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Protected areas

European Wilderness Society Ukraine 

Russian-Ukrainian war: What happened to protected areas and ecology

March 21, 2022April 27, 202211 months ago Karolina Soliar 836 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

In Ukraine more and more regions become war hotspots. Among them are protected areas. Pollution incidents have already put millions

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Ukraine Wilderness 

Room for improvement in protected area effectiveness

April 20, 2021March 16, 20222 years ago Nick Huisman 1371 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Protected areas play a crucial role in nature conservation. They can provide a safe refuge for animal and plant species

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Wilderness 

Protected Areas in Albania threatened for infrastructure development

April 8, 2021April 8, 20212 years ago Lia Schlippe 1357 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The new publication of the National Territory Council’s (NTC) draft decision No. 10., has put Albania’s Protected Areas in the

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WILDCoast 

Blue is the new green: Oceans vital to Earth’s vitality

March 29, 2021March 29, 20212 years ago Timothy Sung 1415 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

In the conservation world, public attention sometimes has too heavy a focus on terrestrial ecosystems. This can lead to the

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Research 

Large carnivores do not need protected areas

January 8, 2021December 18, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 1761 Views 1 Comment 3 min read

Protected areas are one of the most important tools in nature conservation. Appropiately managed, they guarantee the survival of many

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Wilderness Policy 

Levelling up nature in the UK

October 27, 2020November 3, 20202 years ago Timothy Sung 1956 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

Across the world, leaders have committed to placing 30% of land under protected status by 2030 through the Leaders’ Pledge

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Wilderness Policy 

Achieving a Global Deal for Nature?

October 16, 2020October 16, 20202 years ago Timothy Sung 1876 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

Failure to achieve any of the Aichi Biodiveristy Targets has made the upcoming COP 15 CBD talks of urgent importance.

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Wilderness 

Mitigating the Disintegration of Wilderness

October 2, 2020October 7, 20202 years ago Timothy Sung 1892 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Wilderness areas play a key role in protecting the world’s biodiversity, according to a recent report published in the Nature

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Wildlife 

New documentary on Akashinga rangers

August 26, 2020August 26, 20202 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 2072 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

European Wilderness Society is a proud member of the International Ranger Federation. Together we support rangers in protected areas, and

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European Wilderness Society Sustainable Tourism 

Protected areas in Lithuania: Part 3 – Regional parks and State reserves

July 29, 2020March 10, 20213 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 2113 Views 1 Comment 12 min read

In the series of postings, we are presenting the colourful system of protected areas in Lithuania. This week’s topic is

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Research WILDForest 

First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

June 16, 2020June 18, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2971 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

A proposal for the world’s first science national park has been submitted to Finland’s Ministry of the Environment with a

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Training 

First successful session of our Online Ranger Training

May 22, 2020February 3, 20213 years ago Jonas Sommer 2391 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

On Wednesday, we held the first successful session of our five-part online “Ranger training on Tourism and Waste management in

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Wilderness Wilderness Network News 

Protected areas in Lithuania: Part 1 – Nature reserves

May 1, 2020August 19, 20213 years ago Nick Huisman 2896 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Lithuania is a small, but beautiful and rich Baltic country just above Poland. By ‘rich’ I do not mean economically

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Wilderness needs size

March 5, 2020March 3, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2748 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Wilderness in Europe is interpreted as an area governed by natural processes. And natural processes need space to freely take

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European Wilderness Society 

Fantastic achievements, but are we staying on the right track?

January 10, 2020February 24, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2833 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

According recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) statistic, close to 15% of the Earth’s land and 7% of

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Wilderness WILDForest 

Slovakian Wilderness under threat

January 9, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Vlado Vancura 2993 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Slovakia has a great potential to become an important partner in the quest to protect European Wilderness. There are some

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Wilderness 

Trump: US to lift protection of Tongass National Forest

September 4, 2019March 8, 20213 years ago Nick Huisman 3307 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The American President Mr. Trump is making his next move against natural protected areas. According to CNN, Trump has asked

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European Wilderness Society 

Rules for geocaching in protected areas

June 4, 2019April 14, 20204 years ago Hanna Ollos 3797 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Geocaching started in 2000 as an outdoor leisure activity, similar to a scavenger hunt. The game basically involves participants in

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European Wilderness Society Wilderness Network News 

New project launched for Carpathian Protected Areas

May 17, 2019November 6, 20204 years ago Hanna Ollos 3560 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The European Wilderness Society is excited to share the news that Centralparks, a new transboundary project in the Interreg CENTRAL

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Wilderness Policy 

Offshore drilling halted – a win for Wilderness

April 24, 2019August 19, 20194 years ago 3706 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The first 100 days in the oval office are the days that will define your presidency in America. This is

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