New project launched for Carpathian Protected Areas
The European Wilderness Society is excited to share the news that Centralparks, a new transboundary project in the Interreg CENTRAL
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Amendment to the Nature and Landscape Protection Act in Slovakia
At the end of October, the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic initiated a draft amendment to the Nature and Landscape Protection Act, mainly targetting protected areas.
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Transboundary impact of Svydovets
The Espoo Convention has opened a case file to investigate whether Ukraine complies with international obligations on environmental protection. One
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Successful WILDArt exhibition prolonged
Because of success the European Wilderness Society and the municipality of Tamsweg have decided to extend the duration of the
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Exhibition opening – “The wolf is back. A human exhibition”
There is hardly another animal rising such contrasting emotions in humans as the wolf. On 6th May the Swiss National
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Wilderness in the Fourth Millennium
Robert Frazier Nash, author of the essay ‘Island Civilization: A Vision for Human Occupancy of Earth’, proposes his plan for
Continue readingWanderlust and Wilderness
With the aim of protecting and respecting Wilderness, can we afford travelling to remote areas to get the true Wilderness experience?
Continue readingWilderness Education Week in Ukraine
In April, the European Wilderness Society held a Wilderness education week in the Ukraine. Beside Earth Day, celebrated on 22nd
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Offshore drilling halted – a win for Wilderness
The first 100 days in the oval office are the days that will define your presidency in America. This is
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We upgraded our servers to handle the increase in traffic. Back in 2014 we had on average 100 Wilderness advocates
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Strong speaker line-up at this year’s Wilderness Academy Days
Europe’s only Wilderness Conference will be held May 27-29, 2019. We are proud to announce our exceptional speakers!
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Youth Green Conference 2019 launched!
This year, the European Wilderness Society starts a number of the new projects. This was possible due to intensive work
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European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System 2.0.
The European Wilderness Society developed the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System, together with numerous Wilderness organisations and Wilderness
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Wilderness Anniversary Poster – many European Languages!
As part of 2019 being the Year of Wilderness, in which we celebrate the 55th anniversary of the US Wilderness
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Poisoning wildlife – A growing threat in Europe
Deliberate poisoning is one of the most severe factors threathening wildlife in Europe. Alarming cases have recently emerged in Austria.
Continue readingAdopting nature tourism in Slovakia
Nature tourism in Slovakia seems to be an effective tool to support nature conservation, as well as all around the
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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