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The real life Winnie-the-Pooh

March 23, 2021March 22, 20214 weeks ago Timothy Sung 220 Views 0 Comments Bear, brown bear, large carnivores 5 min read

World Bear day is upon us again and what better way to celebrate it than with one of the world’s

Wildlife

Human impact on large carnivore expansion in Europe

February 9, 2021February 2, 20212 months ago Nick Huisman 602 Views 0 Comments large carnivores 3 min read

We have witnessed the recovery of wolf, bear and lynx populations across Europe in the past decades. This followed after

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Research

Large carnivores do not need protected areas

January 8, 2021December 18, 20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 475 Views 1 Comment 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

January 5, 2021January 14, 20213 months ago Hanna Ollos 429 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

November 30, 2020December 2, 20205 months ago Hanna Ollos 1106 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?

September 2, 2020March 10, 20218 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 739 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

August 25, 2020August 25, 20208 months ago Nick Huisman 750 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

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German webinar series about forests

July 8, 2020September 16, 20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 956 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

May 18, 2020May 19, 202011 months ago Jonas Sommer 3669 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

December 23, 2019April 2, 20201 year ago Ziva Alif 1813 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

December 17, 2019April 13, 20201 year ago 2970 Views 1 Comment 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

September 28, 2019January 29, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 1796 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

September 5, 2019September 16, 20192 years ago Ziva Alif 2240 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

July 26, 2019November 28, 20192 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2429 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

February 28, 2019March 30, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 2785 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

October 15, 2018November 28, 20193 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2102 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

September 14, 2018March 30, 20213 years ago Hanna Ollos 2436 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

September 6, 2018November 7, 20193 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2109 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

August 28, 2018April 13, 20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 3904 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

July 17, 2018January 29, 20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 3182 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

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