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Protected areas

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Research 

Large carnivores do not need protected areas

08/01/202118/12/20203 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 220 Views 1 Comment large carnivores, Protected areas 2 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

27/10/202003/11/20203 months ago Timothy Sung 473 Views 0 Comments biodviersity, National Park, Policy and Legislation, Protected area management, Protected areas 5 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?

16/10/202016/10/20203 months ago Timothy Sung 388 Views 1 Comment CBD, climate change, Protected area management, Protected areas 3 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

02/10/202007/10/20204 months ago Timothy Sung 408 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, connectivity, Protected areas 3 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

26/08/202026/08/20205 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 582 Views 0 Comments Protected areas, Wildlife 4 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

29/07/202028/07/20206 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 649 Views 1 Comment nature tourism, Protected areas, Sustainable tourism 6 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

16/06/202018/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 1278 Views 0 Comments National Park, Protected area management, Protected areas, Research 3 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

22/05/202025/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 903 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, Protected area management, Protected areas, Ukraine 1 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

01/05/202004/05/20209 months ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1300 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, Protected areas, Wilderness 4 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

05/03/202003/03/202011 months ago Vlado Vancura 1145 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected areas, Wilderness 2 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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Fantastic achievements, but are we staying on the right track?

10/01/202024/02/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 1260 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Protected areas 4 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

09/01/202002/04/20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 1361 Views 0 Comments forest, Logging, Protected areas, slovakia, Wilderness 2 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

04/09/201930/08/20191 year ago Nick Huisman 1727 Views 0 Comments Protected areas 1 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

04/06/201914/04/20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 2021 Views 0 Comments Protected areas 2 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

17/05/201906/11/20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 1920 Views 0 Comments Protected area management, Protected areas 2 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

24/04/201919/08/20192 years ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1982 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected areas, Wilderness 2 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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WILDForest 

Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald

29/03/201908/11/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 2079 Views 0 Comments Germany, Protected areas, Sustainable development, WILDForests 3 min read

The German National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald lets its forests develop freely. The objective is to reach a natural tree species composition

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Wilderness Policy 

UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration

12/03/201909/08/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 1985 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected areas, Sustainable development 1 min read

On March 1st 2019 the general assembly of the United Nations agreed on a decade of ecosystem restoration for 2021-2030.

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Go Wild! Stay Cultured! – Photo Contest

05/11/201812/12/20182 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 1718 Views 0 Comments Protected areas, Public engagement 1 min read

The European Wilderness Society’s partner CEEWeb for Biodiversity is organising a photography contest called Go Wild! Stay Cultured!. The contest marks

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Wilderness Policy 

Private Wilderness in Slovensky Raj

28/09/201807/02/20192 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2875 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected areas 1 min read

Slovensky raj translates directly to mean ‘Slovak Paradise’ in Slovakian.  Part of the area is a candidate member of the

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