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Wolf-free zones will not work, here’s why

With the wolf population steadily growing in Europe, wolves are expanding again to new territories. As wolves can easily travel

Wildlife

Golden Jackal takes on Europe

There are 117 000 golden jackal in Europe, according to a recent assessment by IUCN. This is a huge number

Wilderness Policy

10th anniversary of Wilderness in Europe

In February 2009 Wilderness advocates gathered in Prague for the Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitat Areas. Their focus was to unite Europe with a common vision and strategy for Wilderness, and thus the European Wilderness Resolution was created.

WILDForest

Romanian Făgăraș Old-growth forest is still threatened

The current speed of destruction of the Fagaras primary forest is truly alarming. Researchers from from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, in Prague conclude their several years of monitoring work with the statement that solutions are needed as fast as possible.

Wildlife

Study confirms low percentage of dog and wolf crossbreeding in Swiss wolf population

Many wolf opponents keep raising the argument of a high rate of hybridisation as a reason to shoot wolves. However, a recent long-term study from Switzerland came to the result that the dog introgression in the Swiss wolf population is very limited.

Wilderness

Living in the Restricted Zone

On January 29th 2019 an event in the nature protection center Erzgebirge in Germany will take a closer look on the habitats and inhabitants of the restricted zones of the former Iron Curtain.

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Wildlife

Wild boar hunts in Poland cause public outrage

The African Swine Fever has been on the rise in Poland for the past five years. To tackle the spreading disease the Polish government ordered a series of hunts with the aim of killing the majority of the polish wild boar population. The country’s veterinary officials approved a plan to kill 185 000 animals of the 200 000 polish wild boar within this hunting season.

Wilderness

Is Wilderness our home?

William Cronon picks up this idealised fantasy of Wilderness in his essay “The Troube with Wilderness: Or, Getting back to the Wrong Nature”. He discusses how this idealisation of Wilderness poses a dilema for properly protecting it and feeling responsible for its preservation.

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European Wilderness Society

UNESCO contributes to Wilderness protection

An important element of UNESCO is their project ‘Man and the Biosphere Programme’. This is at the core of the

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Wildlife

Wolfpacks manage disease outbreaks

Wolves are known to be lazy hunters. Consequently, they will always choose the easiest prey, meaning young, sick or old

Wildlife

What 200 years of hunting did to the wolves’ gene pool

Many species face current populations declines, which is often a consequence of human behaviour e.g. hunting, habitat destruction. This leads

Wilderness

IUCN and European Wilderness Quality and Audit System – commonalities and differences

The European Wilderness Quality Standard as well as the IUCN protected areas categories, particularly category Ia and Ib, designate and

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WILDRivers

First European River Summit to save Europe’s last wild rivers

According to the recent European State of Water report from the European Environment Agency, nearly two thirds of European rivers are in

Livestock

Wolves are saving shepherds

Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations in the world, originating more than 5 000 years ago in Anatolian region.

Wilderness

Wildfires rage across Europe

Parts of Europe and the United states are experiencing near-record temperatures and droughts, which have led to a wave of

Wilderness Policy WILDRivers

New EU Report reveals shocking state of European waters

The European State of Water 2018 report, published this month, has concluded that only 40% of EU freshwater is of

Livestock

Need for EU-wide livestock protection cooperation

Update 18.10.18: More confirmed datapoints were added to the map of the ‘Salzburg wolf’ Just a couple of months ago,

European Wilderness Society

Making peace with Wolves: Interview with The Europeans Podcast

Max Rossberg was interviewed by the famous podcast show ‘The Europeans’ concerning the return of the Wolves to Europe. The

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Livestock

Despite court order Norwegian environmental minister allows killing 42 wolves

Updated 15.12.2017 While the EU continued the protective status of the wolf in Europe earlier this month, Norwegian wolves are

Livestock

Clear statement from the EU against legal wolf hunting

Despite the continuing expansion of the wolf in Europe, in particular Central Europe, the EU Commission does not want to

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