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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

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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Training Ukraine

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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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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