How climate change threatens bats
Bats are beautiful and unique creatures found all around the globe, but they often get a bad name. They are
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Corona
Increased COVID-19-related litter threatens environment and wildlife
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment will take years to understand. British scientists investigated the effects
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Predator problem: Britain’s burgeoning deer population
This is the first part of a two-part article. You can find the next article regarding the proposed rewilding efforts
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EU as role model to fight climate change
Last week, the European Union Parliament voted for an ambitious increase of the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions to be
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Urban Wildlife: A Contradiction?
How can wildlife be urban and wild at the same time? This question is becoming ever more relevant as an
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Global climate strike 2020 this Friday, 25th of September
Flashback: Greta Thunberg first striked for the climate in August 2018. The movement “Fridays for Future” gained momentum throughout 2019.
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What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?
The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second
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Re-live our webinar on endemic bats of Nepal
Bats are a fascinating group of animals, but they got a lot of bad publicity in the the context of
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Great success of the international expert panel discussion
As part of the Vlado Vancura Wilderness Academy, a very interesting panel took place on 12th May 2020 from 16:00
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How has nature helped you through the lockdown?
Most European countries are slowly lifting restrictions due to Covid-19 and people can move outside more freely again. The team
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Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis
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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Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?
On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation
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A matter of perspective
It has been eight weeks since the corona crisis has really hit Europe. On 9th March, Italy entered a national
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Wider consequences of Corona crisis – more nature overexploitation?
The foremost reason for the current biodiversity crisis is the overexploitation of natural resources by humans. This has already pushed
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Never waste a crisis!
The Corona crisis is already predicted to become the biggest economic crisis in history. Even though we are still in
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Protecting wilderness from home office
Since 16th March, Austria is in shut down. Hence, the European Wilderness Society decided to send all its employees into
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How environmental destruction paves the way for pandemics
We are witnessing the worst pandemic of the last hundred years right now. But it did not happen by sheer
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Our economy comes to a halt – so does pollution
The current corona outbreak is a crisis in every sense. It destroys lifes, subsistences and restricts the life of billions.
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Photo challenge: Conservation work from home
The situation we face based on COVID-19 is changing rapidly. At the moment it may look like our planet is
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Is there a climate-friendly response to the industry demand for financial aid?
The coronavirus outbreak has a huge economic impact on various sectors, such as the heavy industry, auto manufacturers, tourism industry
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