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Jalovecka Wilderness versus logging

01/12/202030/11/20202 months ago Vlado Vancura 248 Views 0 Comments Logging, Old growth forests, slovakia, WILDForests 3 min read

Jalovecká is a remote valley located in Tatra National Park, Slovakia. During the centennial flood in 1958, water flushed away

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Bigger means better: large trees capture more carbon

10/11/202009/11/20202 months ago Nick Huisman 478 Views 3 Comments Old growth forests 2 min read

Old trees play an important role in the forest ecosystem, proving resources or other services to many animals and insects.

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Ukrainian Old-Growth Forest Granted Highest Protection-Level

01/10/202007/10/20204 months ago Timothy Sung 517 Views 0 Comments Old growth forests, Ukraine, WILDForests 4 min read

In the Trans-Carpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk regions of Ukraine, 37 new natural monuments, covering 4750 hectares, were recently set up to

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Impressions from a primeval forest

12/08/202012/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 698 Views 0 Comments Austria, forest, Old growth forests, Wilderness 4 min read

Continuing our series about Wilderness research, today Yehor Yatsiuk tells us about his impressions from of the few remaining patches

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Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

01/07/202005/08/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 879 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests 2 min read

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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Letting the forests grow old again

19/06/202017/06/20207 months ago Nick Huisman 948 Views 1 Comment Logging, Old growth forests 1 min read

All across Europe, logging of old growth forests takes place at alarming rates. These trees, often several hundreds of years

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Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202028/06/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1083 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania 5 min read

The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been

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How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?

19/05/202019/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1030 Views 1 Comment forest, Germany, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 min read

In 2007, the German government officially declared a 2% Wilderness goal until 2020. This made Germany a pioneer in the

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Wild forests protect the climate

25/03/202023/03/202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1244 Views 1 Comment Beech forest, climate change, climate emergency, forest, Forest loss, Old growth forests 4 min read

There is a wide consent that forests are the most efficient tool to fight the climate crisis. However, the question

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Recent deaths by brown bears in Romania reignite management debate

17/12/201913/04/20201 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1466 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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The controversy of sanitary logging

03/07/201915/01/20212 years ago Hanna Ollos 2002 Views 2 Comments Logging, Old growth forests 4 min read

Many still think that although natural processes are self-propelled, nature still needs human intervention and maintenance. In this multi-part series,

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Safeguarding natural oases in Italy

08/04/201930/09/20202 years ago Nick Huisman 1923 Views 0 Comments Italy, Old growth forests 2 min read

The European Wilderness Society wants to share with our Wilderness advocates. This organisation launched a fundraising with the goal of

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Hands off and eyes on

27/02/201909/08/20192 years ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1841 Views 0 Comments Logging, Natura 2000, Old growth forests, UNESCO World Heritage 1 min read

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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EU Forest in danger

26/02/201919/04/20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 2062 Views 1 Comment Old growth forests, Policy and Legislation, WILDForests 3 min read

Artificially planted spruce forests in the Czech Republic fall prey to bark beetles, biomass power plants threaten French forests, the destruction of old-growth forests