Standardised Wilderness quality in Europe
A standardised Wilderness quality is an important precondition to support the European Wilderness Network. It means that we use the same system to
Continue readingA standardised Wilderness quality is an important precondition to support the European Wilderness Network. It means that we use the same system to
Continue readingThe Balkans between Slovenia and Albania host some of the last wild rivers in Europe. About 80% of this region’s
Continue readingA paradox is a statement that seems logically incorrect or self-contradictory. This is also the situation in the case of
Continue readingIn some of Europe’s wildest regions, we often find arrangements of land use and land ownership in the hands of
Continue readingOn Tuesday 19th December 2017 the European Wilderness Society attended a workshop about developing a Wilderness Management Plan in the Hohe
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society performs Audits to assess the quality of potential Wilderness areas in Europe. We use the European
Continue readingOn the International conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary since the inscription of the UNESCO World Heritage Property «Primeval Beech
Continue readingA recent discussion with my colleagues revealed ongoing confusion between differences in European Wilderness and Rewilding. As a result we
Continue readingOn 7th June the two-week visit of Vlado Vancura and Iryna Shchoka was dedicated to the participation in the Seminar “Support
Continue readingToday European Wilderness Society Wilderness audit team visited its long-term partner – Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Besides visiting its ecological-educational center
Continue readingThe Gorgany Wilderness in the Ukraine contains rare primeval well protected forest with a relic tree species such as – Swiss
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System is a continuation of the previous work of the Wild Europe Initiative
Continue readingJuergen Gemperlein of the Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume (Agency for environment, agriculture and regional development) Schleswig-Holstein met today
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Quality Standard Audit System is a standardised system for evaluating the Quality of Wilderness, the management of
Continue readingThree new Wilderness Candidates in Ukraine were pre-assessed in 2016. A team of European Wilderness Society experts visited the potential Wilderness
Continue readingThe Kalkalpen European Wilderness was recently audited by the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System. The Kalkalpen European Wilderness Quality Audit
Continue readingThe Hohe Tauern Wilderness was recently audited by the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System. The comprehensive 182 page verification report
Continue readingThe European Wilderness Society audited according to the European Wilderness Quality Standard several new potential Wilderness areas in the Ukraine.
Continue readingAfter spending the morning crossing beech forests in several different stages of succession and forest management histories, we eventually made
Continue readingNormally we do a night Wilderness assessment for light pollution, early morning wildlife observation and noise disturbance, however in this
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