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Earth Overshoot Day – From today we live in the future

The World Overshoot Day in 2019 came to be 29th July. The date means that we have completely consumed nature’s

Wilderness Audit in Gorgany Nature Reserve, Ukraine

In the past weeks the European Wilderness Auditors spent several days in Gorgany Wilderness, embeded in the Gorgany Mountains Massif. The area is located

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Enlargement of the Wilderness in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve in Ukraine is already hosting several Wilderness areas included in the European Wilderness Network. To achieve

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Wilderness And Wildness Are Not Synonyms

For many non-native English speakers, Wilderness and Wildness sound similar and sometimes even identical. However, that’s a wrong impression. Wilderness

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Apply now to become the next Interreg Volunteer

Please find our current volunteer opportunities in the career center! The lead partner of the Interreg Central Europe BEECH POWER

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Training Wilderness Network News

Wilderness Expert Exchange continues

European Wilderness Society understands an importance of the capacity-building as well as experience exchange between Wilderness Experts and Advocates. Especially

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The Legacy of Vano Kupradze

There are many unnamed park rangers scattered all over Europe with the passion and strong belief that protection of Wilderness

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Always look on the bright side of life

Conservation optimism In conservation, there are always new depressing reports coming out about how the global biodiversity is declining, and

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Protecting natural heritage with smart tourism management

Places with a UNESCO World Heritage label attract many tourists. In some places even too many tourist, which negatively impacts

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A victory for Mura river

Recently, the Slovene government has stopped the preparation of the spatial plan for a hydroelectric powerplant on Mura river. As

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Potential Prealpi Giulie Wilderness now officially in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

This summer, Wilderness experts from the European Wilderness Society visited the Prealpi Giulie Nature Park in Italy. It shares the

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The boomerang of bear and wolf cull in Slovenia

In Slovenia, an annual bear and wolf cull is in place with the purpose of reducing carnivore damages. Normally, experts

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European Alliance for Wolf Conservation

The European Alliance for Wolf Conservation held its annual meeting beginning of June in Helsinki. Several organizations from all over

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Winners announced – Let’s Get Wild Photo Contest!

We are excited to announce the winners of our Let’s Get Wild Photo Competition! Photographers from all across the world

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The controversy of sanitary logging

Many still think that although natural processes are self-propelled, nature still needs human intervention and maintenance. In this multi-part series,