Meeting with Holzindustrie Schweighofer
Today Hannes Plackner, Holzindustrie Schweighofer, and Max A E Rossberg, European Wilderness Society had a very open and productive two
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Continue readingEuropean Commission takes Bulgaria to court over failure to protect birds in Rila National Park. Too many bears hunted! Stop
Continue readingEarth in 600.000 pieces A new global map of roadless areas shows that the Earth’s surface is shattered by roads
Continue readingAs the FSC Board of Directors is evaluating to disassociate itself from Holzindustrie Schweighofer, another facet of the tricks of the logging
Continue readingThe months of investigative reporting of illegal logging activities in Romania and the link to Holzindustrie Schweighofer were confirmed in a report
Continue readingOn the beautiful island of Vilm, the second Beech Forest of Europe Workshop has started. Attended by 30 European Beech
Continue readingThe European Commission announced on 22. July 2016 that it is taking Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU
Continue readingAnother wonderful piece of European Wilderness is likely going to disappear if politicians and developers will not make the decision
Continue readingProf. Dr. Hans Dieter Knapp shared with us this devastating report about forestry practices in Romania and we immediately wanted
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society is actively working on a quality standard for marine Wilderness, alongside terrestrial Wilderness. Practical experience with
Continue readingMore and more bad news are coming from Balkan countries. Illegal logging in Romanian part of Carpathian Mountains seems to
Continue readingEverything starts with naivety. In our naivety we think national park status guarantees protection status in Europe. The practice is
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society is about to publish a photo-documentary of the increased logging activities in Romania showing the continuing
Continue readingIn July 2016 IUCN published outcomes of recent assessment of 51 protected areas of Albania. This assessment was conducted using
Continue readingWilderness conservation in rural Europe affects rural areas. Sarah Guhr, from University of Edinburgh in her interesting dissertation work focused on Wilderness conservation
Continue readingThe D.C. based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has published a press release claiming that the Japanese housing boom is purchasing
Continue readingHarmful industrial activities are threatening our Wilderness heritage even in protected global networks such as a World Heritage network! That
Continue readingPoland has started logging in the ancient Białowieża forest The Bialowiesza includes some of Europe’s last primeval woodland, despite protests
Continue readingAustria is a country which is proudly marketing its nature as a tourism highlight. It is actively working towards the
Continue readingFestival “Mountains and the city” is an important event in the life of Bratislava, Slovakia… Alan Formánek, Programme Director. Alan
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