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Large carnivores do not need protected areas

08/01/202118/12/20201 week ago Jonas Sommer 189 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Protected areas 2 min read

Protected areas are one of the most important tools in nature conservation. Appropiately managed, they guarantee the survival of many

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Livestock

Lack of livestock protection affects cross-border wolf packs

05/01/202114/01/20212 weeks ago Hanna Ollos 174 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Livestock protection, slovakia 3 min read

In October, following a long but seemingly successful petition by 31 Slovak organisations, the Ministry of Agriculture went against the

Research

Wolves create ecological balance in freshwater ecosystems

30/11/202002/12/20202 months ago Hanna Ollos 801 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, large carnivores, Wilderness, Wildlife, Wolf 3 min read

American and Canadian wildlife biologists have recently discovered a very unique example of how huge impact the hunting patters of

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Are roads the biggest threat to Wilderness?

02/09/202001/09/20205 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 491 Views 0 Comments large carnivores 6 min read

Without any doubt, cars, trains and planes make our lives so much easier. A weekend trip to Paris, Christmas shopping

Project Updates

Position available: WWF Project Officer on Species Protection

25/08/202025/08/20205 months ago Nick Huisman 516 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Wildlife 1 min read

Are you interested to work on some of the wildest animals that Europe has to offer: the large carnivores? The

European Wilderness Society Training

German webinar series about forests

08/07/202016/09/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 724 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

Killing more predators does not save livestock

Livestock Research

New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

18/05/202019/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 3219 Views 2 Comments large carnivores, Livestock protection, Research, Wolf 1 min read

A new study by German, Australian and American researchers reviewed data from all over the world to determine whether wolves

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Research Wildlife

Humans and carnivores in the Wild West

23/12/201902/04/20201 year ago Ziva Alif 1507 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Research 2 min read

The American West is a region full of pristine nature, high mountains, national parks and Wilderness. The populations of large

Wildlife

Recent deaths by brown bears in Romania reignite management debate

17/12/201913/04/20201 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1469 Views 0 Comments Bear, brown bear, Carpathians, Centralparks, large carnivores, Old growth forests, Romania 4 min read

Experts estimate that Romania is home to about 6 000 brown bears (Ursus arctos). And the Carpathians, specifically Romania, have

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Livestock

Our large carnivore exhibition moves to biosphere reserve Rhön

28/09/201929/01/20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 1555 Views 0 Comments exhibition, large carnivores 0 min read

Our travelling exhibition “Large Carnivores and Livestock Protection” can now be visited for free in the headquarters of the UNESCO

Wildlife

Human-carnivore relations : it’s not just about the wolf

05/09/201916/09/20191 year ago Ziva Alif 1912 Views 3 Comments large carnivores 1 min read

A recent study by Lozano et al. (2019) reviewed the focus of human-carnivore studies. Due to commonly-occuring conflict between carnivores

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Wildlife

Main reasons for human brown bear encounters

26/07/201928/11/20191 year ago Iryna Shchoka 2064 Views 3 Comments Bear, large carnivores 2 min read

The recent trend of large carnivore encounters with humans shows also an increase of the frequency of conflicting situations. Although

Wildlife

Comeback of the Cantabrian brown bear

28/02/201909/08/20192 years ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 2324 Views 7 Comments Bear, large carnivores, Wildlife 1 min read

The Cantabrian brown bear population is on the increase. One of only two populations of brown bear found in South Western Europe, the population is under strain because of the isolated area they live in.

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Training

Educating future Wilderness advocates

15/10/201828/11/20192 years ago Iryna Shchoka 1842 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, large carnivores, Ukraine 1 min read

Update from 16th of October: Today education of Wilderness advocates continued at Uzhhorod specialized school 6 “Leader”. It was exciting

Sustainable Tourism

Following the lynx through Austria’s wild heart

14/09/201822/08/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 2056 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Lynx, Sustainable tourism 2 min read

People often call the lynx, with its fluffy ears and pointy beard, the wizard of the forest. Rarely seen, he

Training

Wilderness education at Ukrainian schools

06/09/201807/11/20192 years ago Iryna Shchoka 1850 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Ukraine, Wilderness education 1 min read

On 4th of September our Wild 5 started its journey among Uzhhorod educational institutions and travelled to the first School

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Research

Old growth beech forests identified in Albania

28/08/201813/04/20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 3578 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 5 min read

Abdulla Diku, forest expert from PSEDA-ILIRIA organisation, and Lulezim Shuka, Professor at the Department of Biology of the University of

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Livestock

Wolf survival linked to livestock guarding dogs

17/07/201829/01/20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 2735 Views 8 Comments Herd management, large carnivores, Wolf 4 min read

When people hunted the European wolf populations close to complete extinction, isolated groups managed to survive in some places. This

Training

Large carnivore exhibition -most wanted!

06/06/201802/11/20183 years ago Iryna Shchoka 1702 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Ukraine, Wilderness education 2 min read

Our Large carnivore exhibition which was opened for the first time on the 08 of May this year and had

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