Guiding Natura 2000 Wilderness areas
The European Wilderness Quality Standard helps to implement the EC Wilderness Guidance
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Biodiversity
Precision Conservation
If we treat agricultural pollution with a scalpel instead of a hatchet, we might have a fighting chance of cutting
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Investing in natural capital
While the European Wilderness Society constantly argues that biodiversity offsetting should only be considered if there are clear rules set for
Read MoreLittle Sydney: Protecting Europe Nature
Our Society has just received an important news from the Organising Committee of the so-called “Little Sydney” event, which is
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Wilderness at Work in 2015
The New Year’s Resolution for Wilderness! 2015 will mark the middle of the UN Decade on Biodiversity, which aims at
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Black friday for Sweden’s wolf population
Two Swedish counties allowed hunting of wolf during this winter, which will decrease the population of the species by 10%.
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Soomaa: Largest bogland of EU endangered
Soomaa National Park was created in Estonia in 1993 to protect large raised bogs, flood plain grasslands, paludified forests and
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Killing more predators does not save livestock
According to a recent study by Washington State University, the killing of predators actually has the opposite effect, it increases the
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The Silencing of European Wilderness
The large herbivores and predators of the continent form an integral part of Wilderness areas in Europe and are considered
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Wolves to be killed by hunters in Spain
In March of this year, Lobo Marley, an association “Citizens for Wolf and the Rural World”, participated anonymously in the
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Support the protection of wolf in Sweden
The attention of our Society was called to the proposal to issue hunting licenses of wolf killing in Sweden. The
Read MoreRangers, wildlife and poachers
Interesting and never ending discussion on the subject of ranger & wildlife & poacher goes on and on in different
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Europe’s Biodiversity – Isn’t it beautiful?
May 22 is designated as the International Day for Biological Diversity. Let’s celebrate this day with a few beautiful images
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The way to species extinction
This post promotes a short film, which describes the routes which lead to the unfortunate extinction of Siamese rosewood
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Working to save the raptors
Save the raptors is a project run in Bulgaria in order to save and increase the number of imperial eagle and saker falcon
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Garbage in the Ocean – Littering marine Wilderness
A European Union co-funded research found widespread evidences of garbage in the ocean around Europe. Every sampling location has already been trashed before discovered!
Read MoreProtection against all odds
The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014 was given to a person who made a lot for protecting Wilderness in Europe for future generations
Read MoreBiodiversity offsetting: Pricing nature or protect it
Price tagging nature will mean opening up Wilderness areas for unsustainable development, mining and extraction.
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Why Wilderness lovers should care about climate report
he IPCC reports that our public lands are changing. These changes are occurring at an alarmingly fast rate, putting ecosystems in many different regions at risk of extinction. Our impact on these fragile communities will depend on how we interact with them. – See more at: http://Wilderness.org/blog/why-wildland-lovers-should-care-about-international-climate-change-report#sthash.T30Y8HnL.dpuf
Read MoreWolves return to Czech Republic
Our Society welcomes the return of wolf to Czech Republic as another great conservation success. However we have to prepare the society to accept the feared animal as part of the Czech landscape.
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