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Forest loss

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European Wilderness Society 

Webinar: From deforestation to protection – Forests in Europe

June 13, 2022September 14, 20228 months ago Nathalie Harms 539 Views 4 Comments 2 min read

In this webinar, forest expert Vlado Vancura will talk about how forests were used in Europe over the last 2000

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Wilderness 

Bark beetles bring high lumber prices and biodiversity

February 11, 2022September 20, 202212 months ago Magdalena Meikl 712 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Bark beetles feed and breed between the bark and the wood of various tree species. While some species, such as

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WILDForest 

Bill threatens biodiverse national park in Brazil

December 27, 2021January 19, 20231 year ago Victoria Steckhan 831 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Now more than ever, the threat of climate change requires countries to protect carbon-sequestering landscapes such as the Amazon rainforest.

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Member states slam new EU forest strategy for 2030

October 18, 2021October 18, 20211 year ago Jonas Sommer 999 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Forests are possibly the most important ally in the fight against the climate and biodiversity crisis. They capture massive amounts

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WILDForest 

Forest regeneration grows, deforestation continues to be a threat

May 24, 2021May 17, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1279 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Good news this month, as researchers share their findings on forest regeneration across the world. A forest area the size

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WILDForest 

EU in second place – but not for the right reasons

April 23, 2021April 26, 20212 years ago Timothy Sung 1378 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

EU imports contributed to 16% of deforestation in tropical rainforests in 2017. Only China, in comparison, caused more damage to

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Wilderness Network News 

Logging in the Natura 2000 forest of Soomaa National Park

February 3, 2021February 2, 20212 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 2018 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

On the 26th of January 2021, in the heart of Soomaa National Park, locals noticed signs of large-scale forest logging.

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WILDForest 

Call for a radical change to stop deforestation once and for all

January 26, 2021January 26, 20212 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 1813 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

New report by WWF reveals that a forest land area totaling 43 million hectares was cut down in just 13

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Wilderness Policy 

International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy

November 24, 2020November 24, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 1871 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

We are taking part in an International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy on 24th November and need your

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Wilderness Policy 

Help stop the destruction of forests for biomass

October 6, 2020October 5, 20202 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 2510 Views 1 Comment 3 min read

Currently, EU policy indicates that burning wood is “zero carbon” and “renewable energy”. However, this approach is only true if

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Research 

Deforestation in Europe increases

September 17, 2020August 19, 20212 years ago Jonas Sommer 3241 Views 2 Comments 4 min read

Forests cover roughly a third of our planet´s land and provide countless services to humanity. This is especially true in

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

August 10, 2020August 19, 20212 years ago Jonas Sommer 2405 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

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Research 

Forests becoming shorter and younger: fires, droughts and pests

June 8, 2020June 3, 20203 years ago Ziva Alif 2514 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

A new paper published in Science recently by McDowell et al. showed how the forests are becoming younger and shorter,

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Will burning forests be the new normal?

April 23, 2020April 29, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2782 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment

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Wilderness Wildlife 

How environmental destruction paves the way for pandemics

April 7, 2020April 7, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 3541 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

We are witnessing the worst pandemic of the last hundred years right now. But it did not happen by sheer

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Wild forests protect the climate

March 25, 2020March 23, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2990 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

There is a wide consent that forests are the most efficient tool to fight the climate crisis. However, the question

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Romania is unable to stop the logging mafia – the European Commission steps in

March 2, 2020November 6, 20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 4280 Views 5 Comments 7 min read

This February, the European Commission announced that it is taking legal action to stop the vast illegal logging that has

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Wilderness Policy 

Percentage of European forest cover is misguiding information

February 25, 2020February 25, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3901 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

Our planet is at the edge of ecological collapse. One of the fundamental reasons is several centuries of deforestation and

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Wilderness Policy 

The history of European forest exploitation

February 3, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3161 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

European forests dramatically suffered not only in the last decades but ever since the development of agriculture and permanent settlement

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WILDForest 

Challenge to protect European forests

December 18, 2019December 18, 20193 years ago Vlado Vancura 3319 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

European forests are under extreme pressure. We can read almost daily the stories that somewhere in Europe forests are dying, logged and disappearing. The initial event leading

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