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27may09:0009:45Welcome and KeynotePfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

27may09:4511:00Session 1 - Wilderness in US and EuropePfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

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55 years Wilderness Act in the United States: Differences and commonalities in the approach to Wilderness between Europe and US
10 years European Wilderness Resolution: What has happened in the last 10 years?
5 years European Wilderness Network: From an idea to a network with more than 40 Wilderness areas!

Time

(Monday) 09:45 - 11:00

Location

Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Garry Oye

Garry Oye

Garry Oye is a former Chief of Wilderness for the US National Parks Service, who leads assignments for the National Park Service and the US Forestry Service, amounting in 35 years of experience in protected area management. In national parks alone, this included 44 million acres spread across 60 Wilderness areas in 49 parks. With his wealth of knowledge, Garry has travelled the world to impart his experience in Wilderness Stewardships concepts.
John Hausdoerffer

John Hausdoerffer

John Hausdoerffer is the founding Dean of the School of Environment & Sustainability and Director of the Master in Environmental Management program at Western Colorado University. One of his focus topics is peace between humanity and wilderness, which begins with spiritual connection. His successful books "Catlin's Lament" and "Wildness" delve into these fundamentals. Further, John has co-founded numerous institutes to unite environmental work to help in conservation and find shared solutions. These include the Coldharbour Institute, Resilience Studies Consortium, Mountain Resilience Coalition and Sisters City International.
URL https://go.western.edu/
Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura has been working for the benefit of European Wilderenss already for several decades. Currently he is fully involved in the building of the European Wilderness Network. The purpose of this network is to designated and steward the European Wilderness. He is responsible for the implementation of the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System to guarantee the quality of Wilderness throughout Europe. This challenging work is done with the help of the extensive network of the partners and supporters and mainly committed Wilderness stewards all over Europe.
URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/vlado-vancura/

Schedule

Day 1

27th May 2019
09:45 Evolution of Wilderness policy, regulation and law – How it all came to be in the US09:45 - 10:15Wilderness in the US has a specific history, definition and experience with implementation. Legislative framework is result of long and demanding process. Gary Oye will share experience with Wilderness interpretation across the 4 national services (US Forest Service, US National Parks, US Bureau and Land Management and US Fishery and Wildlife) and provide an overview of the history of Wilderness in the US.Speakers: Garry Oye
10:15 European Wilderness Standard 10:15 - 10:30Starting in 1999 the Wilderness Movement gained traction in Europe. In 2009 a process was initiated to define Wilderness in the European cultural context. In 2012 a common agreement on Wilderness Definition. European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System as a tool to implement Wilderness in Europe.Speakers: Vlado Vancura
10:30 What can the US and Europe learn from each other10:30 - 11:00John Hausdoerffer from Western Colorado University will look into the future of wildness as US becomes more of a culturally diverse and urban society, with some comment on what we can learn from EuropeSpeakers: John Hausdoerffer

27may11:0011:15Coffee break

27may11:1513:00Session 2 - Wilderness Outreach and Cooperation

Time

(Monday) 11:15 - 13:00

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Angelika Stückler

Angelika Stückler

Angelika Stückler has been working in Kalkalpen National Park since 1995 in various fields, such as education and visitor services, national park ranger education and training, exhibition development as well as research publications. Being a biologist, ranger and leader of the Wilderness educational training programs she actively shares her passion of the Kalkalpen rewilded forest with visitors, with a special focus on youth groups. Since some parts of the forest in Kalkalpen National Park were utilised by forestry for more than 500 years, the currently implemented non-intervention management provides a unique visitor experience.
Gudrun Bruckner

Gudrun Bruckner
Hanna Öllös

Hanna Öllös

Hanna Öllös is a Slovakian biologist, graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. Coming from an academic background in zoology and behavioural ecology, she joined the European Wilderness Society in early 2019. Her work is focused on Interreg projects, predominantly on the Interreg Central Europe project Centralparks, for which she is the main contact point. She is also supporting other European Wilderness Society projects such as Livestock Protection and communication work.
Judith Kapeller

