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Wilderness Research and Science

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An hour of nature a day keeps the doctor away

April 19, 2021April 15, 202114 mins ago Lia Schlippe 11 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, health, nature, urban nature 2 min read

Can you imagine being happy in a world without nature? A growing amount of research studies show that nature is

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Which EU citizen are interested in wildlife conservation?

April 12, 2021April 13, 20211 week ago Lia Schlippe 153 Views 0 Comments Europe, Public engagement 2 min read

To find out which European countries were making the most and least searches on the internet related to wildlife conservation,

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Don’t miss upcoming webinars on gender equality in nature conservation!

March 24, 2021March 25, 20214 weeks ago Iryna Shchoka 164 Views 2 Comments gender, webinar 2 min read

Gender equality is the fifth goal of the Sustainable Development. Nature conservation is amongst the sectors where gender inequality is

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Nature conservation further undermined by COVID-19

March 15, 2021March 13, 20211 month ago Nick Huisman 181 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected area management 3 min read

The COVID-19 and Protected Areas Task Force of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas published a special issue of

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Human disturbance has significant impact on animal movement

February 17, 2021February 18, 20212 months ago Hanna Ollos 524 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Wilderness, Wildlife 2 min read

Human activity has a fundamental influence on the movement patterns of animals. It increases or decreases the distance that animals

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Why the 2020 global biodiversity policy failed and how to improve for 2030

January 28, 2021January 28, 20213 months ago Nick Huisman 354 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation 2 min read

This year, experts and representatives from all over the world are planning to meet at the Conference of Parties (COP15)

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Large carnivores do not need protected areas

January 8, 2021December 18, 20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 478 Views 1 Comment large carnivores, Protected areas 2 min read

Protected areas are one of the most important tools in nature conservation. Appropiately managed, they guarantee the survival of many

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More biodiversity makes us all happy!

December 25, 2020December 14, 20204 months ago Nick Huisman 514 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity 2 min read

For the first time, scientists from Germany have examined the impact of diverse nature on the mental well-being on a

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Climate change adaptation in the Carpathians

December 11, 2020January 14, 20214 months ago Timothy Sung 510 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Carpathians, climate change 4 min read

Today is International Mountain Day, making it a great reason to highlight one of the largest mountain ranges in Europe:

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EU countries allowed killing of millions of birds between 2009 and 2017

December 10, 2020December 10, 20204 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 619 Views 0 Comments bird, conservation 2 min read

Birds are very iconic animals and many people enjoy observing them. Be it scientists trying to understand altruism by observing

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EU on track to meet some 2020 climate goals

December 9, 2020December 4, 20204 months ago Nick Huisman 422 Views 0 Comments Climate Overheating, Policy and Legislation 2 min read

While the world is experiencing record-breaking temperatures, there is also a bit of good news on the horizon. We can

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Road construction accelerates climate change

December 3, 2020November 26, 20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 440 Views 1 Comment climate change 3 min read

Roads are a tool of human dispersal that have allowed us to utilize land that otherwise would have been difficult

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Wolf tourism continued.....
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Wolves create ecological balance in freshwater ecosystems

November 30, 2020December 2, 20205 months ago Hanna Ollos 1111 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, large carnivores, Wilderness, Wildlife, Wolf 3 min read

American and Canadian wildlife biologists have recently discovered a very unique example of how huge impact the hunting patters of

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No crossbreeding in the Scandinavian wolf population

November 23, 2020January 18, 20215 months ago Timothy Sung 1466 Views 1 Comment Wildlife, Wolf 3 min read

From a purely biological viewpoint, crossbreeding between domesticated dogs and wolves pose a threat to the genetic integrity of wildlife

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Antimicrobial resistance gene found in wolves

November 9, 2020November 12, 20205 months ago Timothy Sung 1227 Views 0 Comments Majella Wilderness, Wolf 2 min read

A team from the University of Teramo and Majella National Park have discovered proof of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) genes in

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“Global Safety Net” To Fight Pandemics and Climate Change

October 9, 2020October 16, 20206 months ago Timothy Sung 609 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Protected area management 2 min read

Science Advances has recently published an article outlining the importance of saving nature to combat climate change, contributing to the

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Excessive Nitrogen Levels Threaten Forests

October 8, 2020October 8, 20206 months ago Timothy Sung 603 Views 0 Comments biodversity, climate change, pollution 3 min read

Recent research highlights a potential tipping point for forest environments and their biodiversity. Nitrogen accumulation is threatening to change the

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At least 28 species were saved from extinction since 1993

September 18, 2020March 10, 20217 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 809 Views 0 Comments bird, conservation, Research 3 min read

Researchers under the lead of Newcastle University and BirdLife International have calculated how many mammal and bird species we would

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Deforestation in Europe increases

September 17, 2020September 16, 20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 1587 Views 1 Comment climate emergency, Europe, forest, Forest loss 2 min read

Forests cover roughly a third of our planet´s land and provide countless services to humanity. This is especially true in

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Why do we still have climate crisis denial?

September 1, 2020November 2, 20208 months ago Nick Huisman 675 Views 0 Comments Climate Overheating 3 min read

If there is one thing that we recognised from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the unwillingness of people to accept

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