Adopting 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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Ski resort or low impact tourism?
There are more and more cases appearing in the Central and Eastern Europe regarding human activities, destroying the last natural
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Coming soon: Wilderness Academy Days 2019
This year, the European Wilderness Academy Days are in the beautiful UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, Austria, from 27-29 May. This
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Interreg DTP 3rd call in numbers
The 3rd call for proposals from the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme closed recently. European Wilderness Society has submitted a project
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Thank you to all our donors!
European Wilderness Society works tirelessly to support Wilderness in Europe, but did you know, we also work in education, sustainable
Read MoreWilderness and Wildness – What is the difference?
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the European Resolution on Wilderness, it can be said that the word Wilderness becomes
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UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration
On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030.
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Wolf-free zones will not work, here’s why
With the wolf population steadily growing in Europe, wolves are expanding again to new territories. As wolves can easily travel
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Interreg project submitted on Danube Ecotourism
This week, European Wilderness Society has submitted a project idea to the 3rd call of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme.
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Illegal logging and the FSC logo – the challenge in Romania?
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was established in the early 1990’s. Their ambition is to ensure “Forests for all forever”.
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Forest fire in Germany and its aftermath
A recent visit to Northern Germany by the Western Colorado University and European Wilderness Society hosted by Eberswalde University for
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Visiting the Austrian Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism
The European Wilderness Society had its international team meeting last week, where we discussed a lot of different topics. One
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WILDArt exhibition in Tamsweg
The European Wilderness Society opened the WILDArt exhibition together with many visitors in Tamsweg, Austria in February 2019. The exhibition
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EU Forest in danger
Artificially planted spruce forests in the Czech Republic fall prey to bark beetles, biomass power plants threaten French forests, the destruction of old-growth forests
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Success for fox hunting ban in Luxembourg
In 2015, Luxembourg excluded the fox from their list of game species. The local hunting association predicted highly increasing fox populations and a rise
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Wilderness and WILDForst Brief for Zacharovanyy kray, Ukraine
Zacharovanyy kray National Nature Park, Ukraine, has two Wilderness areas – a Wilderness and a WILDForest area. Today we are
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