New Horizon 2020 project opportunity on forest fires
The European Wilderness Society is currently putting together an exciting proposal for the Horizon 2020 call “Forest Fires risk reduction:
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Interview with European Wilderness Society in Ukraine
While we are finalising the Youth Green Conference 2019 project, the European Wilderness Society continues its educational activities in the
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BEECH POWER workshop on MARISCO in Slovenia
As a part of the Interreg Central Europe BEECH POWER project, a MARISCO workshop took place in Slovenia on the
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EU Parliament declares climate emergency
On the 28th of November, the European Parliament officially declared the climate emergency in Europe. With 429 votes for and
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UNESCO designation to justify killing of wolves and bears
The Bavarian Isartal in Germany is characterised by its rich cultural history of alpine farming. A cultural heritage worth protecting,
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Sweden proposed constitutional change to protect nature
It would be the first of its kind in Europe, a constitutional amendment that protects nature from humans. This is
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Youth is calling for climate action!
Our latest Erasmus project: Youth Green Conference 2019 finalized last October, but follow-up activities are still continuing. One of them
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Successful All-Senses Workshop Whispering Of The Trees
The latest Citizen Engagement Activity “Whispering of the trees” was successful, even in bad weather conditions. With support from the
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New publication: Respect nature flyer
The European Wilderness Society recently produced a new Respect Nature flyer. With it, we aim to raise awareness on how
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Launching Vlado Vancura Wilderness Academy
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. Edward Abbey As Edward Abbey, the famous American author
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Wilderness fascinates 1 million people
Back in 2014 we started with a small website not knowing if any European let alone wilderness advocates from anywhere
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Oil companies under pressure
To keep the world’s average temperature below two degrees, the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016. To achieve this goal,
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Italy first country to make climate change compulsory topic in schools
The Italian Minister of Education announced that the topic of climate change will become compulsory in Italian schools. Italy is
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Comeback of Wilderness Education week in Ukraine
There is a high demand for informal ecological education in Ukraine. Therefore, as a response to this demand, European Wilderness
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The climate crisis is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Still, politicians around the world fail to take necessary
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Hear the trees of Grumsin whisper
Today and tomorrow, the 5th and 6th November, our next Citizens Engagement Activity, in cooperation with Interreg Volunteer Youth, will
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Volunteer On-Arrival training in Vienna
Last week the European Solidarity Corps On-Arrival Training took place in Europahaus in Vienna. Ziva Alif, the European Solidarity Corps
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25th Edition of the Danilo Re Memorial
Dedicated to the Italian park ranger Danilo Re, the Danilo Re Memorial is a sports competition for rangers from National
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Win €10 000 to save the forest
The Evergreen Innovation Camp is a follow-up project of the famous Schweighofer Prize, taking place in the BOKU in Vienna.
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Full naturalness – Wilderness on the French political agenda
In May 2019, the seventh session of the Interngovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) took place at
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