is a small protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, with a great potential to become a member of

European Wilderness Society

Webinar: European Wilderness Network: Europe’s North

This webinar introduced the European Wilderness Network to our viewers. This was the first in the series of three presentations

Wildlife

Behind the Coronavirus outbreak is wildlife trade

The new Corona virus, that has by now killed thousands of people and infected a hundred times more, arose from

Wilderness

Tropical forests have a limit on how much carbon they can store

Tropical forests are among the last large Wilderness in the world and biodiversity hotspots. Unfortunately, they are rapidly disappearing as

Wilderness

New COST project opportunity on Wilderness research

19-03-20 Announcement: Due to the current situation, the call for interested partners has been extended to May 30th. The European

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Wildlife

GPS-collaring wolves to make their hunting easier?

In Norway, three members of the Progress Party presented a new law in the parliament to put a GPS collar

Wilderness Policy

“Emergency” wolf and bear cull to continue in Slovenia?

The Slovenian Comission of the National Council for farming has passed a law to cull 30 wolves and 220 bears.

Wildlife

Himalayan wolf – a new wolf taxon adapted to high altitudes

Himalayan wolves, inhabiting Tibet and Nepal, are little known to science as their difference from grey wolf has only recently

Wildlife

Ungulate management in European national parks should be improved

A recent study by van Beeck Calkoen et al. (2020) explored how national parks in Europe manage their ungulate their

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Research

To conserve biodiversity in long-term, Wilderness conservation is most effective

In a world with limited resources, especially time and money, it is important to invest them well. During the current

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Author: Ziva Alif

It is not too late to prevent biodiversity loss

Instead of poached eggs, poached birds on the plate

Forests becoming shorter and younger: fires, droughts and pests

We’re losing exceptional reptile evolutionary diversity

Political attack on Slovene environmental NGOs

A victory for Bulgarian Pirin National Park on court

Webinar: European Wilderness Network – Ukraine on 7th May, 16:30 CET

Slovenian Court nullified intervention law for bear and wolf culls

Wider consequences of Corona crisis – more nature overexploitation?

Webinar: European Wilderness Network – Central and Southern Europe

Wilderness in Gorczański National Park

Webinar: European Wilderness Network: Europe’s North

Behind the Coronavirus outbreak is wildlife trade

Tropical forests have a limit on how much carbon they can store

New COST project opportunity on Wilderness research

GPS-collaring wolves to make their hunting easier?

“Emergency” wolf and bear cull to continue in Slovenia?

Himalayan wolf – a new wolf taxon adapted to high altitudes

Ungulate management in European national parks should be improved

To conserve biodiversity in long-term, Wilderness conservation is most effective

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