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Wilderness Policy

European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.

Wilderness Policy 

Have your say in the EU nature restoration targets

March 30, 2021March 29, 20213 weeks ago Nick Huisman 394 Views 2 Comments Policy and Legislation 2 min read

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

March 11, 2021March 11, 20211 month ago Timothy Sung 299 Views 0 Comments Germany, Natura 2000, Policy and Legislation 4 min read

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

March 9, 2021March 3, 20211 month ago Nick Huisman 221 Views 0 Comments Climate Overheating 3 min read

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

March 5, 2021March 5, 20211 month ago Timothy Sung 329 Views 0 Comments Germany, National Park, Policy and Legislation, Wilderness 5 min read

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

February 15, 2021February 10, 20212 months ago Hanna Ollos 384 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Policy and Legislation, slovakia 3 min read

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?

February 4, 2021February 15, 20212 months ago Timothy Sung 301 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change 5 min read

“Until now we have been destroying our planet, abusing it as if we had a spare one.” Such an attitude,

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Financial industry under stress from climate change

January 21, 2021January 20, 20213 months ago Timothy Sung 297 Views 0 Comments climate change, Paris Agreement 3 min read

Billions of dollars are still going into industries destroying the climate. Investors and banks have long relied on the polluting

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A river in New Zealand legally becomes a person

December 17, 2020December 16, 20204 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 732 Views 0 Comments river 3 min read

In 2017, an exceptional incident occurred. Whanganui River became the first waterway in the world to get legal personhood. The

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Natura 2000 lacks effective management

November 26, 2020November 21, 20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 680 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Natura 2000, Protected area management 2 min read

Last week, we had a close look at the latest State of Nature Report of the European Environment Agency. It

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International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy

November 24, 2020November 24, 20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 586 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

We are taking part in an International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy on 24th November and need your

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State of nature in the EU: more action needed

November 16, 2020November 16, 20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 703 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Natura 2000, Protected area management 3 min read

Six years have passed already since the last state of nature report of the European Environment Agency. Thus, the agency

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Levelling up nature in the UK

October 27, 2020November 3, 20206 months ago Timothy Sung 694 Views 0 Comments biodviersity, National Park, Policy and Legislation, Protected area management, Protected areas 5 min read

Across the world, leaders have committed to placing 30% of land under protected status by 2030 through the Leaders’ Pledge

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Achieving a Global Deal for Nature?

October 16, 2020October 16, 20206 months ago Timothy Sung 649 Views 1 Comment CBD, climate change, Protected area management, Protected areas 3 min read

Failure to achieve any of the Aichi Biodiveristy Targets has made the upcoming COP 15 CBD talks of urgent importance.

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EU as role model to fight climate change

October 15, 2020October 13, 20206 months ago Julia Ramsauer 586 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Corona 2 min read

Last week, the European Union Parliament voted for an ambitious increase of the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions to be

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Switzerland votes against hunting wolves

October 6, 2020October 6, 20206 months ago Julia Ramsauer 1032 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Livestock protection 1 min read

On Sunday, 27th of September 2020, a referendum took place in Switzerland to decide over the faith of a revised

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Help stop the destruction of forests for biomass

October 6, 2020October 5, 20206 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 928 Views 1 Comment Biodiversity, Europe, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

Currently, EU policy indicates that burning wood is “zero carbon” and “renewable energy”. However, this approach is only true if

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Global climate strike 2020 this Friday, 25th of September

September 24, 2020September 24, 20207 months ago Julia Ramsauer 799 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Corona 1 min read

Flashback: Greta Thunberg first striked for the climate in August 2018. The movement “Fridays for Future” gained momentum throughout 2019.

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What Does an Anti-Racist Wilderness Look Like?

August 13, 2020August 14, 20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1145 Views 7 Comments Wilderness 10 min read

The issue of racism and the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement have spread around the world within the last months. It

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The last remaining forest steppe in Hungary receives stricter protection through zoning

August 12, 2020August 10, 20208 months ago Hanna Ollos 889 Views 0 Comments Hungary, National Park, wilderness stewardship 4 min read

On the 2nd of June, a historic moment took place for nature conservation in Hungary. After several years of campaigning

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World Ranger Day

July 31, 2020February 3, 20219 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 955 Views 0 Comments celebration, Wilderness Academy, Wilderness education, Wildlife 3 min read

Today, European Wilderness Society, together with the International Ranger Federation and Rangers all over the world celebrates World Ranger Day!

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