European Wilderness Policy

European policy meetings

The Board of the European Wilderness Society is going to visit a wide variety of organisations in Brussels this week in

Sweden’s old growth forests threatened by clear-cutting

Alec Forss reports in an article that Sweden’s old growth forests will be clear cut by 2035 and this will threaten thousands of

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Guiding Natura 2000 Wilderness areas

The European Wilderness Quality Standard helps to implement the EC Wilderness Guidance

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Illegal logging in Romania

We were made aware today of a posting concerning the alleged illegal logging in Romania’s protected areas. While we at

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Investing in natural capital

While the European Wilderness Society constantly argues that biodiversity offsetting should only be considered if there are clear rules set for

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Little Sydney: Protecting Europe Nature

Our Society has just received an important news from the Organising Committee of the so-called “Little Sydney” event, which is

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Soomaa: Largest bogland of EU endangered

Soomaa National Park was created in Estonia in 1993 to protect large raised bogs, flood plain grasslands, paludified forests and

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COP4 Carpathian Convention, 23-26 September Mikulov

The European Wilderness Society is attending the Conference of Parties of the Carpathian Convention as an Observer. Under the Slovak

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Pan European Green Corridor Network

Based on the enthusiastic response to our Pyrenees to Carpathians natural green corridor project, our Society decided to develop the

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Wilderness as an indicator in biodiversity strategy!

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are the principal instruments for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at

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Guidelines on Wilderness and wild areas in Natura 2000

EU Guidelines on Wilderness and wild areas in Natura 2000 sites Natura 2000 protects areas of high biodiversity value across

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Wildnis im Dialog: Wilderness Dialogue

Wilderness Dialogue The Federal Government of Germany has publicly announced that by 2020 Germany will have 2% of its land

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Stop culling of the first beavers in the UK since 1200 AD – Please sign the petition…

Three European beavers (Castor Fiber) believed to be two adults and a juvenile were sighted some time ago in the

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The benefits of European Wilderness Quality Standards

We may not be aware of them, but we use standards every day, in all aspects of our daily lives

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World Heritage Commitee speaks out against extractive uses in heritage sites

Following IUCN’s advice, the World Heritage Committee has sent a strong message to oil and gas and other extractive industries

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The continued sealing of the surface

Just looking at Germany shows the impact urbanization has on the continued sealing of the earth´s surface through concrete, roads,

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Has the greening of CAP failed?

The EU’s new rules for CAP subsidies oblige ties 30% of a farmer’s subsidy payments to new environmental requirements. But

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Latvia hunts wolf pups and pregnant wolves

Killing of Wolf Pups priority Latvia is the only European country where hunters kill not only local wolves but also

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Wilderness Act 50th anniversary

The US Wilderness Act celebrates its 50th anniversary. On Sept. 3, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the United States

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Join the online rally for saving Tasmania World Heritage status

Please join an online rally to protest the current Australian Government’s attempt to delist 74,000ha of Tasmania’s World Heritage Forests.

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