Judith Kapeller
Martin Hartmann

Martin Hartmann

Martin Hartmann is head of the department for nature and environmental education, head of the Fotoschule Gesäuse and president of the VTNÖ (Association for Animal and Nature Photography Austria). As a national park ranger, the forestry scientist and protected area manager has been able to experience the development of a protected area up close and personal since 1996 in the Donau Auen National Park. Since 2003, he is now responsible for all educational activities in the Gesäuse National Park and, in addition, head of the Working Group on Education of National Parks Austria. His work in Admont is surrounded by the impressive Gesäuse mountains, and his passion for nature photography has taken him on numerous trips to the most beautiful nature reserves in the world.
Max A E Rossberg

Max A E Rossberg

URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/max-e-rossberg/
Nick Huisman

Nick Huisman

Nick Huisman has been working for the European Wilderness Society since June 2017. He is a graduate biologist from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and much of his work is focused on project development and implementation. Starting April 2019, he is the main point of contact for European Wilderness Society in the new Interreg Central Europe project: BEECH POWER. Besides project work, he assists the European Wilderness Society team in many other activities, including Wilderness audits and communication work.
Nina Moser

Nina Moser

Schedule

Day 1

27th May 2019
11:15 The Value and Challenges of Kalkalpen Wilderness11:15 - 11:45Main parts of the forests in Kalkalpen National Park have been utilized by forestry for more than 500 years. In the past wood was the primary source of energy for a flourishing iron industry in the region. However, the Reichraminger Hintergebirge and the Sengsengebirge were difficult to get into because of inaccessible gorges, steep slopes and rock faces. Therefore natural, wild forests and remnants of primeval forest could survive with outstanding biodiversity. For more than 20 years wilderness has returned to Kalkalpen NP and visitors can experience and feel the wild.Speakers: Angelika Stückler
11:45 The meaning of Wilderness in Gesäuse National Park11:45 - 12:15Martin Hartmann, head of the department for nature and environmental education, is responsible for for all educational activities in the Gesäuse National Park, Austria. His presentation will touch on what Wilderness means in a national park, and how to incorporate Wilderness into education and outreach programmes.Speakers: Martin Hartmann
12:15 Generation Earth - Young.Empowered.Active.12:15 - 12:30Generation Earth is the youth network of WWF Austria. This network of young people empowers “active citizens” and takes action for the planet, society, and the wellbeing of others. Generation Earth provides a platform for youth and young adults to get active for the environment, to try out new things and to connect with other like-minded people.Speakers: Gudrun Bruckner, Judith Kapeller, Nina Moser
12:30 Introduction to Interreg Centralparks and BEECH POWER projects12:30 - 12:45Hanna Öllös and Nick Huisman will provide a comprehensive introduction of two Interreg projects, which the European Wilderness Society is participating in: Centralparks, and BEECH POWER. Centralparks focuses on working with local communities in the Carpathian countries to improve management in protected areas. Meanwhile BEECH POWER focuses on improving the management quality of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”, and developing a quality standard for European Beech Forests.Speakers: Hanna Öllös, Nick Huisman
12:45 Successful Wilderness Outreach - Best-practice examples of European Wilderness Society12:45 - 13:00Max Rossberg will touch on some of the successful outreach programmes of the European Wilderness Society, including the organisation's engagement with arts, youth education, university programmes and rangers.Speakers: Max A E Rossberg

27may13:1014:00LunchKünstlereiWilderness:Social

27may14:0015:30Session 3 - Wilderness StewardshipPfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

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Wilderness Stewardship is different than the traditional Wilderness Management. This session will showcase different international approaches to Wilderness Stewardship and the associated threats and opportunities.

