The last roadless valley in Slovakian Carpathians Mountains!
We consider the Slovakian Carpathians mountains as the last extensive areas with wild nature and Wilderness. The truth is that
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Wilderness
Issue of Wilderness size vividly discussed!
The issue of the size for European Wilderness areas is a complex topic and was vividly discussed by the international team of experts.
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Water empowers Wilderness
Water fills our wetlands, which includes lakes and rivers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands and peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas and tidal flats, near-shore marine areas, mangroves and coral reefs, and human-made sites such as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoirs, and salt pans. 22 March is designated as World Water Day by the UN.
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Protecting forest is protecting life
“As we deliberate on the post-2015 development agenda, let us acknowledge the vital role of forests and pledge to work together to protect and sustainably manage these vital ecosystems.”
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Prespa National Park is an excellent potential Wilderness!
Step-by-step but steadily the network of the European Wilderness Society is growing! Additional area Prespa NP with 3,600 hectares of Wilderness confirmed their membership!
Read MoreNatura 2000 management – sharing information and good practices
Natura 2000 management – sharing information and good practices Workshop 25th – 28th of March 2014 in Alba-Iulia, Romania
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Wilderness in Zacharovanyy Kray (Enchanted Land), Ukraine
The enchanted Land Nature Nature Park is featured by significant biodiversity.
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Poor Wilderness management and its consequences
Nevertheless even in this time (which we hope future generations will call as the awakening of European Wilderness movement) there is a lack of trained Wilderness managers in Europe.
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Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation
The Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation took the opportunity to establish Wilderness zones on the sites of four abandoned former military training grounds.
Read MoreOn the wrong side of nature: Logging trees in Tasmania
Has Tony Abbott ever heard of the so-called green economy?
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Why do we need four categories of Wilderness areas?
Wilderness conservation is a complex issue! It is not easy to find a comprehensive definition covering the very diverse subcontinent of Europe.
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“Zacharovanyi Krai National Park” and “Naturlandschaften Brandenburg” join European Wilderness Network
We are proud to announce that today two new Wilderness areas have decided to join the European Wilderness Network.
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Quotes about Wilderness
However the power of Wilderness is first of all the ability to touch the hearts of people… in the following quotes, people are telling us how they feel about Wilderness.
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National Park Kalkalpen and National Park Hohe Tauern join the European Wilderness Network
The Nationalpark Kalkalpen with 15 600 ha of Wilderness and the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Salzburg with 9 136 ha of
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Wilderness Quality Index Austria 2012
The WWF Austria has prepared a map of areas with high Wilderness potential that could meet the criteria of the
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Latest Wilderness news from Ukraine!
However way from the main cities and right at the border with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, the Ukrainian Carpathians are among the most remote – and certainly among the most Wilderness rich – areas the country has to offer. A tiny fragment of the 1,500-kilometre range of mountains stretching in an arc from the Czech Republic to Serbia via Poland and Romania, they occupy the westernmost corner of Ukraine and host their share of the wildlife – wolves, bears, lynxes and a variety of plant species – for which the Carpathians are famous.
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Wilderness around Salatin Mountains, Tatra NP, Slovakia
Several days ago we posted an information about the new and extraordinary book describing Wilderness around Salatin Mountains in Tatra
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Wilderness in our Mountains
Today is the time to celebrate our Mountains! In 2003 the General Assembly of the UN designated the 11th of December as the International Mountain Day! The UN encourages events to be organized at all levels of this day.
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Can we afford Wilderness in Europe?
This is a question I am asking myself in the last weeks again and again. The motivation of thinking in this direction I got after reading a wonderful article written by Ralf Buckley, Can We Afford Wilderness?
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UNESCO Biosphere Reserve – what precisely is that?
The world consists of very different types of ecosystems and in every type of these ecosystems people have learnt how to live there
The goal of the biosphere reserve is to uncover this knowledge, use it and adapt it for the future.