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European Wilderness Society 

A new wetlands national park in Slovakia?

February 1, 2023February 28, 20234 months ago Vlado Vancura 327 Views 1 Comment 10 min read

Podunajsko National Park  The new Podunajsko National Park would be the tenth national park in the Slovak Republic the territory.

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Research 

New species of world’s largest amphibian discovered

May 5, 2022November 29, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 778 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Chinese giant salamanders (Andrias sp.) are extraordinary creatures which are sadly at risk of extinction. However, the recent discovery of

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Ukraine Wilderness 

New National Park in Ukraine

January 25, 2022March 16, 20221 year ago Elena Leonteva 1125 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

At the beginning of 2022 the President of Ukraine signed a decree officially creating the new Pushcha Radzivila National Park

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Wilderness Policy 

Germany misses its Wilderness target

March 5, 2021March 5, 20212 years ago Timothy Sung 1866 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

As the old saying goes: clean up your own backyard, change by example. However, this seems like something that has

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Wildlife 

To cull or not to cull?

March 2, 2021March 2, 20212 years ago Timothy Sung 1822 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

Letting nature be nature (Natur Natur sein lassen) is a key principle of German National Parks. At first glance, this

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Sustainable Tourism 

How has ranger work changed during the pandemic?

February 24, 2021March 1, 20212 years ago Timothy Sung 1949 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

With life restricted, many people have turned to nature during recent months. Amongst others, cinemas, museums, cafes and other city

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Wilderness 

How the first National Park introduced Wilderness to Germany

December 31, 2020January 12, 20212 years ago Jonas Sommer 2091 Views 1 Comment 3 min read

If you are searching for Wilderness in Europe, there is one kind of place to turn to first: National Parks.

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Wilderness Policy 

Levelling up nature in the UK

October 27, 2020November 3, 20203 years ago Timothy Sung 2157 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

Across the world, leaders have committed to placing 30% of land under protected status by 2030 through the Leaders’ Pledge

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European Wilderness Society Wilderness Policy 

The last remaining forest steppe in Hungary receives stricter protection through zoning

August 12, 2020August 10, 20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 2331 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

On the 2nd of June, a historic moment took place for nature conservation in Hungary. After several years of campaigning

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European Wilderness Society 

First Slovak National park reaching 50% non-intervention zone

July 21, 2020July 21, 20203 years ago Hanna Ollos 2332 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The Muránska planina (Muran Plateau) National Park is one of the youngest national parks of Slovakia. It is currently under

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Research WILDForest 

First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

June 16, 2020June 18, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 3190 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

A proposal for the world’s first science national park has been submitted to Finland’s Ministry of the Environment with a

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Sustainable Tourism Wilderness Wilderness Network News 

Protected Areas In Lithuania: Part 2 – National Parks

May 20, 2020May 20, 20203 years ago 2896 Views 0 Comments 13 min read

In this series of postings, we apresent the colourful system of protected areas in Lithuania. This week’s topic are the

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Wildlife 

Ungulate management in European national parks should be improved

March 3, 2020February 27, 20203 years ago Ziva Alif 3260 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

A recent study by van Beeck Calkoen et al. (2020) explored how national parks in Europe manage their ungulate their

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WILDForest 

Challenges to protect Slovak Paradise

January 20, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 3122 Views 0 Comments 10 min read

The European Wilderness Society and Slovak Paradise National Park have a successful partnership for several years. Slovak paradise proved that

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Wilderness 

How the fall of East Germany improved the world’s biodiversity

November 9, 2019November 6, 20204 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3243 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Today, 30 years ago, the Berlin Wall that separated the capital city in Western and Eastern Germany fell. Just before

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Wildlife 

National Park Šumava counts on the wolf

August 6, 2018July 15, 20195 years ago Hanna Ollos 4549 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The Czech Šumava National Park together with the German Bayrischer Wald National Park form one of the largest, connected forested

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Training 

Experience and enjoy the treetop trail

September 18, 2017June 14, 20226 years ago Iryna Shchoka 3473 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Walk among the treetops, between 8 and 25 meters above the forest floor, and experience untouched nature from a unique

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European Wilderness Society 

New cooperation perspectives between NPs

May 25, 2017August 29, 20196 years ago Iryna Shchoka 3350 Views 0 Comments 0 min read

The European Wilderness Society meeting provided an opportunity for representatives of National Nature Park “Zacharovanyy kray” (Ukraine) and Low Tatra

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European Wilderness Society Training 

Support environmental education

September 15, 2016November 26, 20197 years ago Iryna Shchoka 3945 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Recently you had a chance to read on our web-site about Wilderness pre-assessment in the Carpathian National Nature Park, Ukraine,

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European Wilderness Society 

Smart investments – great results

August 5, 2016April 5, 20187 years ago Iryna Shchoka 3738 Views 2 Comments 1 min read

As we already informed our supporters, the European Wilderness Society is continuously supporting the members of the European Wilderness Network,which in

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