Legislative initiative to improve protection of virgin beech forests in Ukraine
February 10, 2016 was a meeting to review and discuss the draft law concerning protection of Wilderness in Biosphere Reserves
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2016 was a meeting to review and discuss the draft law concerning protection of Wilderness in Biosphere Reserves
Read MoreGorgany Nature Reserve, Ukraine confirmed its commitment to become a next member of the European Wilderness Network. Please also read:
Read MoreVlado Vancura European Wilderness Society Director for Wilderness Development and Valik Voloshyn, European Wilderness Society Focal Point for Protected Areas
Read MoreAt the beginning of July the site assessment in Zacharovanyy Kray National Park was completed! Second verification trip to Zacharovanij Kraj
Read MoreSeveral of our team are spending the next two weeks (4.6.-17.6.) in different parts of the western Ukraine visiting Wilderness
Read MoreAfter the field assessment the European Wilderness Society verifiers worked in the office to summarize collected information and analyse Wilderness/core zone
Read MoreAs our organisation is getting really active in Ukraine, our team looks at the country’s environmental legislation with extra care.
Read MoreAt the beginning of May our team carried out a site assessment of the very first Wilderness area in Ukraine.
Read MoreOn the final day of our work in Ukraine our team had the opportunity to meet with staff of the
Read MoreOur team presents the video report about the trip to the Wilderness zone of National Park Zacharovanyy Kray in the
Read MoreThe international team of the European Wilderness Society is currently visiting two Ukrainian protected areas the Zacharovanyy Kray and Vizhnitsky National
Read MoreA team of three European Wilderness Society Wilderness experts will visit between April 27 and May 6 the Zacharovanyy Kray
Read MoreDespite of political turmoil Ukrainians are continuing to build up a link with European Wilderness Network. In the last weeks the National Park “Vizhnitsky” was the subject of quick Wilderness assessment. The result of this process is that the Park contributes to the European Wilderness Network with 2 153 ha of the high quality Wilderness.
Read MoreChernobyl: The comeback of nature Who cannot remember what they did on April 26, 1986? I was driving with my
Read MoreThe enchanted Land Nature Nature Park is featured by significant biodiversity.
Read MoreHowever 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.
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