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Sustainable development

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Sustainable Tourism 

Celebrating Sustainability Day today!

28/10/202028/10/20203 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 327 Views 0 Comments celebration, Sustainable development 3 min read

In 1970, air and water quality, forest logging and extraction of resources were rising issues in the USA. And so,

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Sustainable Tourism 

Tourism and waste management improvement in Synevyr, Ukraine

23/09/202023/09/20204 months ago Iryna Shchoka 426 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development, Ukraine 3 min read

Recent week was fully packed with activities of the project Clean up National Nature Park Synevyr, Ukraine. Both a clean

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Research 

Investing in Wilderness pays off

27/08/202026/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 593 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development 3 min read

For many, nature conservation is a charity cause. A nice-to-have, but secondary to ‘real’ issues like the economic situation. This

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Sustainable Tourism Wildlife 

Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?

20/07/202020/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 801 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, ski resort, Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wildlife 5 min read

Recently, we reported about the planned enlargement of two ski resorts in the Apennines. The project earned massive criticism because

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WILDRivers 

400 kg of garbage: How clean rivers help Slovensky raj

30/10/201916/04/20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 1914 Views 0 Comments Citizen Engagement Activity, conservation, river, Sustainable development 2 min read

Another Citizens Engagement Activity, organized by our employee and ex-IVY volunteer Hanna Öllös and our current IVY volunteer Jonas Sommer,

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Training 

Youth Green Conference starts soon!

16/09/201911/05/20201 year ago Iryna Shchoka 1636 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, Sustainable development 3 min read

Early October European Wilderness Society will conduct Austrian-Ukrainian Youth Green Conference 2019. The conference is now under active preparation jointly

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WILDForest 

Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald

29/03/201908/11/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 2038 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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European Wilderness Society Wilderness Network News 

Interreg DTP 3rd call in numbers

19/03/201925/11/20192 years ago Nick Huisman 1883 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism 1 min read

The 3rd call for proposals from the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme closed recently. European Wilderness Society has submitted a project

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Wilderness Policy 

UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration

12/03/201909/08/20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 1948 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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Sustainable Tourism 

The challenges of Nature Tourism in Wilderness

16/10/201806/11/20192 years ago Vlado Vancura 2634 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wilderness 2 min read

Nature tourism seems to be an effective tool to support nature conservation, particularly in densely populated Europe. Generally speaking, nature

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Wilderness Policy 

Svydovets massif needs our support

23/08/201818/06/20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 1809 Views 1 Comment Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Svydovets, Ukraine 4 min read

The European Wilderness Society recently visited the Svydovets massif in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The area is currently highly disputed because

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Wilderness Network News 

Carpathian Biosphere Reserve celebrates its 50th  Anniversary

04/06/201811/12/20183 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2652 Views 0 Comments Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Carpathian Convention, Sustainable development 0 min read

Today, the European Wilderness Society took part in celebration of the 50th  Anniversary of one of the biggest protected areas

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Livestock 

Why we need proper herd management

11/05/201829/01/20203 years ago Nick Huisman 3155 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development, Wolf 3 min read

Proper herd management does not only protect our livestock from predators, but also from extreme weather, diseases and injuries. The

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European Wilderness Society 

Bike riders without borders

06/04/201729/08/20194 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2387 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development 0 min read

Today EWS team member Iryna Shchoka took part in the final conference of the Ukrainian-Slovakian project “CROSS THE BORDER BY

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European Wilderness Society 

Learning regional development initiatives

19/11/201629/08/20194 years ago Iryna Shchoka 2055 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, regional development, Sustainable development 0 min read

These days in the framework of internal training programme European Wilderness Society team members from Eastern and Central Europe are

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Sustainable Tourism 

Design methodology for green infrastructure

06/08/201519/08/20195 years ago Vlado Vancura 2716 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development 1 min read

The European Wilderness Society launched its large scale connectivity initiative, the Pan European Green corridor network (PEGnet) at the end

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GreenBeltCenter is open!
European Wilderness Society 

GreenBeltCenter is open!

04/05/201508/11/20196 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 1953 Views 0 Comments Sustainable development 0 min read

On Sunday, the official opening of the GreenBeltCenter (GBC) in Windhaag close to the former Czech border was celebrated. The

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