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What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?

04/08/202030/07/20201 week ago Jonas Sommer 127 Views 0 Comments Corona, Research, Wildlife min read

The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second

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Present your project at our Wilderness Week

13/07/202013/07/20201 month ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 341 Views 0 Comments Communication, Education and Training, Research, webinar, Wilderness min read

We are excited to announce that from 19th to 23rd October 2020, the European Wilderness Society will host the first

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Webinar series with REWILD Institute

02/07/202001/07/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 261 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society, Research min read

Close followers of our website and our onlive events might have already noticed that we conducted three webinars in cooperation

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First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

16/06/202018/06/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 711 Views 0 Comments National Park, Protected area management, Protected areas, Research 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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Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202028/06/20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 609 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

Killing more predators does not save livestock

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New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

18/05/202019/05/20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 2233 Views 2 Comments large carnivores, Livestock protection, Research, Wolf min read

A new study by German, Australian and American researchers reviewed data from all over the world to determine whether wolves

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New COST project opportunity on Wilderness research

16/03/202027/04/20205 months ago Ziva Alif 623 Views 0 Comments Research, Wildernes min read

19-03-20 Announcement: Due to the current situation, the call for interested partners has been extended to May 30th. The European

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Humans and carnivores in the Wild West

23/12/201902/04/20208 months ago Ziva Alif 1040 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Research min read

The American West is a region full of pristine nature, high mountains, national parks and Wilderness. The populations of large

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Wilderness reduces extinction risk by 50%

10/10/201917/04/202010 months ago Nick Huisman 1092 Views 0 Comments Research min read

Wilderness offers a safe home for many different animal and plant species. We know that is acts as a buffer

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Bears can negatively impact lynx population

10/07/201921/07/20191 year ago Ziva Alif 1660 Views 1 Comment Bear, Lynx, Research, Slovenia, Wildlife min read

In conservation it is crucial to understand the interactions between species, as they can change the dynamics of animal communities.

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Carnivores crossing borders

12/02/201929/10/20192 years ago Nick Huisman 1575 Views 0 Comments Research, Wildlife min read

Long-distance travelling is important to ensure healthy survival of many animals species, but becomes more difficult due to human activities.

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Study confirms low percentage of dog and wolf crossbreeding in Swiss wolf population

25/01/201919/04/20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 1513 Views 2 Comments Europe, Research, Wildlife, Wolf min read

Many wolf opponents keep raising the argument of a high rate of hybridisation as a reason to shoot wolves. However, a recent long-term study from Switzerland came to the result that the dog introgression in the Swiss wolf population is very limited.

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Isolated Sierra Morena wolf population officially extinct

09/01/201922/08/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 1950 Views 1 Comment Research, Wildlife, Wolf min read

The Sierra Morena used to be home to the most southern distribution of the Iberian wolf. The iberian wolves, a subspecies of the European wolf, can be found in northern Portugal and north-western Spain. However, an isolated pack lived in the Sierra Morena for decades. The last update of the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe lists the Sierra Morena population as extinct.