Confusing messages from Bulgaria
The European Commission announced on 22. July 2016 that it is taking Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU
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European Wilderness Society
Austrian school project “Let’s get wild”
This spring, the European Wilderness Society started the preparations for a two year project aimed at Austria’s Highschools, focusing on Wilderness.
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Christkindlmarkt
After a very successful year of Wilderness protection with many great projects, we visited the Christkindlmarkt in Salzburg. Even though
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Sustainable Tourism Conference Salzburg
The European Wilderness Society visited the 13th Sustainable Tourism Conference in Salzburg. Topics included the needed change of the mass tourism
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Visit of European Wilderness Society team in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
Part of the team visited and were informed by Deputy Director Fery on the structure of the National Park Hohe
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Wilderness in Pirin is under threat!!!
Another wonderful piece of European Wilderness is likely going to disappear if politicians and developers will not make the decision
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Workshop managing neophytes and invasive plants in Natura 2000 wetland forests
The Kuratorium Wald is holding a series of workshops on managing forests in Natura 2000 sites. Max Rossberg led a
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Learning regional development initiatives
These days in the framework of internal training programme European Wilderness Society team members from Eastern and Central Europe are
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Sustainable Tourism Guidebook 2016
Organic and fair trade are en vogue – not just in day-to-day shopping but more often than not also in holiday
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Training on cross-border projects development
Iryna Shchoka participated in the training for applicants, organized by the Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) on the First Call for Proposals
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Ukrainian Activists stopping the destruction of the Tarutyns’kyj Steppe – momentarily!
As we reported, the Tarutyns’kyj Steppe is being illegally plowed with the consent of the Ukrainian Ministry of defence. Ukrainian activists
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European Wilderness Quality Standard Audit Kalkalpen Wilderness report
The Kalkalpen European Wilderness was recently audited by the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System. The Kalkalpen European Wilderness Quality Audit
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Meeting with WWF Alpine Team
In Innsbruck, Max Rossberg and Anni Henning met with the WWF Alpine Team. The WWF Team discussion focused on the
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Meeting with Eliante from Italy
Together with Mariana – a water specialist – and Mauro – a large carnivore specialist – and Gaia from Lumina,
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Border fencing threatens wildlife in Europe
A recent research by Linnell JDC, Trouwborst A, Boitani L, Kaczensky P, Huber D, Reljic S, et al. on the
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Bear compensation and co-existence: no relationship to bear population
Coexistence of large carnivores and humans is a formidable challenge for conservationists world-wide (Treves & Karanth 2003). Carnivores cause economical
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Drastic destruction of a unique Wilderness in Ukraine
The WWF Ukraine is reporting that one of the last remaining steppe areas in the Ukraine is being destroyed by
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Visit to National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft
Otto Dibelius and Vlado Vancura visited today the National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft to get a first impression of the challenges
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Natura 2000 in a commercial Beech Forest
I attended a great workshop run by the Kuratorium Wald on the ÖBF premises in Purkersdorf focusing on the challenges
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Vlado, Robin and I are attending the Large Carnivore Conference. Great updates of the status of Wolf, Bear and Lynx
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