IUCN 1b Wilderness Celebration in Hohe Tauern National Park
On the 28th of October 2019 Hohe Tauern National Park celebrated the awarding of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation
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Man’s best friend – killing wildlife
Typically invasive alien species are bad. Known to cause many species declines and in turn extinctions, they overwhelm or out
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IUCN and European Wilderness Quality and Audit System – commonalities and differences
The European Wilderness Quality Standard as well as the IUCN protected areas categories, particularly category Ia and Ib, designate and
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Defining and protecting Wilderness in Europe
In 2013 the Wilderness Working Group (WWG) published an official European Wilderness definition. This definition builds on the IUCN definition
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New IUCN report – Assessing Ecosystem Services
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
Charles Besancon is a Specialist in Strategic Conservation Planning and Assessment and gives trainings on developing management plans for protected
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Decrease of dead wood threatens wood-dependent beetles
A recently published IUCN report states that about 18% of the assessed European saproxylic beetles are at risk of extinction.
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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.
Little Sydney – Protecting Nature in Europe IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), in conjunction with
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World Heritage Commitee speaks out against extractive uses in heritage sites
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 needs more volunteers!
Wilderness Specialist Group is looking for volunteer
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IUCN rejects Australia’s World Heritage de-listing proposal for the Tasmanian Wilderness
Last Friday our colleague Luke reported from Paris that the IUCN released its assessment recommendations for the World Heritage Committee
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On the wrong side of nature: Logging trees in Tasmania
Has Tony Abbott ever heard of the so-called green economy?
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21st century protected area
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 publication Danube Region
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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National Park status threatened in the Tatra, Slovakia
Based on translation on topky.sk There are more and more evidences that short-term financial interest overrides biodiversity and Wilderness protection
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