Celebrating Wilderness in 2019
This year is we are celebrating Wilderness across the world, with anniversaries, events, workshops, activities, audits and much more!
Continue readingThis year is we are celebrating Wilderness across the world, with anniversaries, events, workshops, activities, audits and much more!
Continue readingWilderness is a vital element of our natural and cultural heritage. It provides important economic, social and environmental benefits to societies,
Continue readingHave you always wondered why Wilderness in Europe is so important? Or why it is necessary to have a common
Continue readingLast summer, European Wilderness Society auditors carried out a successful Quick-Audit in Thayatal National Park for the European Wilderness Network.
Continue readingIn 2013 the Wilderness Working Group (WWG) published an official European Wilderness definition. This definition builds on the IUCN definition
Continue readingCamping is a typical way to experience Wilderness in the United States. In Europe, on the other hand, camping in
Continue readingNature tourism seems to be an effective tool to support nature conservation, particularly in densely populated Europe. Generally speaking, nature
Continue readingWe can find some of the most pristine nature around the world in Biosphere Reserves and Wilderness. Management styles and
Continue readingPrivate Wilderness in Europe is an important and rather unexplored segment of European Wilderness. Please also read: Land ownership and Wilderness
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society met with the Romanian National Agency of Natural Protected Areas in Bucharest last December. The National
Continue readingUS National Park Service My meeting with Erin Drake, Communications and Outreach Specialist of the National Park Service Stewardship Division,
Continue readingWilderness offers opportunities to research the unique attributes of nature and natural processes. Wilderness research and monitoring allows park managers
Continue readingInternational cooperation is a key feature within the European Wilderness Society. Not only within Europe, but also worldwide. Building on
Continue readingThe number of Marine Protected Areas significantly increased in the last years. The experience shows that very general and globally
Continue readingOn 5 December 2017, representatives of the Triglav National Park, Slovenia and European Wilderness Society, met in the main office
Continue readingDuring the last two days the European Wilderness Society carried out the first part of the European Wilderness Quality Standard
Continue readingProf Roman Turk already presented the negative impact of nitrogen levels emitted by large urban centres and the transportation sector
Continue readingI was recently asked if Wilderness is a threat to traditional nature conservation concepts? Besides the conclusions from that discussion,
Continue readingWhen people think about nature conservation and Wilderness, they think of undisturbed grasslands and large forests. There we find many
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society just started a new service for our European Network Partners. This new service will support the
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