Time

(Monday) 14:00 - 15:30

Location

Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Garry Oye

Garry Oye

Garry Oye is a former Chief of Wilderness for the US National Parks Service, who leads assignments for the National Park Service and the US Forestry Service, amounting in 35 years of experience in protected area management. In national parks alone, this included 44 million acres spread across 60 Wilderness areas in 49 parks. With his wealth of knowledge, Garry has travelled the world to impart his experience in Wilderness Stewardships concepts.
Giuseppe Marcantonio

Giuseppe Marcantonio

Giuseppe Marcantonio has been working for the protection of Majella National Park and particularly for the extremely rare Majella Wilderness for several decades. At the beginning of his career he conducted extensive research on the biodiversity of the Majella National Park area. Thanks to his systematic work and passion, he became a leading person to protect Majella Wilderness already in 2004, when the area became a member of the PAN Parks network. More that 15 years of experience with the Majella Wilderness stewardship made him one of the most pragmatic Wilderness activists in central Italy.
Roman Kuzminskyy

Roman Kuzminskyy

Roman Kuzminskyy is a deputy director - chief naturalist of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. He works at Reserve almost 30 years. For long period Mr. Kuzminskyy worked as a ranger. For a long time he was a head of Chornohora division, which has a strategic significance for the CBR. There Mr.Kuzminskyy established himself as a high level professional. Now he is responsible for preserving the most valuable natural complexes and objects on the territory of CBR, in particular, primeval forests and sites of the UNESCO World Heritage. In addition to the ongoing ranger activities, since 1990 Roman Kuzminskyy actively participated in the three stages of CBR enlargement.
Vasyl Pokynchereda

Vasyl Pokynchereda

Vasyl Pokynchereda is the Head of the Department for Scientific Research and International Cooperation in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine. During his almost 35 years of experience in nature protection, he made a significant contribution to the establishment and development of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve as a protected area, as well as in the enlargement of its territory. He took active part in the preparation of the Ukrainian-Slovak nomination "Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians", which was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2007. Furthermore, he was the national coordinator of the extension process of this Heritage Site in Ukraine, which resulted in creation of a transnational Heritage Site "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe".

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Day 1

27th May 2019
14:00 A successful Wilderness Stewardship program – experiences from the US14:00 - 14:30Garry Oye will share his experiences with Wilderness stewardship in the US Wilderness over the course of his career, from a ranger over 40 years ago to Chief of Wilderness for the US National Parks. Speakers: Garry Oye
14:30 Development of a new Wilderness-focused management plan in Ukraine14:30 - 15:00Vasyl Pokynchereda and Roman Kuzminskyy will together present Wilderness Stewardship experiences from Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, which hosts the most attractive Wilderness in Ukraine. Vasyl Pokynchereda will share the development of the new 10-year management plan which has a focus on Wilderness. This session will showcase also the potential for enlargement of Wilderness, whilst simultaneously managing the growing impact of livestock grazing, tourism and timber industry in the surroundings. Speakers: Roman Kuzminskyy, Vasyl Pokynchereda
15:00 Majella National Park: Wilderness in the heart of the Mediterranean15:00 - 15:30Giuseppe Marcantonio will introduce Majella National Park - it's location, zoning system and outstanding natural values. He will discuss the Wilderness journey of Majella, including PANParks, current Wilderness certification and the future of Majella Wilderness. Speakers: Giuseppe Marcantonio

27may15:3016:30Session 4 - History of Wilderness in EuropePfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

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This session will showcase two of the oldest and largest Wilderness from Georgia and Lithuania in a historic context. This session will present the context which was the basis of the development of the European Wilderness Quality Standard.

Time

(Monday) 15:30 - 16:30

Location

Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Mindaugas Lalepé

Mindaugas Lalepé

Mindaugas Lapelė is Head of Nature Division at Dzūkija National Park and Čepkeliai State Nature Reserve Administration, Lithuania. He has spent a significant part of his life with the protection of the largest contiguous area of wilderness in Lithuania - Čepkeliai Wilderness. He witnessed the several decade-long spontaneous rewilding process in Čepkeliai Wilderness that resulted in the increasing percentage of dead wood in the forests, as well as dynamic changes in the water level due to the presence of beavers and the gradual overgrowth of formerly open wetland areas.
Yaroslav Petrashchuk

Yaroslav Petrashchuk

Yaroslav Yaroslav is an ecologist, being engaged in environmental control regarding the use and protection of land, subsoil, waste management and hazardous chemicals for more than ten years. He took an active part in the transportation of the banned agricultural chemical hexachlorobenzene from the territory of Ukraine. Since October 2017, he is the head of the Gorgany Nature Reserve. Yaroslav puts great efforts on significantly decreasing illegal human activity in the territory of the Reserve.

