Pipeline expansion in Canada threatens Wilderness and First Nations
Canada is moving forward with its expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which crosses both Alberta and British Columbia for
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Wilderness
Forest recovery in Majella National Park
Spontaneous forest recovery in Majella National Park is just astonishing. One can observe it if you visit this area more
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To Spare or Share Wilderness
An interesting article was written by Fred Pearce: Sparing vs. Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature, was
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What is Wilderness character?
What characterizes Wilderness? For those who care passionately about Wilderness, it seems that this question is an important part of
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Wilderness is a window to the past
When I was young, my great-grandfather, a forester, told me that this Wild Valley used to be even more wild
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EU continues to overfish marine Wilderness
The European Union sets annual fishing quota in the “exclusive economic zone” (the sea zone belonging to EU member states)
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Challenges to protect Slovak Paradise
The European Wilderness Society and Slovak Paradise National Park have a successful partnership for several years. Slovak paradise proved that
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Slovakian Wilderness under threat
Slovakia has a great potential to become an important partner in the quest to protect European Wilderness. There are some
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2020 World Wilderness Conference to be held in March in Jaipur, India
Since 1977, the Wild Foundation has been organizing a World Wilderness Congress for the purpose of providing a public forum
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Challenge to protect European forests
European forests are under extreme pressure. We can read almost daily the stories that somewhere in Europe forests are dying, logged and disappearing. The initial event leading
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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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Majella Wilderness hosts ancient black pine
An extraordinary black pine of more than 900-year old is growing in Majella Wilderness, embedded in Majella National Park in
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European rivers threatened by more and more dams
A new report on the effects of damming on European rivers has highlighted how rivers are saturated with dams. Currently,
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Importance of peat bogs as CO2 storage
A study from Chazdon and Brancalion in 2019 revealed that newly planted trees could absorb most of the human made
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Barriers to the expansion of Wilderness in Europe
We can still find large continuous natural areas in many parts of Europe, which are little affected by human activities.
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Natural wonder on a tri-border: Kongura Wilderness
The autumn of 2019, auditors of European Wilderness Society visited a number of protected areas in Bulgaria. The most Southern
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Scenic nature in Ali Botush Wilderness
Ali Botush is a Strict Reserve in the Slavyanka mountain range, located directly on the border of Bulgaria and Greece.
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Exploring the jungle of Mantaritsa WILDForest
Mantaritsa Strict Reserve was established in 1968 to showcase and protect an old, unmanaged forest ecosystem in the Western Rhodope
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European Wilderness Network: The wildest places in Europe!
In the past years, more than 41 Wilderness Areas from 17 countries joined the European Wilderness Network. The European Wilderness
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Wilderness found in Cervenata stena: the land of caves
In autumn 2019, European Wilderness Society auditors travelled to Bulgaria to seek new potential Wilderness. One treasure found was Cervenata
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