The German National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald lets its forests develop freely. The objective is to reach a natural tree species composition and to give the
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UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration
On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030. This decision is a
Go Wild! Stay Cultured! – Photo Contest
The European Wilderness Society’s partner CEEWeb for Biodiversity is organising a photography contest called Go Wild! Stay Cultured!. The contest marks also 2018 as the
Private Wilderness in Slovensky Raj
Slovensky raj translates directly to mean ‘Slovak Paradise’ in Slovakian. Part of the area is a candidate member of the European Wilderness Network because
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 by nature conservation agencies
Half-Earth, Whole-Earth… Wild Earth
The current global aim is to expand protected area coverage across the world to cover 17% of land and 10% of the oceans. This
New IUCN report – Assessing Ecosystem Services
IUCN have produced a new report which enables protected area management teams to assess how natural areas can benefit people. 20 international experts compared
The Economic Inequality of Protected Areas
The Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas report from researchers in Cambridge, UK, Princeton, New Jersey,
Scientists and organisations demand Italian President to save forests
The Italian government recently approved a controversial legislative change in the national Forest Law (Law 28, July 2016, Nr. 154). Mr Enrico Borghi (Democratic
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 Agency aims to improve
Scientific ecological assessment of the Svydovets Massif, Ukrainian Carpathians
We are sure that you are already aware of the plans to build a huge ski resort ecological in an important valuable part of
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 Romania’s National Agency of
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 are some pictures! Four
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 activities in this unique
Support creation of Peatbog Landscape Reserve in Ukraine
Local activists are calling green-conscious citizens of Ukraine to support the petition for creation of Reserve near Lviv city, Western Ukraine. They also provide
Trump´s Border Fences aren’t good for People and they aren’t good for Wildlife
One of Donald Trump’s first moves as President of the United States of America was to order the go-ahead to build his much-promised giant
Big hope for Antarctica – world’s largest marine reserve created
New 598,000 square-mile protected area is more than twice the size of Texas, and will protect everything from penguins to whales. A remote and
Don’t change climate – educate youth project started
We are happy to announce that the environmental educational project for young generation “Don’t change climate – educate youth”, was recently launched due to
Massive destruction of protected area Tarutyns’kyj steppe
In August 2016, the district administration became known that at Tarutyns’kyj steppe from the perspective of farmers is carried a desiccation – processing herbicide,
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 somewhat different! When –