How much Wilderness is possible in Germany?
In 2007, the German government officially declared a 2% Wilderness goal until 2020. This made Germany a pioneer in the
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Forest recovery in Majella National Park
Spontaneous forest recovery in Majella National Park is just astonishing. One can observe it if you visit this area more
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Challenges to protect Slovak Paradise
The European Wilderness Society and Slovak Paradise National Park have a successful partnership for several years. Slovak paradise proved that
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Slovakian Wilderness under threat
Slovakia has a great potential to become an important partner in the quest to protect European Wilderness. There are some
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Challenge to protect European forests
European forests are under extreme pressure. We can read almost daily the stories that somewhere in Europe forests are dying, logged and disappearing. The initial event leading
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Majella Wilderness hosts ancient black pine
An extraordinary black pine of more than 900-year old is growing in Majella Wilderness, embedded in Majella National Park in
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Exploring the jungle of Mantaritsa WILDForest
Mantaritsa Strict Reserve was established in 1968 to showcase and protect an old, unmanaged forest ecosystem in the Western Rhodope
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Rangers murdered by Romanian logging mafia
Shocking news this week from CNN as an indigenous leader who protected rainforest was murdered in Brasil. However, similar horrifying
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How climate change impacts forests
During the Wilderness Academy Days, which took place in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lungau, there was a special session on
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New project: Multiperspective view on the biodiversity in forests
The European Wilderness Society has started a new project: ‘Multi-perspective view on fauna biodiversity in forests and forest edge areas’.
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New natural forests for Germany
In central Germany, within the province of Hesse, a new natural forest will start to develop. Within the designated size
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Safeguarding natural oases in Italy
The European Wilderness Society wants to share with our Wilderness advocates. This organisation launched a fundraising with the goal of
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Rewilding Forests in National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald
The German National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald lets its forests develop freely. The objective is to reach a natural tree species composition
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New Interreg project starting on UNESCO Beech Forests
We are thrilled to announce that the European Wilderness Society will be starting soon with a transnational and multi-year Interreg
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Hands off and eyes on
On February 12-15th 2019, the conference ‘Forests at Risk: Białowieża and Beyond’ was held. The goal is to create a
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Kuziy Tribushany WILDForest Brief
We are publishing a new Wilderness Brief about Kuziy-Trybushany WILDForest, Ukraine. This is a short report with information about the
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Romanian Făgăraș Old-growth forest is still threatened
The current speed of destruction of the Fagaras primary forest is truly alarming. Researchers from from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, in Prague conclude their several years of monitoring work with the statement that solutions are needed as fast as possible.
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Hainich WILDForest Brief
Today we are releasing a new Wilderness Brief about Hainich WILDForest, which is found in Germany. This woodland is composed
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Viterbo Declaration for beech forests
The Viterbo Declaration has been signed by 80 scientists and experts, aiming for the safeguarding of functional beech forest ecosystems across the world.
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Thayatal WILDForest and Thaya WILDRiver Brief
Today we are releasing two new Wilderness Briefs, for Thayatal WILDForest and Thaya WILDRiver. Both are Wilderness areas in Nationalpark
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