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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

What Does an Anti-Racist Wilderness Look Like?

13/08/202014/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 829 Views 7 Comments Wilderness 10 min read

The issue of racism and the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement have spread around the world within the last months. It

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Research WILDForest 

Impressions from a primeval forest

12/08/202012/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 699 Views 0 Comments Austria, forest, Old growth forests, Wilderness 4 min read

Continuing our series about Wilderness research, today Yehor Yatsiuk tells us about his impressions from of the few remaining patches

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

10/08/202008/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 748 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 4 min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

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Research Wilderness 

The beautiful world of (non-) fungi in a Wilderness area

24/07/202006/11/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 616 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, Wilderness, Wilderness Week 3 min read

Today, we are happy to share a story from Iryna Yatsiuk, a mycologist from Eastern Ukraine living is Estonia. A

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Training WILDForest 

First forest webinar tomorrow

22/07/202029/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 718 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start

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Training WILDForest 

Erstes Webinar zum Thema Biodiversität im Wald

21/07/202021/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 932 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.

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European Wilderness Society Sustainable Tourism Wilderness 

Webinar 9th July 15:00 CET Tourism in Wilderness

07/07/202006/11/20206 months ago Max A.E. Rossberg 787 Views 0 Comments Sustainable tourism, webinar, Wilderness 1 min read

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 Wilderness Policy 

Wilderness in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

29/06/202002/12/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 904 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Network, European Wilderness Quality Standard, European Wilderness Society, Wilderness, wilderness stewardship, WILDForests, WILDRiver 5 min read

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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European Wilderness Society WILDForest 

Old-growth beech forests need more protection

26/06/202025/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 838 Views 0 Comments Beech, Beech forest, Germany, UNESCO World Heritage 4 min read

Last year, the German action group for forest protection ‘BundesBürgerInitiative WaldSchutz’ declared the 25th June as the ‘Day of Beech

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Sustainable Tourism Wilderness Wilderness Network News WILDForest 

Fedir Hamor’s new book describes his fight for primeval beech forests

25/06/202030/09/20207 months ago Vlado Vancura 907 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The protection of Primeval European beech forests was a long process that stretched over several decades. This process is closely

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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Dark future for remaining Wilderness

23/06/202024/06/20207 months ago Vlado Vancura 1018 Views 0 Comments Wilderness 3 min read

A study conducted by a team of conservation biologists reveals how little Wilderness is left in the world. It also

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WILDForest 

Letting the forests grow old again

19/06/202017/06/20207 months ago Nick Huisman 949 Views 1 Comment Logging, Old growth forests 1 min read

All across Europe, logging of old growth forests takes place at alarming rates. These trees, often several hundreds of years

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Research WILDForest 

First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

16/06/202018/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 1250 Views 0 Comments National Park, Protected area management, Protected areas, Research 3 min read

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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Wilderness 

Exploring the potential of Wilderness in France

01/06/202027/05/20208 months ago Nick Huisman 1045 Views 1 Comment France 2 min read

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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Research Wilderness Policy WILDForest 

Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

29/05/202028/06/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1084 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania 5 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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Wilderness Policy WILDRivers 

EU commits to support free-flowing rivers

27/05/202030/09/20208 months ago Vlado Vancura 1274 Views 0 Comments bio, Europe, river, WILDRiver 2 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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Wilderness Wilderness Policy 

Natura 2000 Day: Success story with room to improve

21/05/202021/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 916 Views 0 Comments Europe, Natura 2000, Wilderness 2 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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Sustainable Tourism Wilderness Wilderness Network News 

Protected Areas In Lithuania: Part 2 – National Parks

20/05/202020/05/20208 months ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1091 Views 0 Comments National Park, nature tourism 8 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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Research WILDCoast Wilderness WILDForest 

How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?

19/05/202019/05/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1031 Views 1 Comment forest, Germany, Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 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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Wilderness 

Is there hope for Wilderness in The Netherlands?

13/05/202018/05/20208 months ago Nick Huisman 1101 Views 0 Comments Wilderness 3 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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