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Research Wildlife 

What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?

04/08/202030/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 692 Views 0 Comments Corona, Research, Wildlife 4 min read

The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second

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Wildlife 

What is the bison´s future in Europe?

23/07/202014/10/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 884 Views 2 Comments Europe, Wildlife 7 min read

European bisons or wisents (Bison bonasus) are some of the most iconic and largest herbivores that ever inhabitated Europe. In

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Sustainable Tourism Wildlife 

Have ski resorts reached their expiration date?

20/07/202020/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 810 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, ski resort, Sustainable development, Sustainable tourism, Wildlife 5 min read

Recently, we reported about the planned enlargement of two ski resorts in the Apennines. The project earned massive criticism because

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Livestock Wildlife 

Our bias about livestock farming

17/07/202016/12/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 773 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate change, Livestock protection 4 min read

The Covid-19 outbreak laid many problems of this world bare. On one hand, it showed how much humans pressure wildlife

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Wildlife 

€30 000 reward to find French bear killer

22/06/202019/06/20207 months ago Nick Huisman 1243 Views 1 Comment brown bear, France 2 min read

Last week, people in south-western France found a dead bear in the Pyrenees. The wild bear was killed illegally with

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Wildlife 

Wolf is welcome in The Netherlands

18/06/202017/06/20207 months ago Nick Huisman 2006 Views 3 Comments Wolf 2 min read

With 57%, the majority of Dutch people stand positive towards the return of the wolf. It is one of the

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves

15/06/202012/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 1589 Views 4 Comments cull, Policy and Legislation, Wolf 3 min read

NOAH, an animal rights organisation from Norway, has informed us that the Norwegian parliament has passed legislation, which allows lethal

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Wildlife 

EU Court of Justice: protect wolves outside their natural habitat

12/06/202012/06/20207 months ago Nick Huisman 1515 Views 0 Comments Policy and Legislation, Wildlife 3 min read

What happens when a strictly protected animal leaves its natural habitat and strays into human settlement? It is a question

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Research Wildlife 

Re-live our webinar on endemic bats of Nepal

11/06/202011/06/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 841 Views 0 Comments Corona, Wildlife 3 min read

Bats are a fascinating group of animals, but they got a lot of bad publicity in the the context of

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Wildlife 

We’re losing exceptional reptile evolutionary diversity

02/06/202028/05/20208 months ago Ziva Alif 911 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity 2 min read

While each species has its own intrinsic value and is thus worth conserving, it is hard, if not impossible, to

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Wildlife 

First bear spotted in Spanish National Park after 150 years

26/05/202004/06/20208 months ago Nick Huisman 1366 Views 1 Comment brown bear 1 min read

A camera crew shot footage of a young brown bear in the northern region of Spain. It is the first

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Moose as a part of European Wilderness!
Wildlife 

Can the moose reclaim Central Europe?

11/05/202014/10/20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1819 Views 3 Comments Europe, Wildlife 3 min read

The history of the moose (Alces alces) in Europe is a moved one. The moose is distributed all over the

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European Wilderness Society Wildlife 

India creates three new marine reserves, one specifically for sea cucumbers

08/05/202008/05/20209 months ago Hanna Ollos 1234 Views 0 Comments marine, Marine protected area, Wildlife 2 min read

The administration of union territory of Lakshadweep, India has recently announced the designation of three new protected areas. The first

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Survey: Will the Corona pandemic change nature conservation?

05/05/202013/05/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1054 Views 0 Comments climate emergency, conservation, Corona 0 min read

On 12th May 2020, we had an expert panel discussion about the impact of the Corona Pandemic on nature conservation

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Wildlife 

Wolves thrive in Belgium

04/05/202002/05/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1471 Views 0 Comments Wolf 1 min read

In 2018, the first wolf in 100 years made its way into Belgium. This female wolf, named Naya, originated from

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

A matter of perspective

30/04/202030/04/20209 months ago Anni Henning 1066 Views 0 Comments Corona 5 min read

It has been eight weeks since the corona crisis has really hit Europe. On 9th March, Italy entered a national

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

New laws in Germany and Switzerland compromise wildlife protection

28/04/202029/04/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1327 Views 0 Comments Germany, Policy and Legislation, Wolf 4 min read

Within the last 20 years, wolves returned to Germany from Poland after total extinction. Now, there are hundreds of wolves

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Wolves and other Austrian wildlife under pressure

27/04/202005/07/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1371 Views 0 Comments Austria, Bear, Hohe Tauern, Policy and Legislation, Wildlife, Wolf 4 min read

Since 7th January, Austria is ruled by a coalition of the conservative ÖVP and the Green party. The Green party

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Will burning forests be the new normal?

23/04/202029/04/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1074 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 4 min read

The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment

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Wildlife 

Wider consequences of Corona crisis – more nature overexploitation?

20/04/202016/04/20209 months ago Ziva Alif 1033 Views 1 Comment conservation, Corona, Wildlife 3 min read

The foremost reason for the current biodiversity crisis is the overexploitation of natural resources by humans. This has already pushed

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