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65% of Germans love Wilderness

Large majority of Germans in favour of Wilderness 65% of Germans love Wilderness, are for natural forests and floodplains and

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Protection against all odds

The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014 was given to a person who made a lot for protecting Wilderness in Europe for future generations

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Biodiversity offsetting: Pricing nature or protect it

Price tagging nature will mean opening up Wilderness areas for unsustainable development, mining and extraction.

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Why Wilderness lovers should care about climate report

he IPCC reports that our public lands are changing. These changes are occurring at an alarmingly fast rate, putting ecosystems in many different regions at risk of extinction. Our impact on these fragile communities will depend on how we interact with them. – See more at: http://Wilderness.org/blog/why-wildland-lovers-should-care-about-international-climate-change-report#sthash.T30Y8HnL.dpuf

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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Natura 2000 Network

The European Union (EU) programme for the protection of birds, and of species and habitats has been
implemented primarily through Natura 2000. The article assesses the strengths and the weaknesses, identifies some improvements needed and provides lessons for other parts of the world.

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Killing the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is suffering from a lack of oxygen. Poor oxygen conditions on the seabed are killing animals and

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New Wilderness vision for Europe

People asking this question probably expected a modest answer, which one might call a realistic target, but I don’t want to be realistic now. Our ambition is to be a European leader on Wilderness protection, and to be more visionary. What size or territory would be needed from moral point of view?

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Victory for whales – whalehunting not scientific research

Through its most recent decision, the International Court of Justice ruled Japan’s Southern Ocean Whalehunting is not scientific research. The

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Wilderness management in Natura 2000

Workshop on Wilderness management in Natura 2000 Vlado Vancura, Director Wilderness Development and Max A. E. Rossberg, Chairman of the

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Our Vision: Moving from 1% to 5%

The Board of our society decided to join Europe’s new conservation vision on the 16th of January (see here). This decision not only meant that our entity signed up for The Vision for a Wilder Europe document, but also an active contribution to the actions defined in this vision.

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Wilderness Quality Index Austria 2012

The WWF Austria has prepared a map of areas with high Wilderness potential that could meet the criteria of the

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Working for a wilder Europe

Our society’s Board had a meeting in Vienna on 16 January and we made a milestone decision to join the

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21st century protected area

The first protected area, the Yellowstone National Park, was set up in the 19th century. In the 20th century there was a boom in setting up protected areas as a believed key to halt biodiversity loss. How will protected areas look like in the 21st century?

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65% of Germans love Wilderness

Protection against all odds

Biodiversity offsetting: Pricing nature or protect it

Why Wilderness lovers should care about climate report

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Natura 2000 Network

Killing the Baltic Sea

New Wilderness vision for Europe

Victory for whales – whalehunting not scientific research

Wilderness management in Natura 2000

Our Vision: Moving from 1% to 5%

Wilderness Quality Index Austria 2012

Working for a wilder Europe

21st century protected area

Celebrating Wilderness Anniversaries!

Natura 2000 award

WILD10 Resolutions

Can we afford Wilderness in Europe?

Improving Legal Protection of Wilderness in Europe

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