European Wilderness Society Postings

Women 4 Wilderness 1

March 7, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5327 Views 2 Comments Advocacy, Biodiversity, Europe, Wilderness

Wilderness is not just a resource to be development but it has many human, natural and economic benefits that are not well understood to the general public.

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European Wilderness Quality Standard for Wilderness in Scandinavia?

March 6, 2014 Vlado Vancura 7512 Views 1 Comment European Wilderness Quality Standard, European Wilderness Society, Hohe Tauern

Excluding extractive use such as hunting and fishing or collecting non timber forest product such as berries, nuts and mushrooms are important criteria to meet Wilderness quality standard.

Sustainable Tourism

Wilderness is biodiversity and…

March 6, 2014 Vlado Vancura 6528 Views 3 Comments Protected areas, Sustainable tourism

The US National Park Service has recently published the ‘2012 National Park Visitor Spending Effects report’. The study shows that the whole National Park System (NPS), which is largely Wilderness!, received over 282 million recreation visits.

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Ecotourism is sustainable economy

March 4, 2014 Vlado Vancura 8302 Views 0 Comments Research, Sustainable tourism, WIlderness Journal

The Costa Rican News agency has just reported about a study conducted by US researchers, which suggests that ecotourism has a positive impact on poverty reduction.

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Our Vision: Moving from 1% to 5%

February 28, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5694 Views 0 Comments Advocacy, Communication, Europe, European Wilderness Society

The Board of our society decided to join Europe’s new conservation vision on the 16th of January (see here). This decision not only meant that our entity signed up for The Vision for a Wilder Europe document, but also an active contribution to the actions defined in this vision.

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PAN Parks advised to file bankruptcy

February 26, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 8033 Views 3 Comments Protected areas

We were informed today, that the PAN Parks Foundation Board of Directors has been advised by the appointed liquidator to enter bankruptcy proceedings

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New business partner: travel agency CARPATICA, Slovakia

February 24, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5985 Views 1 Comment Advocacy, Carpatica, Sustainable tourism

ARPATICA offers a wildlife watching and nature tours in Eastern Carpathians (Slovak-Poland).

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Wildlife poisoning in Serbia

February 24, 2014 Vlado Vancura 7427 Views 1 Comment Biodiversity, European Wilderness Society, Serbia, Wildlife

In the municipality of Apatin, Serbia, not far from the settlement the bodies of 4 dead white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) were found. The birds were likely poisoned.

Training

Wilderness Philanthropist in South America

February 22, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5728 Views 0 Comments South America, Wilderness

Since leaving the business world in 1989 he dedicated himself to environmental activism and land conservation.

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Bison Meat for Dinner !?

February 21, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 6904 Views 1 Comment Bison, Europe, European Wilderness Society, Wildlife, Wisent

On the other part of the World headlines like these show that Bisons are actually coming back as a food source raised by ranchers and sold to quote: “

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Pyrenean Desman under threat

February 21, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 6539 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society

The Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semiaquatic nocturnal mammal related to moles and shrews, and is one of only two surviving species of the tribe Desmanini.

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Quotes about Wilderness

February 19, 2014 Vlado Vancura 7663 Views 2 Comments Advocacy, European Wilderness Society, Kalkalpen

However the power of Wilderness is first of all the ability to touch the hearts of people… in the following quotes, people are telling us how they feel about Wilderness.

Training

UNESCO Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future

February 17, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 7785 Views 0 Comments Education and Training

UNESCO has a great online training seminar for “teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future“. It starts with the basic

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The perfect startup for Wilderness

February 14, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5641 Views 5 Comments Communication, Education and Training, European Wilderness Society

The European Wilderness Society is quite a new initiative, which is very much based on the enthusiasm of a few

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National Park Kalkalpen and National Park Hohe Tauern join the European Wilderness Network

February 5, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 6156 Views 1 Comment Hohe Tauern, Kalkalpen

The Nationalpark Kalkalpen with 15 600 ha of Wilderness and the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Salzburg with 9 136 ha of

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Wilderness Quality Index Austria 2012

February 5, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 5774 Views 0 Comments Austria, European Wilderness Quality Standard, Hohe Tauern, Wilderness

The WWF Austria has prepared a map of areas with high Wilderness potential that could meet the criteria of the

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Ukraine Wilderness

Latest Wilderness news from Ukraine!

February 5, 2014 Vlado Vancura 6820 Views 2 Comments Europe, Protected areas, Synevyr, Ukraine, Zacharovanyy kray

However way from the main cities and right at the border with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, the Ukrainian Carpathians are among the most remote – and certainly among the most Wilderness rich – areas the country has to offer. A tiny fragment of the 1,500-kilometre range of mountains stretching in an arc from the Czech Republic to Serbia via Poland and Romania, they occupy the westernmost corner of Ukraine and host their share of the wildlife – wolves, bears, lynxes and a variety of plant species – for which the Carpathians are famous.