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Wilderness Policy

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

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Wilderness Policy 

Global climate strike 2020 this Friday, 25th of September

September 24, 2020September 24, 20202 years ago Julia Ramsauer 1804 Views 0 Comments 2 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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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

What Does an Anti-Racist Wilderness Look Like?

August 13, 2020August 14, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2196 Views 7 Comments 11 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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European Wilderness Society Wilderness Policy 

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

August 12, 2020August 10, 20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 1844 Views 0 Comments 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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Wilderness Policy 

World Ranger Day

July 31, 2020February 3, 20212 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 1970 Views 0 Comments 5 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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Bison: Slaughtering the icon of Yellowstone
Wilderness Policy 

US Senate passes Great American Outdoors Act

July 6, 2020February 3, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1942 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The United States Senate has passed a new act of legislation to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water

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Livestock Wilderness Policy 

EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity

July 3, 2020July 1, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2270 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Agricultural land covers 40% of the European Union. This means it is the most wide-spread land use in the EU

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European Wilderness Society Training Wilderness Policy 

Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

July 1, 2020August 5, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2096 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

June 29, 2020March 30, 20212 years ago Jonas Sommer 2240 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Dark future for remaining Wilderness

June 23, 2020June 24, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 2572 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

A study conducted by a team of conservation biologists reveals how little Wilderness is left in the world. It also

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves

June 15, 2020June 12, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 3162 Views 4 Comments 5 min read

NOAH, an animal rights organisation from Norway, has informed us that the Norwegian parliament has passed legislation, which allows lethal

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Wilderness Policy 

Austrian politician insults WWF activist

June 10, 2020June 9, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2156 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

On 4th June, WWF Austria organized an official handover of a petition with 22 800 signatures against a hydropower plant in

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Research Wilderness Policy 

Limits to Growth

June 9, 2020June 18, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 2128 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

With this iconic title, the Club of Rome published the first report that proved that ever growing population, manufacturing, agricultural

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Research Wilderness Policy WILDForest 

Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

May 29, 2020June 28, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2412 Views 1 Comment 10 min read

The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been

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Wilderness Policy WILDRivers 

EU commits to support free-flowing rivers

May 27, 2020September 30, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 2638 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The recently released the new EU-wide Biodiversity Strategy revealed the ambition to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery

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Wilderness Policy 

Political attack on Slovene environmental NGOs

May 25, 2020May 22, 20202 years ago Ziva Alif 2331 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

The Corona crisis is used in Slovenia as a cover to allow more environmental destruction by the new government that

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Natura 2000 research in Czech Republic
Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Natura 2000 Day: Success story with room to improve

May 21, 2020May 21, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2149 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Today is the 28th birthday of the EU Habitat Directive and the LIFE programme. To celebrate this, the European Union

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Wilderness Policy 

Ambitious EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

May 21, 2020May 20, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2422 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Yesterday, 20th May, the EU published a document titled ‘Communication: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into

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Wilderness Policy 

A victory for Bulgarian Pirin National Park on court

May 12, 2020May 11, 20202 years ago Ziva Alif 2145 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

After a 3 years long court saga, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court ruled against the plans to allow construction in

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Wilderness Policy 

Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis

May 7, 2020April 7, 20212 years ago Jonas Sommer 2234 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

For many, Covid-19 is the biggest crisis they have ever experienced. A lot has changed within the last few months.What

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?

May 5, 2020May 13, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2271 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation

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