Wolves shown to help control tuberculosis in Asturias
A study published in a prestigeous journal Nature (Tanner et al., 2019) found that wolves perform a crucial function in
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A successful wildlife tracking in Slovenia
Last Saturday, on the 15th February, the European Wilderness Society, together with Dinaricum NGO, held a wildlife tracking citizens engagement
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Get ready for the 5th European Ranger Congress!
The European Ranger Federation is inviting you to join the 5th European Ranger Congress. It will take place in Bavarian
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Come to track wildlife with us at Pokljuka, Slovenia
Together with Dinaricum Society and Triglav National Park, the European Wilderness Society is organising a wildlife tracking event. Join us
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The dilemma of the deer cull in Scotland
A new report shows that there may be as many as 1 million deer in Scotland, causing great environmental problems.
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A “hot blob” in Northern Pacific caused a mass die-off of sea birds
Between the summer of 2015 and spring of 2016, an estimate of one million seabirds called murres died. The reason
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UN publishes a draft plan to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity have published the first draft of the Framework of 2030 targets to reduce biodiversity
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International conference Livestock protection in the Alpine region
An exciting international conference Livestock protection in the Alpine region will took place between the 21st and 23rd of January
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Climate change causes record-high ocean temperatures in 2019 again
2019 was the third year in a row to set a new record in ocean temperatures. The heating of the
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Feeling depressed? You can blame also air pollution
A new study has shown that air pollution not only affects our respiratory organs, but in fact our entire body,
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Livestock protection works: a case study from Brandenburg
Brandenburg, along with Saxony, are the states with the largest wolf density in Germany. At the moment, there are 49
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Human-wolf conflict in Cantabrian mountains
The Cantabrian mountains in Spanish province of Asturias is home to a large population of wolves – about 200 to
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Humans and carnivores in the Wild West
The American West is a region full of pristine nature, high mountains, national parks and Wilderness. The populations of large
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A recent study examined how the biodiversity on the local scale is changing. They’ve come to a surprising result: on
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Forests and Wilderness crucial in the climate change combat
Trees are widely known to be important carbon sequestrators with a great potential to combat climate change. A recent study
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New Horizon 2020 project opportunity on forest fires
The European Wilderness Society is currently putting together an exciting proposal for the Horizon 2020 call “Forest Fires risk reduction:
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European rivers threatened by more and more dams
A new report on the effects of damming on European rivers has highlighted how rivers are saturated with dams. Currently,
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Barriers to the expansion of Wilderness in Europe
We can still find large continuous natural areas in many parts of Europe, which are little affected by human activities.
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BEECH POWER workshop on MARISCO in Slovenia
As a part of the Interreg Central Europe BEECH POWER project, a MARISCO workshop took place in Slovenia on the
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Black Friday? Not with our light pollution
When talking about light pollution, the first thing that often comes to mind is that in cities, stars are no
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