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27th May 2019
15:30 History of Wilderness in Gorgany Ukraine15:30 - 16:00The Gorgany Nature Reserve represents a natural reference model of a site not disturbed by human intervention, in the central part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Yaroslav Petrashchuk will share his experience with several decades of Gorgany Wilderness conservation, with a focus on zoning, borders marking, mapping, policy to deal with natural disturbances, man made disturbances and also the impact of logging in the surrounding areas. Speakers: Yaroslav Petrashchuk
16:00 Čepkeliai - the largest Wilderness of Lithuania16:00 - 16:30Mindaugas Lalepé will share experience with history, quality and current challenges to protect Čepkeliai Wilderness, Lithuania. Speakers: Mindaugas Lalepé

27may16:3017:00Coffee breakKünstlereiWilderness:Social

27may17:0018:00Session 5 - Wilderness in Europe under pressurePfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

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Wilderness is currently under extreme pressure by many different stakeholders. This session will showcase the increasing impact that tourism, the timber industry and livestock grazing has on the Wilderness quality in Europe.

Time

(Monday) 17:00 - 18:00

Location

Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Neşe Ersöz

Neşe Ersöz

Neşe Ersöz has been working at the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks in Ankara, Turkey since many years. She was involved in the 2011 identification process of the very first internationally recognised Wilderness in Turkey in National Park Kure Mountains. One year later this protected area was added to the PAN Parks network., followed by becoming part of the newly developed European Wilderness Network in the following years. This process was strongly encouraged and supported by Neşe Ersöz.
Ondrej Kameniar

Ondrej Kameniar

Ondrej Kameniar is a researcher working in the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. He is also a member of the research group REMOTE (REsearch on MOuntain TEmperate) Primary Forests. This group is providing scientific insights into mountain temperate primary forest dynamics while establishing long-term international scientific and research collaboration. Ondrej has extensive experience in the documentation of the destruction of primary forests in the Carpathians and the complexity of mountain temperate primary forest dynamics.

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Day 1

27th May 2019
17:00 Destruction of the primary forests in the Carpathian Mountains17:00 - 17:30Ondrej Kameniar will share his experiences and scientific insights into primary forest dynamics. His research, which is part of the large scientific cooperation "REMOTE primary forests”, shows that natural disturbances are crucial to forest ecosystems and their biodiversity. However, suppressing the natural dynamics with salvage logging is rapidly damaging this precious Wilderness throughout the Carpathians. Well protected Wilderness and WILDForest (very rare in Europe) are extremely important for their ecosystem functions and also act as a source of baseline information for forest management.Speakers: Ondrej Kameniar
17:30 Challenges of management in Kure Wilderness17:30 - 18:00Neşe Ersöz will share experience with Kure Wilderness management and pressure and threats in Kure Wilderness, Turkey.Speakers: Neşe Ersöz

27may19:0021:45European Wilderness Anniversary Gala DinnerWilderness:Social

28may09:0010:30Combining Wilderness and Art - the WILDArt ExhibitionTamsweg Town Hall

28may10:3016:00Program Option 1: Special Seminar - Multi-Perspective View on the Biodiversity of the Fauna in Forest and Forest Edge AreasA project funded by the BMNT AustriaPfarrsaalWilderness:Workshop

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This whole-day event focuses on the current project – ‘Multi-Perspective View on Biodiversity of the Fauna in Forest and Forest Edge Areas’.

There will be six presentations on the whole spectrum of biodiversity in European forests, from international foresters, biologists and project partners. Topics will include the effects of climate change on US and European forests, and current forest management practices in Europe. There will also be discussions into the effects of large herbivores and carnivores in forestry, such as the interactions between wolves and wild boar in forests. These presentations will provide some insight into the field excursions planned to forests in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Slovakia.

