One of the defining features of Wilderness is its distance from human civilisation, and the peace and solitude that can be experienced in the
Sustainable Tourism
The Economic Inequality of Protected Areas
The Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas report from researchers in Cambridge, UK, Princeton, New Jersey,
Why Leave No Trace is necessary in Wilderness
European Nature was and is significantly shaped by humans. Our actions alter our natural surroundings and traces of human influences can be found even
Meeting on sustainable toursim cooperation in Ukraine
Following some provisions of the recent meeting of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centers(CSTCs) and stakeholders, which took place in Bratilasva, European Wilderness Society participated
Meeting of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centers
On the 25 and 26 of January, 2018 European Wilderness Society will join the meeting of 3 Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centres (CSTC) of Poland,
Do the Carpathians need another huge touristic resort?
Todays session of court and the press-conference, dedicated to the building of the huge Touristic-recreational resort Svydovetc on the territory of Transcarpathian region of
Carpathian Convention Conference of Parties 5
On 10. October 2017 the Conference of the Parties 5 (COP 5) of the Carpathian Convention started its work in Lillafured, Hungary. The location
WILDArt and sustainable tourism
Today Iryna Shchoka, accompanied by Ukrainian artist and Plein Air coordinator, Svitlana Kyrlyk, visited Art residence and green tourism developing object in Smerekova village
Tourism fair in Uzhhorod
The toursim week in Ukraine continued with the 16th International tourism fair, which took place on 22-23 of September in Uzhhorod, touristic Regional city
Tourism, Technologies and Transport for regional development
Today Iryna and Valik participated in the scientific-practical conference “Three “T” for Transcarpathia: Tourism, Technologies, Transport” in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Conference, involving authorities, NGOs, scientists,
Sustainable Tourism Working Group meeting
9th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Sustainable Tourism Working Group took place on 12-14 of September in Brasov, Romania. Iryna Shchoka represented European Wilderness
Joining efforts for Carpathians
On September, 12 – 14 the 9th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention´s Working Group on Sustainable Tourism will take place in Brasov, Romania. The main
Is Wilderness threatened by social media?
People often like to enjoy their time in nature and technology allows them to share that with the rest of the world. With a
Data-bases on Sustainable Tourism in Carpathians
For those, interested in developing and implementation of sustainable tourism projects in the seven Carpathian Countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic and Ukraine there are three data-bases
Sustainable development in the Carpathians
We would like to congratulate our Ukrainian partner, Carpathian National Nature Park, with the successful completion of the project “Save Huk Waterfall Trail” which
Sustainable tourism training in National Parks
Recently for the first time the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine hosted International scientific-practical conference “Innovative management of sustainable tourism in national
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 planning. Currently, tourism boasts
Wilderness and the European long-distance trails
The European long distance trails link the European countries from the North Cape to Crete and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Carpathians and
Wilderness and tourism in Altai Mountains, Kazakhstan
Wilderness quality of Altai Mountains can become an important asset of effort to develop tourism as a part of sustainable development in this magic corner
Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center launched
During the Eighth Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Sustainable Tourism in Brasov April 12-14th, 2016 the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform was