The Economic Inequality of Protected Areas
The Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas report from researchers in Cambridge,
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Wilderness Policy
European Wilderness Policy is impacting the designation and protection of Wilderness.
New Italian Forest Law threatens Wilderness and WILDForest
Update 3.4.2018: After constructive feedback from our followers, we have added more detailed information on the proposed law. Italy has
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Exploitation of forest in Europe is alarming
The logging pressure is increasing in Europe. The European Wilderness Society is receiving alarming messages from various corners of Europe. For
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Estonian forests are at stake
Despite its relatively small size, Estonia displays a great variety of forest types. Forests cover about 50% of the Estonian territory,
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Ukrainian court stops the planning of the ski resort in the Svydovetsky massif for now.
On January 10th, 2018, a panel of judges from the court in Uzhhorod revoked the disputed orders authorizing of the
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New forest and nature management legislation of Ukraine
On 21 November 2017 the President of Ukraine signed the Decree №381/2017 “On additional actions regarding development of the forest
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Wilderness management in Carpathians
On the International conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary since the inscription of the UNESCO World Heritage Property «Primeval Beech
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Austrian-Ukrainian environment protection cooperation
A few days ago Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Mr. Ostap Semerak, and Ambassador of Austria in
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400,000 domestic cats every year killed by hunters – Nature does not need us!
400,000 domestic cats and 60,000 dogs killed every year in Germany alone! According to different sources based upon the regular
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Germany’s Wilderness criteria for Wild areas and Wilderness
The German Ministry of the Environment and the National Agency of the Environment just officially released the German Wilderness Criteria
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Better condition for Wilderness in Czech Republic!
The Czech Parliament recently approved new rules and conditions for National Parks, inproving the conditions for more Wilderness! On the
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Europe and its protected species – Austria allows killing of the fish otter.
Europe is proud of its tremendous efforts to protected its flora and fauna and to restore its habitats. It has defined in the
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International protest stops logging trucks in Romania
For several years now, Nature Conservationists and NGOs are pleading for a logging moratorium in Romania´s last primeval forests. Besides
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Wilderness in Albania in peril!
Albania is considered as a significant portion of the last piece of large scale Wilderness in Europe! A short glimpse
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Central and Eastern Europe Wilderness workshop – Prague
30 representatives from several central and eastern European countries met in Prague at a Europarc sponsored internal workshop discussing the
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FSC revokes probation and disassociates from the Schweighofer Group
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has decided to revoke the Schweighofer Group’s probation status and disassociate from the group. This
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Responsible use of brown bear in tourism
Wildlife observation is very attractive and very often the top tourism product offered by travel companies. It is also the
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Why virgin forests in Romania can be legally cut!
Mihail Hanzu is for fifteen years working in forestry, mostly in Romania, including here five years of study for diploma
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An intact forest landscape & Wilderness
Two terms , two meaning, one objective…. First term – an intact forest landscape – is using in global concept,
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Vilm Resolution 2016 of the European Beech Forest Network
From 1 to 5 December 2016, 30 experts from 14 countries[1], who are dedicated to ecological research and the conservation
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