Apply for Natura 2000 Award 2024
Applications to the European Natura 2000 Award 2024 are open now! The deadline for submission is the 29 September 2023!
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On the tracks of owls and other forest dwellers
Yesterday we were out again, with 16 children from the Middle school Bad Vigaun, Austria. We held our owl workshop,
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Ukrainian women-foresters in Austria
European Wilderness Society continues its engagement in Ukraine and is dedicated to its protected areas, especially to Ukrainian partners of
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Global eco-awakening – a rise in environmental concern
The COVID-19 pandemic has injected fuel in environmental awareness, so called the eco-awakening across the globe, new report has revealed. Nature
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Germany referred to court over the EU Habitats Directive
After previous warnings from the European Commission, Germany has been referred to the EU Court of Justice for not adhering
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Natura 2000 as a dynamic network
This is the first part of a two-part article. Read the second part to find out how Wilderness can be
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Natura 2000 as potential Wilderness
This is the second part of a two-part article. Read the first part to find out how natural dynamics can
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Natura 2000 lacks effective management
Last week, we had a close look at the latest State of Nature Report of the European Environment Agency. It
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State of nature in the EU: more action needed
Six years have passed already since the last state of nature report of the European Environment Agency. Thus, the agency
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Wildcats return again to Austria
After regular sightings of wildcats during the last few months in Austria, nature experts believe that the wildcat has begun
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Vote now: 27 European Natura 2000 finalists!
The European Commission has announced the 27 finalists for the 2020 European Natura 2000 Award. Read more about them and
Continue readingCall for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities
Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of
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Natura 2000 Day: Success story with room to improve
Today is the 28th birthday of the EU Habitat Directive and the LIFE programme. To celebrate this, the European Union
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Hands off and eyes on
On February 12-15th 2019, the conference ‘Forests at Risk: Białowieża and Beyond’ was held. The goal is to create a
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Stop the logging of the Puszcza Białowiesza Natura 2000 site
Dear Commissioner Vella, RE: Complaint regarding EU Funds to Poland’s State Forests Holding – continued infringement of EU environmental law.
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Natura 2000 in a commercial Beech Forest
I attended a great workshop run by the Kuratorium Wald on the ÖBF premises in Purkersdorf focusing on the challenges
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Scientists call the EU to strengthen legal framework for nature conservation
This article is based on a press release from the Society for Conservation Biology The recent International and European Congress
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Wilderness at Natura 2000 biogeographical region seminar
The Biogeographical process within the European Union Member States aims at creating a platform which helps improving the implementation of
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Natura 2000 has 500,000 supporters
Natura 2000 has almost half a million EU supporters. The EU citizens that have called on the European Commission to
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Natura 2000 Research in Czech Republic
In relation to the ongoing Natura 2000 fitness check, the research on the implementation of the 2 nature directives in
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