Nature tourism in Slovakia seems to be an effective tool to support nature conservation, as well as all around the densely populated Europe, where
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Fish & Chips: Brexit initiatives for marine conservation
The whole world has been caught up in watching the political disaster of Brexit, wondering if the UK will leave the EU, and if
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Let’s Get Wild Photo Contest started
Enter our Lets Get Wild Photo contest now and win a free ticket to attend WILDArt 2019 in Majella National Park, Italy. This is
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What does tourism do for wildlife conservation?
It is widely known that habitat fragmentation causes wildlife numbers to decrease all over the planet. Only a few small places, such as the
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Let’s Get Wild Photo Contest
As part of honouring 2019 as the Year of Wilderness, European Wilderness Society are hosting a photography competition. The competition opens 1st April.. so
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How the Wallachians changed the alpine treeline
You might not have heard from the Wallachians before, but they shaped many of the alpine regions in Europe as we know them today.
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Apply for WILDArt 2019!
We are currently accepting artist applications for WILDArt, which this year will take place in Majella National Park, Italy. This is a week-long event,
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Forest disaster in Slovakia
The forests in Slovakian mountains are considered by many to be the landscape least impacted by humans in Central Europe, in the last two
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Ski resort or low impact tourism?
There are more and more cases appearing in the Central and Eastern Europe regarding human activities, destroying the last natural heritage places and contributing
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Coming soon: Wilderness Academy Days 2019
This year, the European Wilderness Academy Days are in the beautiful UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, Austria, from 27-29 May. This is a three-day conference
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Thank you to all our donors!
European Wilderness Society works tirelessly to support Wilderness in Europe, but did you know, we also work in education, sustainable development, livestock protection, arts
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Wilderness and Wildness – What is the difference?
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the European Resolution on Wilderness, it can be said that the word Wilderness becomes more and more of
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Join us for our next adventure: WILDArt 2019
After the success of WILDArt 2018 in Ukraine, this year we are heading to Majella National Park in Italy for the next chapter of
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UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration
On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030. This decision is a
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Wolf-free zones will not work, here’s why
With the wolf population steadily growing in Europe, wolves are expanding again to new territories. As wolves can easily travel large distances, the expansion
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Interreg project submitted on Danube Ecotourism
This week, European Wilderness Society has submitted a project idea to the 3rd call of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme. This project aims to
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Illegal logging and the FSC logo – the challenge in Romania?
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was established in the early 1990’s. Their ambition is to ensure “Forests for all forever”. The three pronged approach
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Forest fire in Germany and its aftermath
A recent visit to Northern Germany by the Western Colorado University and European Wilderness Society hosted by Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, and communal
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Visiting the Austrian Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism
The European Wilderness Society had its international team meeting last week, where we discussed a lot of different topics. One of the most important
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WILDArt exhibition opened
Last weekend, European Wilderness Society opened the WILDArt exhibition together with many visitors in Tamsweg, Austria. The exhibition includes a great collection of art
