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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A visit to potential Wilderness in Prealpi Giulie Nature Park
Earlier this month, the team paid a visit to a potential Wilderness area in Prealpi Giulie Nature Park, situated in
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Meeting Balkan River Defence
Last Thursday, the European Wilderness Society team participated at the Students for Rivers Camp, organised by the Balkan River Defence
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German Wilderness gets €10 Mio annual investment
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment announced that it will invest €10 Million every year to the ‘Wildnisfonds’. This
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New Wilderness in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
In the past week the European Wilderness auditors spent a few days in the newly proposed Wilderness named Chornohora (Black)
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How climate change impacts forests
During the Wilderness Academy Days, which took place in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, there was a special session on
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Wilderness Audit and roadless areas
Experience from conducting European Wilderness Audits confirms that roads are one of the main barriers to designate high quality Wilderness.
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Signed cooperation with Carpathian National Nature Park
The European Wilderness Society continues its cooperation with Protected Area management for the stewardship of Ukrainian Wilderness. Furthermore, we will
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Rapid loss of World Heritage glaciers
There are 46 natural World Heritage sites in which we can find glaciers at this moment. They include some of
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Wilderness Audits in Ukraine
Wilderness and strict non-intervention management are inseparable elements of nature and biodiversity conservation in a number of protected areas in Ukraine. Vlado Vancura
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New project: Multiperspective view on the biodiversity in forests
The European Wilderness Society has started a new project: ‘Multi-perspective view on fauna biodiversity in forests and forest edge areas’.
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Wilderness in Julian Prealps Natural Park, Italy
The European Wilderness Society just returned from a first visit to discover the Wilderness potential in Julian Prealps Natural Park
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Ongoing river destruction in Romania
The following message from the ‘Group of local Initiative – The Coalition for Biodiversity’ has come to our attention, which
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