Wilderness Archives

Wildlife

Vulture connects European and African Wilderness.

July 28, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5778 Views 0 Comments Wilderness, Wildlife

Egyptian vulture hatched in Dadia National Park in Greece is wintering in Sahel region of Niger. This is his way

Wilderness Policy

Guidelines on Wilderness and wild areas in Natura 2000

July 11, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 7160 Views 0 Comments Natura 2000, Policy and Legislation, Wilderness

EU Guidelines on Wilderness and wild areas in Natura 2000 sites Natura 2000 protects areas of high biodiversity value across

Training WILDArts

Visiting Wilderness with the family!

July 7, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 6792 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, Sustainable tourism, Wilderness

Wilderness needs the support of the general public. Join the Glidden family for a walk on the wild side and

Wilderness

Where is the largest piece of Wilderness in Carpathians?

June 24, 2014 Vlado Vancura 7627 Views 0 Comments Carpathians, Wilderness

The short answer is in the Retezat National Park, Romania!! Why? Because despite of centuries of human impact all over

Sustainable Tourism WILDArts

Running through the Rocky Mountain Wilderness

June 18, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 8372 Views 1 Comment Sustainable tourism, Video, Wilderness

Join adventure athlete Ian Adamson and ultra-marathon runner Kara Henry as they explore the Wilderness of the Rocky Mountain National

Wilderness Wilderness Policy

Wilderness Act 50th anniversary

June 10, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 7926 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, USA, Wilderness

The US Wilderness Act celebrates its 50th anniversary. On Sept. 3, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the United States

Research

European Wilderness Society supports mapping project to reveal Europe’s Wilderness

May 30, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 8839 Views 1 Comment Research, Wilderness

The University of Leeds has unveiled the first comprehensive survey of Europe’s remaining Wilderness areas. Today, just 1-2% of the

Wilderness

Wilderness needs more volunteers!

May 30, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5173 Views 0 Comments IUCN, Public engagement, Wilderness

Wilderness Specialist Group is looking for volunteer

Wilderness Policy

65% of Germans love Wilderness

May 9, 2014 Max A.E. Rossberg 8337 Views 6 Comments Germany, Research, Wilderness

Large majority of Germans in favour of Wilderness 65% of Germans love Wilderness, are for natural forests and floodplains and

Research

Garbage in the Ocean – Littering marine Wilderness

May 3, 2014 Vlado Vancura 6192 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Protected areas, Research, Wilderness

A European Union co-funded research found widespread evidences of garbage in the ocean around Europe. Every sampling location has already been trashed before discovered!

WILDRivers

Where Wilderness protection is taken really seriously

April 25, 2014 Vlado Vancura 7475 Views 4 Comments USA, Wilderness

The demand for ‘clean’ energy is growing fast and so does the number of water dams.

Videos WILDArts Wilderness

Wilderness in the National Parks in Austria

April 17, 2014 Vlado Vancura 9154 Views 0 Comments Austria, Hohe Tauern, Kalkalpen, Wilderness

Humans heavily impacted Central Europe but wild nature can still be found.

Wilderness Policy

Why Wilderness lovers should care about climate report

April 15, 2014 Vlado Vancura 6297 Views 3 Comments Biodiversity, Climate Overheating, Policy and Legislation, Wilderness

he IPCC reports that our public lands are changing. These changes are occurring at an alarmingly fast rate, putting ecosystems in many different regions at risk of extinction. Our impact on these fragile communities will depend on how we interact with them. – See more at: http://Wilderness.org/blog/why-wildland-lovers-should-care-about-international-climate-change-report#sthash.T30Y8HnL.dpuf

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Training

Wilderness experience in Jasper National Park, Canada

April 11, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5912 Views 0 Comments Protected areas, USA, Wilderness

Jasper National Park is the largest piece of Wilderness in Canadians Rocky Mountain and and excellent place to experience power of the Wilderness.

Wilderness Policy

New Wilderness vision for Europe

April 1, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5295 Views 2 Comments Europe, European Wilderness Society, Wilderness

People asking this question probably expected a modest answer, which one might call a realistic target, but I don’t want to be realistic now. Our ambition is to be a European leader on Wilderness protection, and to be more visionary. What size or territory would be needed from moral point of view?

European Wilderness Society Wilderness

Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation

March 14, 2014 Vlado Vancura 6916 Views 3 Comments European Wilderness Network, Germany, Wilderness

The Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation took the opportunity to establish Wilderness zones on the sites of four abandoned former military training grounds.

Training

Women 4 Wilderness 2.

March 7, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5215 Views 0 Comments Advocacy, Biodiversity, Wilderness

They restore my equilibrium and help me keep things in proportion when everything is crowding in.

Training

Women 4 Wilderness 1

March 7, 2014 Vlado Vancura 5182 Views 2 Comments Advocacy, Biodiversity, Europe, Wilderness

Wilderness is not just a resource to be development but it has many human, natural and economic benefits that are not well understood to the general public.