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Exploring the potential of Wilderness in France

01/06/202027/05/20202 days ago Nick Huisman 96 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

Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202029/05/20205 days ago Jonas Sommer 130 Views 0 Comments 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

27/05/202027/05/20207 days ago Vlado Vancura 200 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 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 104 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 weeks ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 226 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 weeks ago Jonas Sommer 219 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?

13/05/202018/05/20203 weeks ago Nick Huisman 356 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

01/05/202004/05/20201 month ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 441 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

13/04/202011/05/20202 months ago Ziva Alif 525 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

08/04/202003/04/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 448 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

07/04/202007/04/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 620 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

06/04/202001/04/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 434 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

26/03/202011/05/20202 months ago Hanna Ollos 404 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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Wild forests protect the climate

25/03/202023/03/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 454 Views 1 Comment Beech forest, climate change, climate emergency, forest, Forest loss, Old growth forests min read

There is a wide consent that forests are the most efficient tool to fight the climate crisis. However, the question

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As countries go on lockdown, nature goes wild

18/03/202006/05/20203 months ago Nick Huisman 1435 Views 0 Comments Corona, respect nature min read

We are witnessing a global change of our daily lives to a degree that did not happen for decades, for

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Tropical forests have a limit on how much carbon they can store

18/03/202013/03/20203 months ago Ziva Alif 379 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest min read

Tropical forests are among the last large Wilderness in the world and biodiversity hotspots. Unfortunately, they are rapidly disappearing as

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Connecting Wilderness in the Central Apennines

17/03/202002/04/20203 months ago Vlado Vancura 514 Views 1 Comment Italy, Majella Wilderness, Wilderness min read

In the centre of Italy exists a wild and highly biodiverse region, the Central Apennines. Numerous protected areas occur there

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New COST project opportunity on Wilderness research

16/03/202027/04/20203 months ago Ziva Alif 429 Views 0 Comments Research, Wildernes min read

19-03-20 Announcement: Due to the current situation, the call for interested partners has been extended to May 30th. The European

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Wilderness needs size

05/03/202003/03/20203 months ago Vlado Vancura 472 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Protected areas, Wilderness min read

Wilderness in Europe is interpreted as an area governed by natural processes. And natural processes need space to freely take

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Global diversity of Wilderness definitions

27/02/202026/02/20203 months ago Vlado Vancura 462 Views 1 Comment Wilderness, wilderness stewardship min read

Wilderness is a complex issue around the globe, so it is no surprise that there are several Wilderness definitions, which

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