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Old growth forests

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European Wilderness Society 

Member states slam new EU forest strategy for 2030

October 18, 2021October 18, 20211 year ago Jonas Sommer 1000 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Forests are possibly the most important ally in the fight against the climate and biodiversity crisis. They capture massive amounts

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WILDForest 

Forest regeneration grows, deforestation continues to be a threat

May 24, 2021May 17, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1279 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Good news this month, as researchers share their findings on forest regeneration across the world. A forest area the size

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WILDForest 

Reviewing our understanding of Primary Forests

March 22, 2021March 18, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1509 Views 3 Comments 4 min read

We call some of the oldest and most natural forests in the world ‘primary forests’. In fact, some define it

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WILDForest 

Speak up for our forests

March 21, 2021June 16, 20212 years ago Lia Schlippe 1581 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The International Day of Forests on the 21th of March is an annual celebration of the world’s incredible forests. This

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Take a virtual journey through six distinct ecosystems

February 5, 2021February 2, 20212 years ago Hanna Ollos 1560 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to stay put and concentrate on backyard explorations, rather than international travels. However, through

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WILDForest 

Jalovecka Wilderness versus logging

December 1, 2020November 30, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 1726 Views 0 Comments 8 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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WILDForest 

Bigger means better: large trees capture more carbon

November 10, 2020November 9, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 2143 Views 3 Comments 3 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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WILDForest 

Ukrainian Old-Growth Forest Granted Highest Protection-Level

October 1, 2020October 7, 20202 years ago Timothy Sung 2128 Views 0 Comments 8 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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Research WILDForest 

Impressions from a primeval forest

August 12, 2020August 12, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 2370 Views 0 Comments 9 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

July 1, 2020August 5, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2376 Views 0 Comments 3 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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WILDForest 

Letting the forests grow old again

June 19, 2020June 17, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 2588 Views 1 Comment 2 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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Research Wilderness Policy WILDForest 

Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

May 29, 2020June 28, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2727 Views 1 Comment 10 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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Research WILDCoast Wilderness WILDForest 

How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?

May 19, 2020May 19, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2712 Views 1 Comment 6 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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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Wild forests protect the climate

March 25, 2020March 23, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2991 Views 1 Comment 5 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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Wildlife 

Recent deaths by brown bears in Romania reignite management debate

December 17, 2019April 13, 20203 years ago 4578 Views 2 Comments 8 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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European Wilderness Society 

The controversy of sanitary logging

July 3, 2019January 15, 20214 years ago Hanna Ollos 3689 Views 2 Comments 5 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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WILDForest 

Safeguarding natural oases in Italy

April 8, 2019September 30, 20204 years ago Nick Huisman 3653 Views 0 Comments 6 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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WILDForest 

Hands off and eyes on

February 27, 2019August 16, 20214 years ago 3503 Views 0 Comments 2 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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Wilderness Policy 

EU Forest in danger

February 26, 2019April 19, 20204 years ago Vlado Vancura 3821 Views 1 Comment 4 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

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Ukrainian plan to protect UNESCO beech forests

January 10, 2019November 7, 20194 years ago Iryna Shchoka 4338 Views 1 Comment 7 min read

On 21 of December, 2018 Government of Ukraine approved a plan of measures to preserve the Ukrainian part of the

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