Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves
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
European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.
Austrian politician insults WWF activist
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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Limits to Growth
With this iconic title, the Club of Rome published the first report that proved that ever growing population, manufacturing, agricultural
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Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict
The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been
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EU commits to support free-flowing rivers
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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Political attack on Slovene environmental NGOs
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 Day: Success story with room to improve
Today is the 28th birthday of the EU Habitat Directive and the LIFE programme. To celebrate this, the European Union
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Ambitious EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
Yesterday, 20th May, the EU published a document titled ‘Communication: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into
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A victory for Bulgarian Pirin National Park on court
After a 3 years long court saga, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court ruled against the plans to allow construction in
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Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis
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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Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?
On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation
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A matter of perspective
It has been eight weeks since the corona crisis has really hit Europe. On 9th March, Italy entered a national
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New laws in Germany and Switzerland compromise wildlife protection
Within the last 20 years, wolves returned to Germany from Poland after total extinction. Now, there are hundreds of wolves
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Wolves and other Austrian wildlife under pressure
Since 7th January, Austria is ruled by a coalition of the conservative ÖVP and the Green party. The Green party
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Slovenian Court nullified intervention law for bear and wolf culls
The battle against wolf and bear cull is mainly fought in courts in Slovenia. Last year, the Constitutional Court stopped
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Will burning forests be the new normal?
The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment
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European countries take actions against nitrogen pollution
Nitrogen pollution is one of the most universal environmental issues in Europe. While carbon emissions get more attention because of
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Never waste a crisis!
The Corona crisis is already predicted to become the biggest economic crisis in history. Even though we are still in
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Success in protecting a UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forest
Several days ago, Slovakian Ministry of Environment agreed to create one of the largest nature reserves in the country, called
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The sky in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau is blue again!
The UNESCO Biosphere Lungau lies in the crossways of many airlines routes from the East to Southern Europe and from Central Europe to the Arabic world. Sometimes up to 10 airplanes are leaving their contrails in the sky above the Tauern mountain range. Not anymore!
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