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

10/12/202010/12/20203 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 487 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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Urban Wildlife: A Contradiction?

12/10/202009/11/20205 months ago Timothy Sung 577 Views 0 Comments conservation, Corona, Wildlife 3 min read

How can wildlife be urban and wild at the same time? This question is becoming ever more relevant as an

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Exclusive conservation career advice

08/10/202026/11/20205 months ago Julia Ramsauer 881 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wilderness education 2 min read

Are you studying and worried about the job hunt when you graduate? Are you looking for work right now, but

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At least 28 species were saved from extinction since 1993

18/09/202018/09/20206 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 697 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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Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?

05/05/202013/05/202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1193 Views 0 Comments climate emergency, conservation, Corona 0 min read

On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation

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Wider consequences of Corona crisis – more nature overexploitation?

20/04/202016/04/202011 months ago Ziva Alif 1217 Views 1 Comment conservation, Corona, Wildlife 3 min read

The foremost reason for the current biodiversity crisis is the overexploitation of natural resources by humans. This has already pushed

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Behind the Coronavirus outbreak is wildlife trade

20/03/202013/04/202012 months ago Ziva Alif 1466 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wildlife 2 min read

The new Corona virus, that has by now killed thousands of people and infected a hundred times more, arose from

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To conserve biodiversity in long-term, Wilderness conservation is most effective

24/02/202017/02/20201 year ago Ziva Alif 1558 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wilderness 2 min read

In a world with limited resources, especially time and money, it is important to invest them well. During the current

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To Spare or Share Wilderness

06/02/202002/04/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 1294 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wilderness 1 min read

An interesting article was written by Fred Pearce: Sparing vs. Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature, was

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2020 World Wilderness Conference to be held in March in Jaipur, India

25/12/201908/03/20211 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1418 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wilderness, World Wilderness Conference 1 min read

Since 1977, the Wild Foundation has been organizing a World Wilderness Congress for the purpose of providing a public forum

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How the fall of East Germany improved the world’s biodiversity

09/11/201906/11/20201 year ago Max A.E. Rossberg 1598 Views 0 Comments Beech, Biodiversity, conservation, Jasmund, National Park, nature tourism 2 min read

Today, 30 years ago, the Berlin Wall that separated the capital city in Western and Eastern Germany fell. Just before

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400 kg of garbage: How clean rivers help Slovensky raj

30/10/201916/04/20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 2088 Views 0 Comments Citizen Engagement Activity, conservation, river, Sustainable development 2 min read

Another Citizens Engagement Activity, organized by our employee and ex-IVY volunteer Hanna Öllös and our current IVY volunteer Jonas Sommer,

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Pragmatism vs Morality: Reasons to conserve nature

05/08/201925/07/20192 years ago Ziva Alif 1934 Views 0 Comments conservation 3 min read

As European Wilderness Society we are passionate about preserving Europe’s last wild places and their biodiversity as we find it

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Always look on the bright side of life

15/07/201914/04/20202 years ago Ziva Alif 1961 Views 0 Comments conservation, Wilderness 1 min read

Conservation optimism In conservation, there are always new depressing reports coming out about how the global biodiversity is declining, and

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