Belá WILDRiver under Threat
In the summer of 2018, Belá WILDRiver was removed from the European Wilderness Network. See why here It is impossible
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Protected area management
Romanian National Parks victims of deforestation
A new investigative video reveals insights into the illegal logging, hunting and deforestation in Romania’s protected areas. The video, published
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Federation Coalition Natura 2000: Romanian Government threatens Protected Areas!
Worrying developments concerning the Romanian governments approach to manage the protected areas have come to our attention. We want to
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City fights against pulp mill threatening Estonian forests
UPDATE JULY 2018: The Estonian Government decided to cancel the plans for constructing the pulp mill after citizen protests. Read
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Romania promotes Wilderness among Protected Areas
The European Wilderness Society met with the Romanian National Agency of Natural Protected Areas in Bucharest last December. The National
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Meeting Romanian National Agency of Natural Protected Areas
During a multi-day visit in Romania, European Wilderness Society had a meeting with the newly established ANANP. The ANANP is
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Inspiring Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, Salzburg
To give you a short impression of the first day at the 6th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, here
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Poland ignores EU Court and UNESCO, continues logging in World Heritage Bialowieza forest
Despite direct orders from the EU Court of Justice to ban all logging operations in Bialowieza forest, Poland continues logging
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Wilderness management in Carpathians
On the International conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary since the inscription of the UNESCO World Heritage Property «Primeval Beech
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Forest Department Graubünden: Wolves improve the health of forests
Except for humans, all natural enemies of the deer and chamois have disappeared in the Swiss forests. The animals have
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Alaska stops wolf control program after 2018
While Germany and Austria are currently considering to allow culling of wolves again, Alaska just became an example for the
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IUCN Wilderness Management Guidelines
In January 2017 a new IUCN-WCPA’s Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines titled – Wilderness Protected Areas: Management guidelines for IUCN
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The trouble with National Parks in Europe
Everything starts with naivety. In our naivety we think national park status guarantees protection status in Europe. The practice is
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Active and non-active management
Active & non-active management are two reciprocal and combining management approaches to protect biodiversity. It is already clear for many managers
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National Parks problem, Time to go Wild
George Monbiot, a columnist of the Guardian, delivered an interesting speech about what the problem is with National Parks in
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Wilderness is under pressure in Europe
If you ever wondered what pressures exist for wilderness, here is an article, which we received from Stela Dineva, WWF
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