Watch out for the Natura 2000 fitness check
The EU Birds and Habitats Directives are the centerpiece of EU environmental legislation, they form the basis of the Natura
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Wilderness Policy
European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.
European policy meetings
The Board of the European Wilderness Society is going to visit a wide variety of organisations in Brussels this week in
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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
Read MoreLittle 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
Read MoreStop 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
Read MoreWilderness 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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