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Webinar 9th July 15:00 CET Tourism in Wilderness

07/07/202007/07/20205 days ago Max A.E. Rossberg 113 Views 0 Comments Sustainable tourism, webinar, Wilderness min read

Wilderness and protected areas are facing challenges with visitors and tourism, as more and more people are interested in seeing

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Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

29/06/202026/06/20202 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 218 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, European Wilderness Quality Standard, European Wilderness Society, Wilderness, wilderness stewardship, WILDForests, WILDRiver min read

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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Old-growth beech forests need more protection

26/06/202025/06/20202 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 216 Views 0 Comments Beech, Beech forest, Germany, UNESCO World Heritage min read

Last year, the German action group for forest protection ‘BundesBürgerInitiative WaldSchutz’ declared the 25th June as the ‘Day of Beech

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Fedir Hamor’s new book describes his fight for primeval beech forests

25/06/202030/06/20202 weeks ago Vlado Vancura 239 Views 0 Comments min read

The protection of Primeval European beech forests was a long process that stretched over several decades. This process is closely

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Dark future for remaining Wilderness

23/06/202024/06/20203 weeks ago Vlado Vancura 340 Views 0 Comments Wilderness min read

A study conducted by a team of conservation biologists reveals how little Wilderness is left in the world. It also

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Letting the forests grow old again

19/06/202017/06/20203 weeks ago Nick Huisman 300 Views 1 Comment Logging, Old growth forests min read

All across Europe, logging of old growth forests takes place at alarming rates. These trees, often several hundreds of years

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First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

16/06/202018/06/20204 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 484 Views 0 Comments National Park, Protected area management, Protected areas, Research min read

A proposal for the world’s first science national park has been submitted to Finland’s Ministry of the Environment with a

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Exploring the potential of Wilderness in France

01/06/202027/05/20201 month ago Nick Huisman 484 Views 1 Comment France min read

Several months ago, the French President Macron announced to commit 10% of France to full naturalness. This important commitment paves the

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Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202028/06/20201 month ago Jonas Sommer 479 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania min read

The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been

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EU commits to support free-flowing rivers

27/05/202026/06/20202 months ago Vlado Vancura 618 Views 0 Comments bio, Europe, river, WILDRiver min read

The recently released the new EU-wide Biodiversity Strategy revealed the ambition to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery

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Natura 2000 Day: Success story with room to improve

21/05/202021/05/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 372 Views 0 Comments Europe, Natura 2000, Wilderness min read

Today is the 28th birthday of the EU Habitat Directive and the LIFE programme. To celebrate this, the European Union

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Protected Areas In Lithuania: Part 2 – National Parks

20/05/202020/05/20202 months ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 513 Views 0 Comments National Park, nature tourism min read

In this series of postings, we apresent the colourful system of protected areas in Lithuania. This week’s topic are the

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How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?

19/05/202019/05/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 442 Views 0 Comments forest, Germany, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests min read

In 2007, the German government officially declared a 2% Wilderness goal until 2020. This made Germany a pioneer in the

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Is there hope for Wilderness in The Netherlands?

13/05/202018/05/20202 months ago Nick Huisman 480 Views 0 Comments Wilderness min read

We can find Wilderness in some of the most unexpected places, as long as people leave areas to develop according

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Protected areas in Lithuania: Part 1 – Nature reserves

01/05/202004/05/20202 months ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 626 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, Protected areas, Wilderness min read

Lithuania is a small, but beautiful and rich Baltic country just above Poland. By ‘rich’ I do not mean economically

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Wilderness in Gorczański National Park

13/04/202011/05/20203 months ago Ziva Alif 633 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network min read

Gorczański National Park is a small protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, with a great potential to become a member of

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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial

08/04/202003/04/20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 572 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Wilderness, WILDForests min read

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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How environmental destruction paves the way for pandemics

07/04/202007/04/20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 776 Views 0 Comments Corona, Forest loss min read

We are witnessing the worst pandemic of the last hundred years right now. But it did not happen by sheer

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Permafrost turns into a carbon time bomb

06/04/202001/04/20203 months ago Jonas Sommer 542 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating min read

Permafrost is ground that is frozen all year round occuring in the Arctic and mountainous regions – the two regions

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Polesia, the largest floodplain of Europe under urgent threat

26/03/202011/05/20204 months ago Hanna Ollos 508 Views 1 Comment river, Wilderness min read

Back in 2013, Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian governments agreed to the construction of a long shipping channel, refered to as

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