Wilderness Archives

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Tatra National Park

Tatra Mountains can be considered as one of the most wild part of Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are located in

Wilderness Value

Wilderness Value Accounts, Attributes, Functions, and Services are subjects often discussed not only between ecologists but more and more also

Training

The different definitions of Wilderness values in Europe

Scientists, philosophers, poets, and politicians have defined Wilderness in various physical, biological, and metaphysical terms. Oelschlager in 1991 followed a

Ecological connectivity between Alps and Apennines

Wilderness

Does size matter?

We have always been asked why we are so persistent with the minimum size of Wilderness areas. We were criticized

Livestock

German conservative party raises discussion about hunting wolves in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The discovery of 9 young wolves in the federal state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern raised the discussion about the coexistence of

Research

Good forest means dead wood

There is a study by German researchers, led by people linked to the Bavarian Forest National Park, published in order to

Linking ecological research and practical conservation

European Wilderness Society

Restoring wildlife in Britain

The European Wilderness Society welcomes the new charity, Rewilding Britain, which seeks the mass restoration of Britain’s wildlife. The new

European Wilderness Society

Linking ecological research and practical conservation

The new ecological research institute called Hermann Ottó Institute had its inauguration workshop in Budapest yesterday. There were 12 presentations

Wilderness

Impression from the Wilderness Audit of the Kalkalpen Wilderness

Windischgarsten, Molln: on June 2nd in the morning the Wilderness Audit Team of the European Wilderness Society, Vlado Vancura, Katrin Schikorr und

Wildlife

Why should we protect bears?

What’s good for bears is good for Wilderness. What if it was possible to protect wild places by protecting a

Wildlife

The brown bear journey

The brown bear journey continues and Iwo arrives back to Poland! Our friend, Nuria Selva from Poland, has just sent

Wildlife

Iwo’s incredible journey to the South

One of our partners, Nuria Selva from the Polish Academy of Science has just sent us this news about a

Ukraine Wilderness

Update: Verifying Wilderness in Ukraine

The international team of the European Wilderness Society is currently visiting two Ukrainian protected areas the Zacharovanyy Kray and Vizhnitsky National