This event is sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, and will be in German with some English translation.

Time

(Tuesday) 10:30 - 16:00

Location

Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Giuseppe Marcantonio

Giuseppe Marcantonio

Giuseppe Marcantonio has been working for the protection of Majella National Park and particularly for the extremely rare Majella Wilderness for several decades. At the beginning of his career he conducted extensive research on the biodiversity of the Majella National Park area. Thanks to his systematic work and passion, he became a leading person to protect Majella Wilderness already in 2004, when the area became a member of the PAN Parks network. More that 15 years of experience with the Majella Wilderness stewardship made him one of the most pragmatic Wilderness activists in central Italy.
John Hausdoerffer

John Hausdoerffer

John Hausdoerffer is the founding Dean of the School of Environment & Sustainability and Director of the Master in Environmental Management program at Western Colorado University. One of his focus topics is peace between humanity and wilderness, which begins with spiritual connection. His successful books "Catlin's Lament" and "Wildness" delve into these fundamentals. Further, John has co-founded numerous institutes to unite environmental work to help in conservation and find shared solutions. These include the Coldharbour Institute, Resilience Studies Consortium, Mountain Resilience Coalition and Sisters City International.
URL https://go.western.edu/
Max A E Rossberg

Max A E Rossberg

URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/max-e-rossberg/
Pierre Ibisch

Pierre Ibisch

Pierre Ibisch has a long history in conservation, biodiversity and global environmental change including resource management. His role was instrumental in the designation of the UNESCO World Heritage site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe”. Pierre also founded the Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management at University of Sustainability at Eberswalde and has been actively involved in the publication of over 350 research papers.
URL centre of econics and development eberswalde
Vlado Trulik

Vlado Trulik

Vlado Trulik has first-hand knowledge with monitoring and experiencing Wilderness in Slovakia and its link to nature tourism. He provides nature trips in the most beautiful corners of Northern Slovakia. Through having thorough knowledge in botany, ornithology, mycology, large carnivores and many more both in German and Slovakian, participants can enjoy tours that focus on mitigating human harm on nature. Through their participation he managed to conduct extensive wildlife monitoring and research to provide an insight into the mysterious life of wild animals.
Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura has been working for the benefit of European Wilderenss already for several decades. Currently he is fully involved in the building of the European Wilderness Network. The purpose of this network is to designated and steward the European Wilderness. He is responsible for the implementation of the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System to guarantee the quality of Wilderness throughout Europe. This challenging work is done with the help of the extensive network of the partners and supporters and mainly committed Wilderness stewards all over Europe.
URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/vlado-vancura/

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Day 1

28th May 2019
10:30 Welcome speech10:30 - 11:00Introduction of the project and project partnersSpeakers: Max A E Rossberg
11:00 Forest Restructuring in times of climate change11:00 - 11:30Forest restructuring in times of climate change - first results of the project "Transparent Forest" of the University for Sustainable Development, EberswaldeSpeakers: Pierre Ibisch
11:30 The link between wolves and swine fever in forests11:30 - 12:00The effect of the wolf population on the control of swine fever in wild boars in the forests of SlovakiaSpeakers: Vlado Trulik
12:00 Migrating tree species and tree lines as the effect of climate change12:00 - 12:30Climate change has a massive impact on tree species and causing an upward shift in the tree line.in the Majella National Park in southern Italy Speakers: Giuseppe Marcantonio
12:30 Lunch12:30 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 The impact of grazing on forest edges14:00 - 14:30The impact of grazing on forest edges in the High Tatras, SlovakiaSpeakers: Vlado Vancura
14:30 The impact of climate change on coniferous forests14:30 - 15:00Currently, USA is undergoing a massive loss of coniferous forests due to climate change. What does that mean for Europe?Speakers: John Hausdoerffer
15.00 The role of large carnivores in forest regeneration15.00 - 15:30The effects of large carnivores on forest regeneration in Graubünden, SwitzerlandSpeakers: Max A E Rossberg
15:30 Panel discussion15:30 - 16:30Panel discussion and elaboration on the international excursions to Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia and Germany

