Should we stop illegal logging in Romania?
Logging operations threathen the Romanian forests, is Europe doing enough to stop it? We want to hear from you!
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Is the moose a threat to Ukrainian forests?
Recently the District Administrative Court of Kiev cancelled the order of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
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Can EU countries kill wolves like Norway and Sweden?
The wolf does not belong Scandinavia, if we believe a small but influential group of people. It is regarded as
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Illegal logging Bialowieza Forest affects 4000+ hectares of Natura 2000
New publications describe the impact of recent illegal logging in Bialowieza Forest, Poland. Direct and indirect impact on the Natura
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Second wolf pack in Austria
Back in 2016 the first Austrian wolf pack established in Allentsteig, a military training ground in Lower Austria. And now experts
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Spanish wolf-hunt banned for 2018-2019
Great news has reached us from ASCEL, a Spanish association for the conservation of the Iberian wolf. For the past
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Allowing culling increases poaching
More and more countries demand that the European Union changes the protected status of large carnivores. The Flora-Fauna Habitats directive
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Risks to Albanian old growth beech forests
A paper identifying risks to old growth beech forests in Albania was recently published by Abdulla Diku, forest expert from PSEDA-ILIRIA
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Wilderness is a Tool to Protect World Heritage
The recent meeting on Coordination and Management of World Heritage Sites – The Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the
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Is Austria prepared for the comeback of the wolf?
On June 26th 2018 Kurt Kotrschal, behavioral biologist of the University of Vienna, and Martin Kugler, editor-in-chief of “Universum”, an
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A second chance for Pirin Wilderness
The Pirin National Park in Bulgaria was established on 18 November 1962. In that time it used to be a
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How is Svydovets doing?
European Wilderness Society is keeping an eye on the progress regarding a planned huge ski resort in the Ukrainian Carpathians.
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Decrease of dead wood threatens wood-dependent beetles
A recently published IUCN report states that about 18% of the assessed European saproxylic beetles are at risk of extinction.
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The Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
The Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center in Missoula, Montana, offers wide-ranging training opportunities in the field of Wilderness, Wilderness
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Preliminary ruling says Polish logging Bialowieza was illegal
The Polish government ordered a threefold increase of logging operations in Bialowieza Forest in 2016. The government allowed harvesters to
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Researchers criticise the liaison between Politics and Science
A recently published study by Dr. Chris Darimont from the Geography department of the University of Victoria, Canada, and his
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Scientific ecological assessment of the Svydovets Massif, Ukrainian Carpathians
We are sure that you are already aware of the plans to build a huge ski resort ecological in an
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International protest against wolf killing in Norway
Last month, thousands of people protested all across Europe to stop the killing of the endangered wolf in Norway. The
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Human impact on animal movement can lead to big problems
Ecological connectivity, an abstract term with huge impact on nature. We know that connectivity is crucial for healthy ecosystems. If we
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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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