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29 April 2013
Posted by Carlota Pérez Ruiz on 30 April 2013 - After a winter that will be remembered as the wettest in Spain for the past 51 years - according to rainfall data recorded by the Spanish Meteorological Agency AEMET - spring has broken into Western Iberia. These heavy rains have managed to increase water reserves compared to the same dates last year.
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27 March 2013
Posted by Judith Jobse on 27 March 2013 - Traditionally, nature conservationists are not trained in business development and entrepreneurship. It is often assumed that nature conservation related professions are guided by ecological and sustainable principles which, therefore, define the educational design of nature conservation curricula. However, the uncertain financial contexts for nature conservation and persistent competing claims by diverse stakeholders concerned, require alternative professional competences to address current conservation challenges.
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14 March 2013
Posted by Deli Saavedra on 14 March 2013 – Since many years I am dedicated to the conservation of nature and for almost a year I work with passion as Rewilding Manager at Rewilding Europe. Last months, an experience in nature and a notice in the newspaper made me think through a rewilding perspective.
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9 January 2013
Posted by Ronald Goderie on 9 January 2013 – With the New Year just arrived, it is time to look back at 2012, a year in which the Tauros Programme certainly took a flight. Above all, a communications flight. We can just stare in wonder at the response from the international media on what we are doing.
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28 December 2012
Posted by Joep van de Vlasakker on 28 December 2012 – It is already pitch dark when I arrive in the small town of Midwolda, in the far North of the Netherlands. I call Dirk Brul, the manager of Ennemaborgh and ask him for the key to the barn, my hotel for the night. I will not sleep alone. The barn is inhabited by, very appropriately, a pair of barn owls.
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3 December 2012
Posted by Joep van de Vlasakker on 3 December 2012 – Sometimes I feel like a modern cowboy, or as someone once told me: a bison boy. This November, I ‘rounded-up’ two bison in Switzerland and transported them in my big trailer to Belgium; one of many small actions, but part of a much larger operation.
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27 November 2012
Posted by Wouter Helmer on 27 November 2012 – At the edge of Poland, close to the sources of the river San, a beautiful valley divides the forests on both sides of the border with Ukraine. An ancient lime tree in the meadows and a charming overgrown cemetery remind the visitor of bygone times, when this valley was intensively used by peasant families.
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22 November 2012
Posted by João Quadrado on 22 November 2012 – A few days ago I saw a wolf! This may not be big news, but let me explain.
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8 November 2012
Posted by Florian Möllers on 7 November 2012 – The Mitsubishi 4WD is helter-skeltering around some awful potholes as we are rushing downhill towards the village of Mehadia. “If you could make a wish, what would that be?” I ask Gogu as the frontlights flash at large beech and elm along the forest road.
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2 November 2012
Posted by Davor Krmpotić on 2 November 2012 – I like to climb Veliki Rajinac. Neither the prettiest nor the highest peak of Velebit, but it is special to me because only there, leaning back on the deep soft mountain carpet and viewing the entire Adriatic Sea, I can easily unload my worries like nowhere else.
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