Wilderness Archives

IUCN 1b Wilderness Celebration in Hohe Tauern National Park

On the 28th of October 2019 Hohe Tauern National Park celebrated the awarding of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation

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Wilderness Policy

Full naturalness – Wilderness on the French political agenda

In May 2019, the seventh session of the Interngovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) took place at

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The toll of environmental activism

There is always a price to pay and ‘nothing worth fighting for comes easy’, least of all the fight to

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European Wilderness Society

The secret to being inspired is outdoors

Crystal clear mountain lakes, wet meadows and innumerable peat bogs, breathtaking peaks of the Hohe Tauern and Niedere Tauern mountains

European Wilderness Society

Sleepless nights in the mountains

As a great outdoor enthusiast, I love living in the middle of the Alps in Tamsweg, as for me, nature

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The uniqueness of Küre Wilderness

Küre Wilderness is a one-of-a-kind, stunning Wilderness, located in the Küre Mountains National Park, Turkey. The National Park is one

Ukraine Wilderness

Wilderness Audit in Gorgany Nature Reserve, Ukraine

In the past weeks the European Wilderness Auditors spent several days in Gorgany Wilderness, embeded in the Gorgany Mountains Massif. The area is located

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European Wilderness Society

Enlargement of the Wilderness in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve in Ukraine is already hosting several Wilderness areas included in the European Wilderness Network. To achieve

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Exploring potential Wilderness in Triglav National Park

Last week the European Wildernes Society team hiked high up to the core zone of Triglav National Park to explore

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Nature Reserve Val Alba – a hidden Wilderness in Italy

Val Alba is a small nature reserve in north-eastern Italy, right opposite the Potential Wilderness Area in Prealpi Giulie Nature

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A visit to potential Wilderness in Prealpi Giulie Nature Park

Earlier this month, the team paid a visit to a potential Wilderness area in Prealpi Giulie Nature Park, situated in

European Wilderness Society

Always look on the bright side of life

Conservation optimism In conservation, there are always new depressing reports coming out about how the global biodiversity is declining, and

Wilderness

German Wilderness gets €10 Mio annual investment

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment announced that it will invest €10 Million every year to the ‘Wildnisfonds’. This

European Wilderness Society

Potential Prealpi Giulie Wilderness now officially in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

This summer, Wilderness experts from the European Wilderness Society visited the Prealpi Giulie Nature Park in Italy. It shares the

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New Wilderness in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

In the past week the European Wilderness auditors spent a few days in the newly proposed Wilderness named Chornohora (Black)

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Wildlife

Wildlife in the postmodern era

In our Western culture, we interpret the entry of wildlife into “human territories” as a conflict. The return of wolves evokes the feeling in people that nature is unpredictable and uncontrollable.