European Wilderness Society Postings

Webinar series with REWILD Institute

Close followers of our website and our onlive events might have already noticed that we conducted three webinars in cooperation

Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of

Training Ukraine

Youth in Ukraine respects Nature!

European Wilderness Society continues Respect Nature promotion and educational activities And Ukrainian youngsters support our approach how to enjoy nature with minimal impact!

Wilderness Wilderness Policy

Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But

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European Wilderness Society WILDForest

Old-growth beech forests need more protection

Last year, the German action group for forest protection ‘BundesBürgerInitiative WaldSchutz’ declared the 25th June as the ‘Day of Beech

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Fedir Hamor’s new book describes his fight for primeval beech forests

The protection of Primeval European beech forests was a long process that stretched over several decades. This process is closely

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Sustainable Tourism

Natural tourism in Slovakia

Natural tourism can be a sustainable way for many areas to combine tourism and nature conservation. Slovakian officials have realized

Wilderness Wilderness Policy

Dark future for remaining Wilderness

A study conducted by a team of conservation biologists reveals how little Wilderness is left in the world. It also

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Training

Waste management training!

Growing pressure from visitors Many protected areas in Ukraine, as well as other countries, are dealing with tremendous pressure from

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife

Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves

NOAH, an animal rights organisation from Norway, has informed us that the Norwegian parliament has passed legislation, which allows lethal

Training

International Course on Wetland Restoration

Thanks to the successes in fighting Covid-19 across Europe, physical events with international participants are going to happen in a

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Wilderness Policy

Austrian politician insults WWF activist

On 4th June, WWF Austria organized an official handover of a petition with 22 800 signatures against a hydropower plant in

Research Wilderness Policy

Limits to Growth

With this iconic title, the Club of Rome published the first report that proved that ever growing population, manufacturing, agricultural

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European Wilderness Society

Why it is time for nature

Since 1974, the World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on the 5th of June. In 2020, under probably

Sustainable Tourism

‘Tourism in protected areas’ training and a first success

Tourism in protected areas: mission impossible? More than 50 participants from different European countires investigated this during online training session

European Wilderness Society

Shape the EU Green Deal on Restoring Biodiversity NOW!

The European Green Deal call will mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. Projects