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IUCN

Wilderness 

IUCN 1b Wilderness Celebration in Hohe Tauern National Park

November 6, 2019March 16, 20213 years ago 3253 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

On the 28th of October 2019 Hohe Tauern National Park celebrated the awarding of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation

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Wildlife 

Man’s best friend – killing wildlife

April 23, 2019August 19, 20194 years ago 6283 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Typically invasive alien species are bad. Known to cause many species declines and in turn extinctions, they overwhelm or out

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Wilderness 

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

October 31, 2018November 4, 20194 years ago Hanna Ollos 3256 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

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

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Wilderness 

Defining and protecting Wilderness in Europe

October 29, 2018February 1, 20204 years ago Hanna Ollos 3857 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

In 2013 the Wilderness Working Group (WWG) published an official European Wilderness definition. This definition builds on the IUCN definition

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Wilderness Policy 

New IUCN report – Assessing Ecosystem Services

September 10, 2018August 19, 20214 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3455 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

IUCN have produced a new report which enables protected area management teams to assess how natural areas can benefit people.

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Consulting in Wilderness and Protected Areas

August 20, 2018April 20, 20204 years ago Hanna Ollos 4580 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Charles Besancon is a Specialist in Strategic Conservation Planning and Assessment and gives trainings on developing management plans for protected

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WILDForest 

Decrease of dead wood threatens wood-dependent beetles

March 26, 2018December 14, 20185 years ago Hanna Ollos 3655 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

A recently published IUCN report states that about 18% of the assessed European saproxylic beetles are at risk of extinction.

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Wilderness 

IUCN Wilderness Management Guidelines

June 19, 2017April 14, 20206 years ago Vlado Vancura 4269 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

In January 2017 a new IUCN-WCPA’s Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines titled – Wilderness Protected Areas: Management guidelines for IUCN

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Little Sydney – Protecting Nature in Europe 28-31.5.

February 17, 2015April 18, 20188 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3600 Views 4 Comments 1 min read

Little Sydney – Protecting Nature in Europe IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), in conjunction with

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Wilderness Policy 

World Heritage Commitee speaks out against extractive uses in heritage sites

June 20, 2014April 17, 20189 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3352 Views 0 Comments 0 min read

Following IUCN’s advice, the World Heritage Committee has sent a strong message to oil and gas and other extractive industries

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Wilderness 

Wilderness needs more volunteers!

May 30, 2014August 7, 20199 years ago Vlado Vancura 3441 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Wilderness Specialist Group is looking for volunteer

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Wilderness 

IUCN rejects Australia’s World Heritage de-listing proposal for the Tasmanian Wilderness

May 21, 2014August 7, 20199 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3720 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Last Friday our colleague Luke reported from Paris that the IUCN released its assessment recommendations for the World Heritage Committee

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Wilderness 

On the wrong side of nature: Logging trees in Tasmania

March 11, 2014July 29, 20199 years ago Vlado Vancura 3961 Views 1 Comment 2 min read

Has Tony Abbott ever heard of the so-called green economy?

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Wilderness Policy 

21st century protected area

January 14, 2014July 30, 20199 years ago Vlado Vancura 3550 Views 2 Comments 3 min read

The first protected area, the Yellowstone National Park, was set up in the 19th century. In the 20th century there was a boom in setting up protected areas as a believed key to halt biodiversity loss. How will protected areas look like in the 21st century?

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Sustainable Tourism 

Sustainable tourism publication Danube Region

November 25, 2013December 10, 20199 years ago Vlado Vancura 3618 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Tourism is a growing sector worldwide – people are increasingly looking for outdoor experience in a natural environment where they can enjoy and learn about the nature and history of the places they visit. Natural and cultural values are usually best preserved in protected areas and along national borders.

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Wilderness 

National Park status threatened in the Tatra, Slovakia

November 12, 2013July 29, 20199 years ago Vlado Vancura 3668 Views 4 Comments 1 min read

Based on translation on topky.sk Please also read: Exploring Rackova valley in Tatra National Park There are more and more

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