Wilderness Archives

International cooperation: European Wilderness Society and the United States

International cooperation is a key feature within the European Wilderness Society. Not only within Europe, but also worldwide. Building on

Training

Cooperate to educate on nature conservation

Although nature conservation organisations all strive for a similar goal, most of them mind their own business. However, performing training

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Wildlife

German farmers demand the killing of wild boars because of the African swine fever

The African swine fever is spreading via Western Europe from Russia and the Baltic area for some years already. The

European Wilderness Society

Wilderness can also be a home

Wilderness has several interpretations in Europe and one European definition, but few of us interpret Wilderness as a home. Wilderness

European Wilderness Society

Gudrun Pflüger visits Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada

This week, our colleague Gudrun Pflüger is visiting the Banff Mountain Film + Book Festival in Alberta, Canada. The festival

WILDForest

European Beech Forest Network Resolution on Beech Forest World Heritage and Old Growth Forests

From 12-15 October 2017, 33 experts representing 12 European countries including the European Wilderness Society convened on the Isle of

Research

Increased nitrogen deposition decreases biodiversity and threatens Wilderness

Prof Roman Turk already presented the negative impact of nitrogen levels emitted by large urban centres and the transportation sector

Wilderness

Austria’s biggest glacier is rapidly disappearing: the Pasterze

Climate change, or as we prefer to call it “climate overheating”, is currently one of the biggest threats to our

Wilderness

Natural forces in Königsbrücker Heide after 25 years

Last week European Wilderness Society and US-Wilderness expert Garry Oye visited the Königsbrücker Heide Wilderness in Germany. Königsbrücker Heide was Quick-Audited

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European Wilderness Society

Wilderness has no WiFi, but you’ll have a better connection

A strong focus point of the European Wilderness Society is that our own team goes out into the field. We

WILDArts

Areas of Inspiration Plein Air Art project started

Machaon International, the Slovak Association of Nature Conservation, invited the European Wilderness Society together with AnnoGallery and Obec Ganovce from