Poisoning wildlife – A growing threat in Europe
Deliberate poisoning is one of the most severe factors threathening wildlife in Europe. Alarming cases have recently emerged in Austria.
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Wilderness Policy
European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.
Fish & Chips: Brexit initiatives for marine conservation
The whole world has been caught up in watching the political disaster of Brexit, wondering if the UK will leave
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UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration
On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030.
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Wolf-free zones will not work, here’s why
With the wolf population steadily growing in Europe, wolves are expanding again to new territories. As wolves can easily travel
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EU Forest in danger
Artificially planted spruce forests in the Czech Republic fall prey to bark beetles, biomass power plants threaten French forests, the destruction of old-growth forests
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Youth in action for better climate
There is a movement developing, where students skip school to demonstrate for a better climate. Tens of thousands continue to protest every week!
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10th anniversary of Wilderness in Europe
In February 2009 Wilderness advocates gathered in Prague for the Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas. Their focus was to unite Europe with a common vision and strategy for Wilderness, and thus the European Wilderness Resolution was created.
Read More9th meeting of the CCIC in Vienna
From 17th to 18th December 2018 the 9th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC) took place in Vienna. The Carpathian Convention is a consortium of the seven Carpatian countries (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia) to foster the sustainable development and protection of the Carpathian region.
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‘You are stealing your children’s future’
Greta Thunberg is a 15 year old that became a symbol for youth activism for skipping school to protest about
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Logging in Romanian virgin forest continues
The situation in Romania’s virgin forests is not good, and many forests are currently victims of illegal logging. For example
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Private Wilderness in Slovensky Raj
Slovensky raj translates directly to mean ‘Slovak Paradise’ in Slovakian. Part of the area is a candidate member of the
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Europe-wide Svydovets Campaign
Supporters of the Wilderness preservation in the Ukraine–initiative group Free Svydovets recently informed the Europarliment in Brussels of the importance of
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Half-Earth, Whole-Earth… Wild Earth
The current global aim is to expand protected area coverage across the world to cover 17% of land and 10%
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New IUCN report – Assessing Ecosystem Services
IUCN have produced a new report which enables protected area management teams to assess how natural areas can benefit people.
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Federation Coalition Natura 2000: Romanian Government threatens Protected Areas!
Worrying developments concerning the Romanian governments approach to manage the protected areas have come to our attention. We want to
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Svydovets massif needs our support
The European Wilderness Society recently visited the Svydovets massif in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The area is currently highly disputed because
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US Government undermines animal protection rights
Current political developments in the USA are threatening the country’s animal protection laws in multiple ways. Some of the laws
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Romania: Management of Protected Areas and Wild Rivers
Romania is a source of vast natural beauty. It has a variety of unique landscapes; notably some of the largest
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New EU Report reveals shocking state of European waters
The European State of Water 2018 report, published this month, has concluded that only 40% of EU freshwater is of
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Forest restoration in Tatra National Park
There are two forms of forest restoration: active forest restoration and passive forest restoration. With active forest restoration, people plant seedlings with the intention to
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