Webinar 9th July 15:00 CET Tourism in Wilderness
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
We can find Wilderness in some of the most unexpected places, as long as people leave areas to develop according
Read More Protected areas in Lithuania: Part 1 – Nature reserves
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
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
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
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
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
Back in 2013, Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian governments agreed to the construction of a long shipping channel, refered to as
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