Hunting of wolves in France returns
Conservation groups furious as government allows limited hunting of protected grey wolf amid rise in attacks on farm animals.
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Wilderness is not just a resource to be development but it has many human, natural and economic benefits that are not well understood to the general public.
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Our Vision: Moving from 1% to 5%
The Board of our society decided to join Europe’s new conservation vision on the 16th of January (see here). This decision not only meant that our entity signed up for The Vision for a Wilder Europe document, but also an active contribution to the actions defined in this vision.
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Large predators are symbols of Wilderness in Europe as well
Several arguments are dealing with large predators from time to time.
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Bison Meat for Dinner !?
On the other part of the World headlines like these show that Bisons are actually coming back as a food source raised by ranchers and sold to quote: “
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Wilderness is a necessity… also in Europe
With a great pleasure we share a personal experience of our long supporter and Wilderness Advocate Mr. Juraj Svajda who is currently on a 12 month study trip in the US, working on a research project in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado):
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Latest Wilderness news from Ukraine!
However way from the main cities and right at the border with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, the Ukrainian Carpathians are among the most remote – and certainly among the most Wilderness rich – areas the country has to offer. A tiny fragment of the 1,500-kilometre range of mountains stretching in an arc from the Czech Republic to Serbia via Poland and Romania, they occupy the westernmost corner of Ukraine and host their share of the wildlife – wolves, bears, lynxes and a variety of plant species – for which the Carpathians are famous.
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Working for a wilder Europe
Our society’s Board had a meeting in Vienna on 16 January and we made a milestone decision to join the
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Searching for Europe’s Big 5
Brown bear? Bison? Killer whale? Polar bear? Moose? Wolf? Lynx? Or something else should be considered as the Big 5 symbolic animal species of Europe. Whatever the final 5 will be, they will have a big role to play: helping the protection of Europe’s Wilderness and wildland!
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Wilderness in our Mountains
Today is the time to celebrate our Mountains! In 2003 the General Assembly of the UN designated the 11th of December as the International Mountain Day! The UN encourages events to be organized at all levels of this day.
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Can we afford Wilderness in Europe?
This is a question I am asking myself in the last weeks again and again. The motivation of thinking in this direction I got after reading a wonderful article written by Ralf Buckley, Can We Afford Wilderness?
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UNESCO Biosphere Reserve – what precisely is that?
The world consists of very different types of ecosystems and in every type of these ecosystems people have learnt how to live there
The goal of the biosphere reserve is to uncover this knowledge, use it and adapt it for the future.
Improving Legal Protection of Wilderness in Europe
While there are still existing Wilderness areas across Europe, they only cover around 1% of the land territory. In order to
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