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Wilderness Policy 

International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy

24/11/202024/11/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 325 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 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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Research 

Deforestation in Europe increases

17/09/202016/09/20204 months ago Jonas Sommer 1045 Views 1 Comment climate emergency, Europe, forest, Forest loss 2 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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Private efforts to protect ancient forests in Lithuania

14/09/202013/09/20204 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 403 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Logging 4 min read

Following public dissatisfaction with increased forest logging in Lithuania, a team of scientists, conservationists, lawyers, artists and nature lovers united

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Impressions from a primeval forest

12/08/202012/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 711 Views 0 Comments Austria, forest, Old growth forests, Wilderness 4 min read

Continuing our series about Wilderness research, today Yehor Yatsiuk tells us about his impressions from of the few remaining patches

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

10/08/202008/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 764 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 4 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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Training WILDForest 

First forest webinar tomorrow

22/07/202029/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 730 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start

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Training WILDForest 

Erstes Webinar zum Thema Biodiversität im Wald

21/07/202021/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 944 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.

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German webinar series about forests

08/07/202016/09/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 732 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, fire, forest, forest future, large carnivores, webinar, Wilderness education 2 min read

Starting on 23rd July, the European Wilderness Society will host a series of German-speaking webinars shining a light on all

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Research Wilderness Policy WILDForest 

Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202028/06/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1093 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania 5 min read

The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been

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How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?

19/05/202019/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1042 Views 1 Comment forest, Germany, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 min read

In 2007, the German government officially declared a 2% Wilderness goal until 2020. This made Germany a pioneer in the

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Will burning forests be the new normal?

23/04/202029/04/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1078 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 4 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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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial

08/04/202003/04/202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1141 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 min read

As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Wild forests protect the climate

25/03/202023/03/202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1257 Views 1 Comment Beech forest, climate change, climate emergency, forest, Forest loss, Old growth forests 4 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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Wilderness 

Tropical forests have a limit on how much carbon they can store

18/03/202013/03/202010 months ago Ziva Alif 1087 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest 2 min read

Tropical forests are among the last large Wilderness in the world and biodiversity hotspots. Unfortunately, they are rapidly disappearing as

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Wilderness Policy 

Percentage of European forest cover is misguiding information

25/02/202025/02/202011 months ago Vlado Vancura 1744 Views 1 Comment Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 2 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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WILDForest 

Forest recovery in Majella National Park

07/02/202003/03/202012 months ago Vlado Vancura 1302 Views 1 Comment Beech forest, forest, Majella Wilderness 3 min read

Spontaneous forest recovery in Majella National Park is just astonishing. One can observe it if you visit this area more

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Wildlife 

Will Wilderness in Australia ever be the same again?

22/01/202028/01/202012 months ago Jonas Sommer 1217 Views 2 Comments climate emergency, fire, forest, Wildlife 2 min read

Australia is facing the worst fires in its history. Even though bushfires happen in Australia every year, the current situation

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Wilderness WILDForest 

Slovakian Wilderness under threat

09/01/202002/04/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 1347 Views 0 Comments forest, Logging, Protected areas, slovakia, Wilderness 2 min read

Slovakia has a great potential to become an important partner in the quest to protect European Wilderness. There are some

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Wilderness Policy 

European trees threatened and forests are dying

15/10/201924/10/20191 year ago Ziva Alif 1742 Views 0 Comments forest 1 min read

Based on a new IUCN assessment, 58% of all native European trees are threatened with extinction. The main reason for

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Ancient forest Punios silas in Lithuania under threat

16/08/201918/04/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 2264 Views 0 Comments forest 2 min read

Forest in Europe is permanently attacked. The excuses for heavily logging broadleaf and conifer forests are not only natural disturbances

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