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Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians

22/02/202119/02/20211 week ago Julia Ramsauer 129 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest future, slovakia 1 min read

Have you ever wondered about how forestry practices in the Carpathians evolved over time? Or how historic unsustainable practices have

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Three thought-provoking nature documentaries to watch right now

17/02/202117/02/20212 weeks ago Hanna Ollos 157 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Wilderness, Wildlife 2 min read

The pandemic has opened the door to a new way of knowledge and information exchange. Online meetings, conferences, virtual tours,

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Wilderness Policy 

Is this finally the year for global action on biodiversity?

04/02/202115/02/20214 weeks ago Timothy Sung 183 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change 5 min read

“Until now we have been destroying our planet, abusing it as if we had a spare one.” Such an attitude,

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Wilderness 

Safeguarding wetlands

02/02/202101/02/20214 weeks ago Timothy Sung 223 Views 0 Comments climate change, soomaa, wetlands 4 min read

On the 2nd of February every year, World Wetlands Day takes place, offering us a chance to appreciate the contribution

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Wilderness Policy 

Financial industry under stress from climate change

21/01/202120/01/20211 month ago Timothy Sung 175 Views 0 Comments climate change, Paris Agreement 3 min read

Billions of dollars are still going into industries destroying the climate. Investors and banks have long relied on the polluting

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Research 

Climate change adaptation in the Carpathians

11/12/202014/01/20213 months ago Timothy Sung 370 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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Research 

Road construction accelerates climate change

03/12/202026/11/20203 months ago Julia Ramsauer 328 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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The real roots of global warming

25/11/202025/11/20203 months ago Hanna Ollos 466 Views 1 Comment climate change, Wildlife 4 min read

Our entire economy is driven by the greatest cause of global warming: the fossil fuel industry. Any diplomatic attempt or

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Wilderness 

Mountain ecosystems under threat

20/11/202016/11/20203 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 412 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating 2 min read

Overshadowed by Covid-19, 2020 was yet another year of heat records. The most northern point of Europe, Svalbard, hit a

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Achieving a Global Deal for Nature?

16/10/202016/10/20205 months ago Timothy Sung 499 Views 1 Comment CBD, climate change, Protected area management, Protected areas 3 min read

Failure to achieve any of the Aichi Biodiveristy Targets has made the upcoming COP 15 CBD talks of urgent importance.

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Wilderness Policy 

EU as role model to fight climate change

15/10/202013/10/20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 463 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Corona 2 min read

Last week, the European Union Parliament voted for an ambitious increase of the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions to be

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Research 

“Global Safety Net” To Fight Pandemics and Climate Change

09/10/202016/10/20205 months ago Timothy Sung 470 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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Research 

Excessive Nitrogen Levels Threaten Forests

08/10/202008/10/20205 months ago Timothy Sung 478 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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Wilderness Policy 

Global climate strike 2020 this Friday, 25th of September

24/09/202024/09/20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 667 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Corona 1 min read

Flashback: Greta Thunberg first striked for the climate in August 2018. The movement “Fridays for Future” gained momentum throughout 2019.

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

10/08/202008/08/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 897 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 4 min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

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Melting of the permafrost – 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere by 2100

27/07/202027/07/20207 months ago Hanna Ollos 811 Views 0 Comments climate change, Climate Overheating 2 min read

In the next eighty years, about 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide could be released into the atmosphere if the

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Sustainable Tourism Wildlife 

Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?

20/07/202020/07/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 938 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, ski resort, Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wildlife 5 min read

Recently, we reported about the planned enlargement of two ski resorts in the Apennines. The project earned massive criticism because

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Livestock Wildlife 

Our bias about livestock farming

17/07/202016/12/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 899 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Livestock protection 4 min read

The Covid-19 outbreak laid many problems of this world bare. On one hand, it showed how much humans pressure wildlife

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Research 

Forests becoming shorter and younger: fires, droughts and pests

08/06/202003/06/20209 months ago Ziva Alif 1110 Views 0 Comments climate change, Forest loss 3 min read

A new paper published in Science recently by McDowell et al. showed how the forests are becoming younger and shorter,

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Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis

07/05/202004/05/202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1146 Views 1 Comment climate change, climate emergency, Corona 4 min read

For many, Covid-19 is the biggest crisis they have ever experienced. A lot has changed within the last few months.What

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