EU commits to support free-flowing rivers
The recently released the new EU-wide Biodiversity Strategy revealed the ambition to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery
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European Wilderness Society
Join our training on Tourism management in Protected Areas!
In the next weeks, the European Wilderness Society and the Vlado Vancura Wilderness Academy offer a free online “Ranger Training
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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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First successful session of our Online Ranger Training
On Wednesday, we held the first successful session of our five-part online “Ranger training on Tourism and Waste management in
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Natura 2000 Day: Success story with room to improve
Today is the 28th birthday of the EU Habitat Directive and the LIFE programme. To celebrate this, the European Union
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Ambitious EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
Yesterday, 20th May, the EU published a document titled ‘Communication: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into
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Protected Areas In Lithuania: Part 2 – National Parks
In this series of postings, we apresent the colourful system of protected areas in Lithuania. This week’s topic are the
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Great success of the international expert panel discussion
As part of the Vlado Vancura Wilderness Academy, a very interesting panel took place on 12th May 2020 from 16:00
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How has nature helped you through the lockdown?
Most European countries are slowly lifting restrictions due to Covid-19 and people can move outside more freely again. The team
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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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India creates three new marine reserves, one specifically for sea cucumbers
The administration of union territory of Lakshadweep, India has recently announced the designation of three new protected areas. The first
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Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis
For many, Covid-19 is the biggest crisis they have ever experienced. A lot has changed within the last few months.What
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The European Wilderness Society tentatively endorses the WILD11 Rewilding Charter
The ‘Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth‘ was developed as part of WILD11 – the 11th World Wilderness Congress. The
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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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Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?
On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation
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A matter of perspective
It has been eight weeks since the corona crisis has really hit Europe. On 9th March, Italy entered a national
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1 Million visitors
Dear friends and wilderness advocates, together we broke the threshold of 1 million visitors to our website https://wilderness-society.org. If we
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New laws in Germany and Switzerland compromise wildlife protection
Within the last 20 years, wolves returned to Germany from Poland after total extinction. Now, there are hundreds of wolves
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Wolves and other Austrian wildlife under pressure
Since 7th January, Austria is ruled by a coalition of the conservative ÖVP and the Green party. The Green party
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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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