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
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Author: Ziva Alif
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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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,
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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“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.
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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
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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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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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