Apply to become our next volunteer!
Please find our current volunteer opportunities in the career center! Update: The application deadline is now closed. Please keep an
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European Wilderness Society
Webinar series with REWILD Institute
Close followers of our website and our onlive events might have already noticed that we conducted three webinars in cooperation
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Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But
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#WirtschaftNeuLeben: Transform our economy
The European Wilderness Society participates in a German-speaking social media campaign titled #WirtschaftNeuLeben, which translates to ‘Live economy in a
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The European Wilderness Society tentatively endorses the WILD11 Rewilding Charter
The ‘Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth‘ was developed as part of WILD11 – the 11th World Wilderness Congress. The
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1 Million visitors
Dear friends and wilderness advocates, together we broke the threshold of 1 million visitors to our website https://wilderness-society.org. If we
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Join the Wild Easter egg hunt and enjoy a surprise!
This Easter we have hidden wild Easter eggs all over our website, can you find them? When you find an
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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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2019: A Wild Year!
This year the European Wilderness Society has been very successful. In the anniversary year of Wilderness, we have grown in
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Working under the Corona lockdown
The Austrian government announced over the weekend strict regulations with regards to the Corona pandemic. As this is not unexpected
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Happy New Year: the challenges of 2020
A tremendous year is coming to an end. 55 years ago, the United States passed the Wilderness Act, 10 years
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Wild Photo Contest Trip
The winner of the Let’s Get Wild Photo Contest in the wildlife category Mr. Mauro Raunich, from Slovenia enjoyed two
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European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System 2.0.
The European Wilderness Society developed the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System, together with numerous Wilderness organisations and Wilderness
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Coming soon: Wilderness Academy Days 2019
This year, the European Wilderness Academy Days are in the beautiful UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, Austria, from 27-29 May. This
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Thank you to all our donors!
European Wilderness Society works tirelessly to support Wilderness in Europe, but did you know, we also work in education, sustainable
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Wow, 300+ applicants for our next Wild Volunteer!
For our next Wilderness volunteer, we received over 300 applications from 32 eligible countries! We will announce our next volunteer soon!
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Celebrating Wilderness in 2019
This year is we are celebrating Wilderness across the world, with anniversaries, events, workshops, activities, audits and much more!
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Wilderness Academy 27-29 May 2019 – Save the date!
Dear Wilderness Friends. The European Wilderness Academy Days 2019 will be taking place 27-29th May 2019, in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
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Everything you need to know about Wilderness
Have you always wondered why Wilderness in Europe is so important? Or why it is necessary to have a common
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Filming of a ORF Newton Episode on large carnivores in Austria
Today we are filming with the Austrian TV ORF a special episode of the science series Newton! The ORF also
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