European Wilderness Society participates in the FSC Stakeholder Working Group
The European Wilderness Society was selected as a member of the FSC Stakeholder Working Group for the development of the
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Romania
New European Wilderness Network Partner service launched
The European Wilderness Society just started a new service for our European Network Partners. This new service will support the
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Wilderness in Albania and Romania!
“Damned Mountains (Prokletije) and Maramures Mountains – expeditions to Wilderness”, is the name of photo exhibition about Albanian and Romanian
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Data-bases on Sustainable Tourism in Carpathians
For those, interested in developing and implementation of sustainable tourism projects in the seven Carpathian Countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic and
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International protest stops logging trucks in Romania
For several years now, Nature Conservationists and NGOs are pleading for a logging moratorium in Romania´s last primeval forests. Besides
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FSC Stakeholder meeting
Vlado Vancura, Anni Henning and Max A E Rossberg together with representatives from IKEA Purchasing Services, Hornbach Baumarkt AG, Nostra
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FSC revokes probation and disassociates from the Schweighofer Group
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has decided to revoke the Schweighofer Group’s probation status and disassociate from the group. This
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Why virgin forests in Romania can be legally cut!
Mihail Hanzu is for fifteen years working in forestry, mostly in Romania, including here five years of study for diploma
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Our objectives for 2017 and a short review of 2016
A very eventful and successful year is coming to an end. 2016 was for the European Wilderness Society a year
Read MoreMeeting with Holzindustrie Schweighofer
Today Hannes Plackner, Holzindustrie Schweighofer, and Max A E Rossberg, European Wilderness Society had a very open and productive two
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Recently for the first time the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine hosted International scientific-practical conference “Innovative management of
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European Commission takes Bulgaria to court!
European Commission takes Bulgaria to court over failure to protect birds in Rila National Park. Too many bears hunted! Stop
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Moose as a part of European Wilderness!
The moose is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose is a native species in Northern and partially
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Vilm Resolution 2016 of the European Beech Forest Network
From 1 to 5 December 2016, 30 experts from 14 countries[1], who are dedicated to ecological research and the conservation
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The Ghost Trucks of Romania
As the FSC Board of Directors is evaluating to disassociate itself from Holzindustrie Schweighofer, another facet of the tricks of the logging
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer on probation: FSC shocks nature conservation world
The months of investigative reporting of illegal logging activities in Romania and the link to Holzindustrie Schweighofer were confirmed in a report
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Beech Forest Network of Europe Workshop – update and new pics!
On the beautiful island of Vilm, the second Beech Forest of Europe Workshop has started. Attended by 30 European Beech
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Confusing messages from Bulgaria
The European Commission announced on 22. July 2016 that it is taking Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU
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European Wilderness Quality Standard Audit Kalkalpen Wilderness report
The Kalkalpen European Wilderness was recently audited by the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System. The Kalkalpen European Wilderness Quality Audit
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Special Report: Deforestation in Romania
Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Knapp shared with us this devastating report about forestry practices in Romania and we immediately wanted
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