In addition to tropical rainforest – mangroves are the excellent carbon storers
Mangrove forests are crucially important ecosystems circling the shores in the tropics, covering about 22 million hectares. However, they are
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How the fall of East Germany improved the world’s biodiversity
Today, 30 years ago, the Berlin Wall that separated the capital city in Western and Eastern Germany fell. Just before
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Potential Wilderness in Vitosha Nature Park
Recently, auditors of the European Wilderness Society set out on a trip in Bulgaria to visit existing members of the
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Rangers murdered by Romanian logging mafia
Shocking news this week from CNN as an indigenous leader who protected rainforest was murdered in Brasil. However, similar horrifying
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IUCN 1b Wilderness Celebration in Hohe Tauern National Park
On the 28th of October 2019 Hohe Tauern National Park celebrated the awarding of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation
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400 kg of garbage: How clean rivers help Slovensky raj
Another Citizens Engagement Activity, organized by our employee and ex-IVY volunteer Hanna Öllös and our current IVY volunteer Jonas Sommer,
Continue readingChinook salmon die-off as a consequence of climate change
The numbers of Chinook Salmon have dropped drastically in the recent years. In Columbia, US, 17 million salmon used to
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The toll of environmental activism
There is always a price to pay and ‘nothing worth fighting for comes easy’, least of all the fight to
Continue readingOld friendships and new cooperations – Wilderness meetings in Bulgaria
The European Wilderness Society set out on a two-week mission to visit the two Bulgarian members of the European Wilderness
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Discussing Wilderness in Germany
Over the past years, Germany has become one of the leading examples in Europe to make room for Wilderness. Just
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Trump: US to lift protection of Tongass National Forest
The American President Mr. Trump is making his next move against natural protected areas. According to CNN, Trump has asked
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The uniqueness of Küre Wilderness
Küre Wilderness is a one-of-a-kind, stunning Wilderness, located in the Küre Mountains National Park, Turkey. The National Park is one
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National Park Risnjak – a new potential Wilderness
National Park Risnjak stretches across the deep forests and the peaks of Dinaric mountains in north-western Croatia. Its name comes
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Lets Save the last WILD Rivers of Europe
Wild, free-flowing rivers are a beauty of nature that can be rarely found in Europe nowadays. But the Balkans in
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Hydropower tsunami – shouldn’t there be something that we don’t destroy?
The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. At present, around 3,000 hydropower plants are planned
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World Ranger Day: In Memoriam
On July 31st we put the our Rangers across the world in the spotlight. They are the ones on the
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Wilderness Audit in Gorgany Nature Reserve, Ukraine
In the past weeks the European Wilderness Auditors spent several days in Gorgany Wilderness, embeded in the Gorgany Mountains Massif. The area is located
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Exploring potential Wilderness in Triglav National Park
Last week the European Wildernes Society team hiked high up to the core zone of Triglav National Park to explore
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AMBER – how they are changing rivers across Europe
The European Wilderness Society recently attended the week long Balkan River Defence event for a day. While listening to presentations
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Nature Reserve Val Alba – a hidden Wilderness in Italy
Val Alba is a small nature reserve in north-eastern Italy, right opposite the Potential Wilderness Area in Prealpi Giulie Nature
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