European experts call for a logging moratorium in European old-growth Beech Forests
Logging moratorium in European old-growth Beech Forests From 15 to 19 of November 2015, 30 experts and stakeholders from 12
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Wilderness
Linking Wilderness and Sustainable Tourism
During the first week of February at the National Park Zacharovanyy Kray, there was a meeting of the cooperating partners
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2016: A good start for Europe’s Wilderness
European Wilderness Society overachieved its objectives in 2015 and has great plans for 2016! Please also read: The future of
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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
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Wilderness Value
Wilderness Value Accounts, Attributes, Functions, and Services are subjects often discussed not only between ecologists but more and more also
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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
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Does size matter?
We have always been asked why we are so persistent with the minimum size of Wilderness areas. We were criticized
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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
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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
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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
Read MoreLinking 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
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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
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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
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The brown bear journey
The brown bear journey continues and Iwo arrives back to Poland! Our friend, Nuria Selva from Poland, has just sent
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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
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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
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Roads free of Wilderness
A recent article in New York Times (April 12, 2015) calls the attention to the different view of economists and ecologists
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Wolves For Sale…
Within less than a decade the price of a wolf rag in Spain dropped from 14,900 euro to a quarter
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Pyrenana Wild Goat: An Example for de-extinction as a way forward?
De-extinction means an artificial restoration of an extinct species! Although it may seems a laudable goal from an environmental and
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To Camp or not to Camp? Wilderness camping
We received an excellent comment from Gareth one of our followers, regarding our work at European Wilderness Society, but he
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