Nature Restoration Law: A new dawn for European biodiversity?
Despite facing strong opposition, particularly from the European People’s Party, the European Parliament on 17th of June 2024 passed a draft legal
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Wilderness Policy
European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.
European Wilderness Society celebrates its 11th birthday!
It is already 11 years when a small group of Wilderness lovers set up the European Wilderness Society. Let’s look
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Rewilding and society
The link between rewilding and society is very complex. It can be viewed negatively, e.g. conflicts with livelihoods, human wildlife
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Forest and Fire
Forests and fires have a complex relationship. This relationship has two aspects. Defining destruction and rejuvenation. While fires can be
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Europe needs more wild land
Europeans found out that the wild land provides essential resources and ecosystem services, such as clean air and water, biodiversity
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EU natural restoration – European Green Deal
EU natural restoration is a part of the European Green Deal, which commits to protecting and restoring nature. It states
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#RestoreNature! Take action today!
Almost one year ago we already expressed our support to the initiative of introduction of the new EU Nature Restoration
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Iran: Plans to Protect More Natural Areas
Iran is a big country with a lot of diverse landscapes. From seas to snowy mountains, deserts to forests, there
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Stewardship or management of Wilderness
Stewardship of Wilderness Stewardship of Wilderness is the careful and responsible leadership that maintains and uses the wilderness in a
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High seas protection negotiations have failed
During last two weeks 168 members of the original treaty had negotiations to discuss a new agreement of the world
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International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2022 the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. Despite the progress in promoting the
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Signs of movement in the EU against pesticides and fur farming?
Recent news from Brussels on the agricultural front has involved discussions concerning the level of human impact on animals. Practices
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Post-2020 biodiversity framework: living in better harmony with nature?
Two weeks ago, Macquarie University ran an event called Global Dialogue on Biodiversity Law and Governance. Dr. Michelle Lim, the Senior Lecturer in Environmental
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Crunch time for climate
The EU have recently agreed upon a new climate target for 2030. In this target, the EU Parliament and member
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Have your say in the EU nature restoration targets
One more week to share your opinion with the European Commission on the nature restoration targets of the new EU
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Germany referred to court over the EU Habitats Directive
After previous warnings from the European Commission, Germany has been referred to the EU Court of Justice for not adhering
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UN: New carbon-cutting climate pledges are underwhelming
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published an interim report on the progress that countries make to
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Germany misses its Wilderness target
As the old saying goes: clean up your own backyard, change by example. However, this seems like something that has
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Nature Outlook 2050: Four alternative scenarios for (Slovak) nature
A pilot study made by the Ministry of the Environment together with Slovak Environment Agency models the possible changes related
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Is this finally the year for global action on biodiversity?
“Until now we have been destroying our planet, abusing it as if we had a spare one.” Such an attitude,
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