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WILDRivers

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Current and future threats to Alpine rivers

28/06/201819/11/20193 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3404 Views 1 Comment Climate Overheating, WILDRiver 3 min read

The Alps are often described as the ‘Water Tower’ of Europe, because they provide around 40% of Europe’s freshwater. However,

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Wild River Râul Alb

28/06/201806/02/20193 years ago Vlado Vancura 3464 Views 0 Comments WILDRiver 1 min read

Biologist Călin Dejeu, from Romania, recently approached the European Wilderness Society with the proposal to include the River Râul Alb,

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Sneak preview: Quick-Audit of Thayatal WILDForest & Thaya WILDRiver

08/06/201820/12/20183 years ago Nick Huisman 3068 Views 0 Comments Wilderness, WILDRiver 0 min read

Today and tomorrow, our Wilderness experts are performing a Quick-Audit in the Austrian National Park Thayatal. Thayatal shares its borders

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Wilderness Audit in Thayatal, Austria

11/05/201825/01/20193 years ago Vlado Vancura 1942 Views 0 Comments Austria, European Wilderness Network 0 min read

Thayatal National Park, Austria formally applied for the European Wilderness Society Quick-Audit. Therefore the management decided to identify the Wilderness

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Saving the last Wild River in Romanian Carpathians

25/04/201826/11/20193 years ago Iryna Shchoka 3074 Views 0 Comments Romania, WILDRiver 1 min read

Today European Wilderness Society had a meeting with Wilderness supporter from Romania, Calin Dejeu. They discussed further potential cooperation, particularly

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Help saving the Blue Heart of Europe

04/04/201807/11/20193 years ago Hanna Ollos 3673 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Quality Standard, Wilderness, WILDRiver 7 min read

The Balkans between Slovenia and Albania host some of the last wild rivers in Europe. About 80% of this region’s

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Support the Stop E40 campaign now

27/03/201802/04/20203 years ago Nick Huisman 3454 Views 1 Comment Romania, WILDRiver 2 min read

The E40 waterway would connect the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea over a length of more than 2 000

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Europe’s Blue Heart will stop beating soon

15/01/201831/01/20193 years ago Nick Huisman 3058 Views 4 Comments Romania, WILDRiver 1 min read

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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Illegal destruction of Romanian Jiu river continues

12/01/201814/12/20183 years ago Nick Huisman 3213 Views 4 Comments Romania, WILDRiver 1 min read

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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Why rivers should be wild, not dammed

29/11/201709/11/20203 years ago Nick Huisman 1925 Views 4 Comments Italy, Romania, WILDRiver 2 min read

We use rivers for many reasons, they provide us with water, food and a mode of transport. Over the last

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Belá, the last WILDRiver in the Tatra Mountains

18/11/201714/12/20183 years ago Vlado Vancura 3100 Views 2 Comments European Wilderness Network, WILDRiver 2 min read

This is a story of WILDRiver Belá: the last uncontrolled river in Slovakia. It is beginning of May. The roaring

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Romania destroys last free flowing river

13/09/201714/12/20183 years ago Nick Huisman 3401 Views 2 Comments Romania, WILDRiver 3 min read

The following has come to our attention, which we urgently want to share with our fellow Wilderness-minded audience. Romania is

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Last WILDRiver in Slovakia

08/09/201714/12/20183 years ago Vlado Vancura 2456 Views 1 Comment WILDRiver 1 min read

It is the beginning of May. The strong stream, fed by melted snow, changes the emerald water of the mountain

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Wild River Tagliamento in Northern Italy

16/08/201717/01/20194 years ago Vlado Vancura 6896 Views 2 Comments European Wilderness Network, Italy, WILDRiver 3 min read

The Tagliamento River in Northern Italy is considered one of the last morphologically intact rivers in the Alps. It stretches 178

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DANUBEparksCONNECTED: WILDIslands part of European Wilderness Network

27/02/201714/12/20184 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2614 Views 0 Comments Education and Training 1 min read

The Danube River is a green lifeline for biodiversity. While the Network of Danube Protected Areas preserves the most valuable

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The role of Austria in destruction of WILDRivers in the Balkans and Romania

29/04/201626/05/20205 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3392 Views 1 Comment Logging, Romania 3 min read

Austria is a country which is proudly marketing its nature as a tourism highlight. It is actively working towards the

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The Blue Heart of Europe may die from dammed arteries

09/10/201526/11/20195 years ago Karin Eckhard 2638 Views 0 Comments Video, WILDRiver 2 min read

At the European Wilderness Days, we heard a presentation from Ulrich Eichelmann, director of River Watch.  We learned that the

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The Valserine in France certified first wild river, more rivers to go

12/05/201512/12/20186 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2460 Views 2 Comments France 1 min read

Wild River in France In France, a new voluntary-based river certification system “Rivières sauvages” has officially labelled the Valserine as

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Small Hydro Power

17/04/201501/08/20196 years ago Vlado Vancura 1531 Views 1 Comment Video 0 min read

Interesting animation video why we should not consider more hydro power dam along our rivers.

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Wild Rivers in Europe

28/01/201506/11/20196 years ago Karin Eckhard 3122 Views 1 Comment European Wilderness Network, WILDRiver 1 min read

Wild rivers are kind of like Wilderness in Europe, they are in short supply. Wild rivers are the riparian equivalent

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