The Danube is a special river – for biodiversity, humans and for both of us. It connects our home countries Germany and Slovakia plus eight other countries, more than any other river in the world. It’s the biggest river in Europe outside of Russia and 80 million live in its basin spread out in over […]
Europe’s lifeline, the Danube Read More »
Thayatal National Park gives space to Wilderness and protects the Thaya valley at the Austrian-Czech border in cooperation with Podyji National Park.
Thayatal teaches us how to observe Read More »
Fueled by the climate crisis, many spruce stands in European forests have suffered from bark beetle outbreaks in the last years. Why does this happen and how should we react to it?
Why do we see clear forest patches all around us? Read More »
We met Britta Wahlers in 2019, when we were working for the European Wilderness Society. We organised a project called WILDArt, which aimed to take various artists into pristine nature, with the intention of finding inspiration in the nature surrounding them, and ultimately, create nature-inspired art. We spent a wonderful week as a group together
Art as a mirror for nature – an artist´s thoughts Read More »
Podyjí National Park is the smallest national park in the Czech Republic and forms a unit with the Thayatal National Park on the Lower Austrian side across the border, protecting unique habitats along a 40-km-long, deep, meandering valley carved by the Dyje river (Thaya in German). The Dyje river serves as a border river between
When the river connects and not divides Read More »
Šumava National Park celebrated its 30 year anniversary in 2021. In thirty years, society has changed a lot. Healthcare, education and forestry, and of course nature protection. Today, Šumava National Park has a strong focus on wilderness. Giving nature freedom, not interfering in its processes. An approach that is still somewhat debated in the nature
A journey with the bark beetle, and a door into wilderness in Šumava Read More »
A couple months back when we planned our route going through the Bavarian Forest National Park and crossing the border into Šumava National Park, we had no real knowledge about the complex history of Šumava. We had some sense of course – cycling the Eurovelo 13, also known as the Iron Curtain Trail, offered us
We started this project to visit amazing nature around Eurasia. The Danube floodplains, the Carpathians, the Turkish mountains, the Caucasus, the Central Asian Steppe, the rainforests of East Asia. Some of the most impressive natural areas in the world. But nature does not only exist there and biodiversity is also not only threatened there. Nature
Urban Nature – biodiversity in your backyard Read More »
We, humans have irreversibly altered the physical environment, and thus habitats of animals, plants, and other organisms that live on Earth. Conservationists look at all the individuals, populations and ecosystems that have been affected by habitat loss, exploitation, and/or environmental change, with the aim to make informed decisions that will ensure their survival into the
Wildlife Genetics – a conservation game changer Read More »