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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Will burning forests be the new normal?
The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment
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European countries take actions against nitrogen pollution
Nitrogen pollution is one of the most universal environmental issues in Europe. While carbon emissions get more attention because of
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Expert panel discussion: Will the coronavirus pandemic have a lasting impact on Nature Conservation?
8 Weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic started officially it is taken much more seriously than climate overheating. Are the two
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By the people, for the people – our citizen engagement videos are online
In the last months, we have been active in finding innovative ways to engage local citizens in nature conservation. The
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Register now: Ranger training on Tourism and Waste management in Protected Areas of Ukraine
Apply now for our free-of-charge online training course on Tourism management in Protected Areas with a special focus on waste management for Ukraine
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Understanding COVID-19 impact on tourism in protected areas
As the COVID-19 virus continues to affect our everyday lives, many sectors in society are under large amounts of pressure.
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Never waste a crisis!
The Corona crisis is already predicted to become the biggest economic crisis in history. Even though we are still in
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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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Update: Do good, feel good: help us translate!
UPDATE: Thank you all for answering our request for help: over 40 volunteer translators already offered their skills in over
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Tackling waste pollution in Ukrainian Protected Areas
One of our current projects is “Clean Up Synevyr National Nature Park”. This project is one of the European Outdoor
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Success in protecting a UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forest
Several days ago, Slovakian Ministry of Environment agreed to create one of the largest nature reserves in the country, called
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Join the Wild Easter egg hunt and enjoy a surprise!
This Easter we have hidden wild Easter eggs all over our website, can you find them? When you find an
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Protecting wilderness from home office
Since 16th March, Austria is in shut down. Hence, the European Wilderness Society decided to send all its employees into
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Working remotely as a team in our Interreg projects
Due to the COVID-19 preventive measures put in place, several of our projects had to adapt to the arising difficulties.
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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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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial
As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question
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The sky in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau is blue again!
The UNESCO Biosphere Lungau lies in the crossways of many airlines routes from the East to Southern Europe and from Central Europe to the Arabic world. Sometimes up to 10 airplanes are leaving their contrails in the sky above the Tauern mountain range. Not anymore!
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