Biodiversity Archives

Wilderness book club: Desert Solitaire – A season in the Wilderness

The book ‘Desert solitaire’ written by Edward Abbey is an amazing combination of adventure writing with a bold dedication to

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Why we should NOT feed waterfowl

Experience has shown that people with good intentions are unaware that feeding waterfowl is unnecessary, especially in summer when animals

Wildlife

This Saturday the 31st of July is World Rangers Day!

Today we are showing our support for the essential yet often underappreciated work of Rangers across the world. This day

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Post-2020 biodiversity framework: living in better harmony with nature?

Two weeks ago, Macquarie University ran an event called Global Dialogue on Biodiversity Law and Governance. Dr. Michelle Lim, the Senior Lecturer in Environmental

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Wetlands International launches a portal for data on waterbird populations

On 29 June 2021, Wetlands International launched the Waterbird Populations Portal. This is an online interactive platform, which collects current data

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Get to know more about rangers and join the discussion

Rangers serve under various titles and their work is vast, yet they all work to protect the natural world. Conservation

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Towards gender equality in the ranger workforce

Women are just as eager as men to join ranger workforces. Being a ranger is an important opportunity to contribute

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Listening to nature

We often first consider the effect we have on nature through what we can see but in many cases we

Wilderness

Great news! Panama doubles the size of its protected marine areas

On June 8, World Oceans Day, Panamanian President, Laurentino Cortizo, and the Minister of Environment, Milciades Concepción announced the expansion

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Connecting youth with nature

It is a great pleasure, motivation and very important activity to work with young Europeans! Moreover bringing them to the

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Global eco-awakening – a rise in environmental concern

The COVID-19 pandemic has injected fuel in environmental awareness, so called the eco-awakening across the globe, new report has revealed. Nature

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Demographic change and biodiversity loss

On a regular basis, we hear of several direct factors that contribute to biodiversity loss. The key ones among them

Wilderness

High alpine pasture to high alpine Wilderness

An ongoing project taking place in the Austrian Hohe Tauern National Park has exemplified nature’s power of recovery and ability

Research

An hour of nature a day keeps the doctor away

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

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Don’t miss the webinar about BEECH POWER for biodiversity conservation!

Do you want to know more about the importance of beech forests for forest biodiversity conservation in Europe? For all German speakers

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Coastal ecosystems are under pressure

Coastal ecosystems worldwide bring an enormous value in ecosystem services to humans, however, they are facing increasing pressures due to

Wildlife

To cull or not to cull?

Letting nature be nature (Natur Natur sein lassen) is a key principle of German National Parks. At first glance, this

Wildlife

Eurasian otters to be killed in Salzburg

The Eurasian otter is a strictly protected species according to the Fauna-Flora-Habitats-Directive (FFH). Nevertheless, Austria has already allowed in the