Canada Faces Ominous Wildfire Threat: It’s Time to Listen to the Fires
In a haunting wake-up call, the United States reflects on its own mistakes from 40 years ago, urging Canada to heed
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Hope for the Amazon at last?
For decades, deforestation has posed a major threat to the survival of the Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Now,
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How people perceive the forest
Forests have a positive effect on people’s health and well-being. Research of the relationship between humans and the forest reveals
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From black rhinos in southern Africa to orang-utans in southeast Asia, rare mammals have become iconic symbols for wildlife conservation.
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Wilderness book club: The hidden life of trees by Peter Wohlleben
If a book is titled ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ and its subtitle is ‘What Do They Feel, How Do
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Reviewing our understanding of Primary Forests
We call some of the oldest and most natural forests in the world ‘primary forests’. In fact, some define it
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Speak up for our forests
The International Day of Forests on the 21th of March is an annual celebration of the world’s incredible forests. This
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Have your say about the new EU Forest Strategy
The European Commission has opened a public consultation about the new EU Forest Strategy. The consultation is open from January
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Jalovecka Wilderness versus logging
Jalovecká is a remote valley located in Tatra National Park, Slovakia. During the centennial flood in 1958, water flushed away
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Ukrainian Old-Growth Forest Granted Highest Protection-Level
In the Trans-Carpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk regions of Ukraine, 37 new natural monuments, covering 4750 hectares, were recently set up to
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Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
We already covered the main points of the new ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030‘ and its commitment to free-flowing rivers. But
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How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?
In 2007, the German government officially declared a 2% Wilderness goal until 2020. This made Germany a pioneer in the
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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial
As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question
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Forests and Wilderness crucial in the climate change combat
Trees are widely known to be important carbon sequestrators with a great potential to combat climate change. A recent study
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New project: Multiperspective view on the biodiversity in forests
The European Wilderness Society has started a new project: ‘Multi-perspective view on fauna biodiversity in forests and forest edge areas’.
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New natural forests for Germany
In central Germany, within the province of Hesse, a new natural forest will start to develop. Within the designated size
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Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald
The German National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald lets its forests develop freely. The objective is to reach a natural tree species composition
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EU Forest in danger
Artificially planted spruce forests in the Czech Republic fall prey to bark beetles, biomass power plants threaten French forests, the destruction of old-growth forests
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Kuziy Tribushany WILDForest Brief
We are publishing a new Wilderness Brief about Kuziy-Trybushany WILDForest, Ukraine. This is a short report with information about the
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Romanian Făgăraș Old-growth forest is still threatened
The current speed of destruction of the Fagaras primary forest is truly alarming. Researchers from from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, in Prague conclude their several years of monitoring work with the statement that solutions are needed as fast as possible.
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