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

01/07/202001/07/20202 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 167 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests min read

The ‘2020 Call for proposals for Preparatory projects‘ is now open. This means that LIFE is once again proposing a

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Letting the forests grow old again

19/06/202017/06/20203 weeks ago Nick Huisman 300 Views 1 Comment Logging, Old growth forests 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

29/05/202028/06/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 479 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania 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?

19/05/202019/05/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 442 Views 0 Comments forest, Germany, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 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

25/03/202023/03/20204 months ago Jonas Sommer 570 Views 1 Comment Beech forest, climate change, climate emergency, forest, Forest loss, Old growth forests 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

17/12/201913/04/20207 months ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 829 Views 0 Comments Bear, brown bear, Carpathians, Centralparks, large carnivores, Old growth forests, Romania 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

03/07/201921/08/20191 year ago Hanna Ollos 1449 Views 2 Comments Logging, Old growth forests 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

08/04/201919/08/20191 year ago Nick Huisman 1333 Views 0 Comments Italy, Old growth forests 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

27/02/201909/08/20191 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1322 Views 0 Comments Logging, Natura 2000, Old growth forests, UNESCO World Heritage 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

26/02/201919/04/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 1490 Views 1 Comment Old growth forests, Policy and Legislation, WILDForests 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