Scientists and organisations demand Italian President to save forests
The Italian government recently approved a controversial legislative change in the national Forest Law (Law 28, July 2016, Nr. 154).
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Wilderness
Support the Stop E40 campaign now
The E40 waterway would connect the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea over a length of more than 2 000
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Decrease of dead wood threatens wood-dependent beetles
A recently published IUCN report states that about 18% of the assessed European saproxylic beetles are at risk of extinction.
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Wilderness paradox reveals weaknesses
A paradox is a statement that seems logically incorrect or self-contradictory. This is also the situation in the case of
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Wilderness faces global threats
Recent research from the European Wilderness Society indicates that Wilderness is threatened at a global level. The research focused on
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City fights against pulp mill threatening Estonian forests
UPDATE JULY 2018: The Estonian Government decided to cancel the plans for constructing the pulp mill after citizen protests. Read
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Wilderness advocate in the Nature Park Alpi Cozie
The border of Italy and France is known as the large, steep and rugged Western Alps. Despite the wild mountains
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Plaiul Vanata: Potential private Wilderness in Romania
Private Wilderness in Europe is an important and rather unexplored segment of European Wilderness. Please also read: Land ownership and Wilderness
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Romania promotes Wilderness among Protected Areas
The European Wilderness Society met with the Romanian National Agency of Natural Protected Areas in Bucharest last December. The National
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Preliminary ruling says Polish logging Bialowieza was illegal
The Polish government ordered a threefold increase of logging operations in Bialowieza Forest in 2016. The government allowed harvesters to
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First lynx discovered in Hainich National Park
Although the first lynx recordings in Hainich National Park were back in 2014, camera traps were able to capture this
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Disappearing Wilderness in Komovi Mountains
The Komovi Mountains are part of Montenegro’s large mountainous labyrinth, including several less-known mountains massifs that surround the well-known Prokletije
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Re-wilded roads in Kalkalpen Wilderness
Kalkalpen Wilderness has re-wilded many kilometres of forest gravel roads. It is a good example for many other potential Wilderness
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Europe’s Blue Heart will stop beating soon
More than 2 years ago, we shared the alarming story about dam constructions in Europe. A follow-up study recently confirmed
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The endless threat to Pirin National Park
Pirin National Park in Bulgaria is one of the most important protected areas and Wilderness in Europe. But in reality,
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In September we shared the story of Călin Dejeu, biologist and economist. He has over 20 years of experience in environmental
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The shortage of Marine Wilderness in Europe
The number of Marine Protected Areas significantly increased in the last years. The experience shows that very general and globally
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Land ownership and Wilderness
In some of Europe’s wildest regions, we often find arrangements of land use and land ownership in the hands of
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New Wilderness in Switzerland
Val Cama-Val Leggia is one of the largest forest reserve in Switzerland. This area has the potential to become the
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New evidence: Romania´s Primeval forests in National Parks under attack
While the EU is focusing its attention on the deforestation of the iconic Bialowieza forest in Poland, the devastation of
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