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Speak up for our forests

March 21, 2021June 16, 20214 months ago Lia Schlippe 488 Views 0 Comments Old growth forests, Wilderness, WILDForests 3 min read

The International Day of Forests on the 21th of March is an annual celebration of the world’s incredible forests. This

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Austrian Wilderness area doubles in size

March 17, 2021March 25, 20214 months ago Hanna Ollos 575 Views 1 Comment forest, Wilderness, Wildlife 2 min read

Since it was founded in 2002, the Austrian Dürrenstein Wilderness area has grown to 35 square kilometers and has been

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Exploring the Ukrainian Nature Reserve “Drevlyanskyy”

March 16, 2021March 15, 20214 months ago Iryna Shchoka 490 Views 0 Comments Ukraine, Wilderness 2 min read

European Wilderness Society continues cooperation with Ukrainian protected areas. And now its time to present you a Nature Reserve “Drevlyanskyy”,

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Hidden urban Wilderness in Salzburg

February 23, 2021February 19, 20215 months ago Timothy Sung 503 Views 0 Comments Austria, urban nature, Wilderness 3 min read

Despite many pioneers of the Wilderness movement discovering the beauty of Wilderness in the vast open landscapes of America, one

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Safeguarding wetlands

February 2, 2021February 1, 20216 months ago Timothy Sung 567 Views 0 Comments climate change, soomaa, wetlands 4 min read

On the 2nd of February every year, World Wetlands Day takes place, offering us a chance to appreciate the contribution

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Have your say about the new EU Forest Strategy

January 29, 20216 months ago Nick Huisman 1054 Views 1 Comment forest future, WILDForests 1 min read

The European Commission has opened a public consultation about the new EU Forest Strategy. The consultation is open from January

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Montenegro bring halt to new small hydropower plants

January 27, 2021January 25, 20216 months ago Nick Huisman 562 Views 2 Comments WILDRiver 2 min read

Good news has reached us from Montenegro! Its government has announced its recent decision to stop licensing construction of new

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Call for a radical change to stop deforestation once and for all

January 26, 2021January 26, 20216 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 737 Views 0 Comments forest, Forest loss 3 min read

New report by WWF reveals that a forest land area totaling 43 million hectares was cut down in just 13

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Natura 2000 as a dynamic network

January 18, 2021January 18, 20216 months ago Jonas Sommer 591 Views 0 Comments Europe, European Wilderness Network, Natura 2000, Wilderness 3 min read

This is the first part of a two-part article. Read the second part to find out how Wilderness can be

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Natura 2000 as potential Wilderness

January 11, 2021January 18, 20217 months ago Jonas Sommer 609 Views 0 Comments Europe, European Wilderness Network, Natura 2000, Wilderness 3 min read

This is the second part of a two-part article. Read the first part to find out how natural dynamics can

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Boundaries of human interventions

January 7, 2021January 13, 20217 months ago Jonas Sommer 557 Views 2 Comments Wilderness 12 min read

During the first International Wilderness Week, he did not only have over 80 presentations, but there were also plenty of

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Cultural landscapes of the past as Wilderness of tomorrow?

January 4, 2021January 12, 20217 months ago Jonas Sommer 753 Views 2 Comments Wilderness 4 min read

This is the second part of a two-part article. Read the first part to find out how the present landscapes

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How the first National Park introduced Wilderness to Germany

December 31, 2020January 12, 20217 months ago Jonas Sommer 745 Views 1 Comment Germany, National Park, Wilderness 2 min read

If you are searching for Wilderness in Europe, there is one kind of place to turn to first: National Parks.

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Over 1 million barriers block European rivers

December 30, 2020December 18, 20207 months ago Nick Huisman 894 Views 0 Comments WILDRiver 2 min read

The majority of rivers in Europe have been dammed, forded or bridged over the past centuries. Yet, an overview of

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How ancient civilizations created cultural landscapes of today

December 28, 2020January 12, 20217 months ago Jonas Sommer 1247 Views 0 Comments Wilderness 3 min read

This is the first part of a two-part article. Read the second part to find out how Wilderness can emerge

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Germany fails to meet Wilderness targets

December 14, 2020December 14, 20207 months ago Nick Huisman 742 Views 0 Comments Germany 1 min read

Two percent of the total land surface, that is how much the German Federal Government set as a target for

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Jalovecka Wilderness versus logging

December 1, 2020November 30, 20208 months ago Vlado Vancura 703 Views 0 Comments Logging, Old growth forests, slovakia, WILDForests 3 min read

Jalovecká is a remote valley located in Tatra National Park, Slovakia. During the centennial flood in 1958, water flushed away

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Spend an award-winning night in the wild

November 27, 2020November 21, 20208 months ago Julia Ramsauer 685 Views 0 Comments Sustainable tourism 2 min read

Have you ever wondered how it feels to spend a night in Wilderness? In Germany, a project of the Kellerwald-Edersee

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Mountain ecosystems under threat

November 20, 2020November 16, 20208 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 800 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating 2 min read

Overshadowed by Covid-19, 2020 was yet another year of heat records. The most northern point of Europe, Svalbard, hit a

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World Wilderness Day announced for the 23rd October

November 18, 2020November 18, 20208 months ago Timothy Sung 937 Views 0 Comments Wilderness 2 min read

After a successful inaugural International Wilderness Week, it is our pleasure to announce the 23rd of October as World Wilderness

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