Year: 2014

Wilderness and Forum2000

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Wilderness and Society appeared as a theme in the recent Forum2000 workshops in Prague Oct 14, 2104 https://www.forum2000.cz/en/projects/forum-2000-conferences/2014/panel-summaries-and-transcripts/wilderness-and-society/  

WRi at European Wilderness Society

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At the first gathering of the European  Wilderness Society  advocates from 22 countries met for three days in Mittersill Austria, to exchange best practice, scientific insights and new ideas on how to identify, designate, manage and promote European Wilderness. http://wilderness.academy/wilderness-days-2014/   Five years on from the European Parliament’s special resolution on wilderness and the Agenda for … Read more

Cross-party support for Scottish wild land map

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WRi research drives policy on Wildland in Scotland again. Debate in the Scottish Parliament on Tues 18th March has resulted in cross-party support for the Core Areas of Wild Land map produced by SNH using methods and approaches original developed by WRi for mapping wildness in Scotland’s national parks. This mapping will form the basis … Read more

New FCS report on Scotland’s native woodland

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Forestry Commission Scotland has just published a report on the state of Scotland’s native woodlands. It has found that only 4% of Scotland is covered in native woodland, with grazing by herbivores shown to be the biggest threat to them. Invasive non-native species such as rhododendron were also found to be important threats locally, with … Read more

WLi member wins Royal Geographical Society postgraduate award

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  Jonathan Carruthers-Jones has won the Royal Geographical Society’s (with IBG) Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG) prize. The prize is an annual postgraduate award for the best Masters dissertation in environmental planning, policy and governance. Jonathan completed his MSc at the Centre for Mountain Studies part of the University of the Highlands and Islands. … Read more