28may10:4016:00Program Option 2: Excursion into the Ramsar Wetland of Biosphere Reserve LungauWilderness:Excursion

28may18:0019:00Dinner with regional specialtiesKünstlereiWilderness:Social

28may19:0022:30Wilderness Film FestivalKünstlereiWilderness:Social

29may09:0011:00Session 6 - Managing Visitors in WildernessPfarrsaalWilderness:Workshop

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One of the main threats to most Wilderness is the increasing pressure through tourism. This session looks at the different challenges caused by this. The European Wilderness Society is strongly behind the ethos ‘take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints’, as a way to fully experience Wilderness and nature without having a negative impact on the land.

Time

(Wednesday) 09:00 - 11:00

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Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Olena Slobodian

Olena Slobodian

Olena Slobodian is the Head of zoological laboratory of the Carpathian National Nature Park in Ukraine. Since 2008, she has been closely involved in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development with a particular focus on conducting faunal researches, developing research methods, as well as the management and planning processes in protected areas. She was one of the experts taking part in the preparatory phase of the inclusion of the primeval beech forests of Gorgany Nature Reserve to the UNESCO Natural Heritage “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”, as an extension to the existing Natural World Heritage Site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany”.
Ondrej Vitek

Ondrej Vitek

Ondřej Vítek is a landscape ecologist, working in the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic. He has extensive experience with the visitor monitoring in Czech Protected Landscape Areas, with publications on the impacts of road and walking trails upon adjacent vegetation, the assessment of online tourism data regarding activities related to geographic location as well as the monitoring of recreational activities in Protected Areas using online sharing services.
Pavel Bečka

Pavel Bečka

Pavel Bečka is the coordinator of the German-Czech cooperation of Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks, studied economics in Prague, CZ and biology in Oldenburg, D, has been working in the Šumava National Park since 2008 and since 2015 also in the Bavarian Forest National Park.
Vlado Trulik

Vlado Trulik

Vlado Trulik has first-hand knowledge with monitoring and experiencing Wilderness in Slovakia and its link to nature tourism. He provides nature trips in the most beautiful corners of Northern Slovakia. Through having thorough knowledge in botany, ornithology, mycology, large carnivores and many more both in German and Slovakian, participants can enjoy tours that focus on mitigating human harm on nature. Through their participation he managed to conduct extensive wildlife monitoring and research to provide an insight into the mysterious life of wild animals.

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Day 1

29th May 2019
9:00 Visitor management at the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic9:00 - 9:30Ondrej Vitek will share his experience with the visitor management at the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, including visitor centres, guided tours, volunteer rangers and specific policies.Speakers: Ondrej Vitek
9:30 Visitor Management in Carpathian National Nature Park Ukraine9:30 - 10:00Olena Slobodian will share her experiences with wilderness management and visitor management in Carpathian National Nature Park, Ukraine, drawing on examples from Hoverla Wilderness, and the rich historical and cultural heritage that visitors to the National Nature Park experience.Speakers: Olena Slobodian
10:00 Experiencing Wilderness in Slovakia10:00 - 10:30Vlado Trulik will share his first-hand knowledge with monitoring and experiencing Wilderness in Slovakia and its link to nature tourism. He provides nature trips in the most beautiful corners of Northern Slovakia. Through having thorough knowledge in botany, ornithology, mycology, large carnivores and many more both in German and Slovakian, participants can enjoy tours that focus on mitigating human harm on nature. Through their participation he managed to conduct extensive wildlife monitoring and research to provide an insight into the mysterious life of wild animals.Speakers: Vlado Trulik
10:30 History of Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks10:30 - 11:00Pavel Bečka will talk about the history of Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks, development of natural areas without forest management and the transformation of forests used in the past into new wild forests in these two parks.Speakers: Pavel Bečka

29may11:0011:30Coffee breakKünstlereiWilderness:Social

29may11:3013:00Session 7 - Wilderness and WildlifePfarrsaalWilderness:Presentation

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Wildlife is increasing depending on undisturbed Wilderness as a retreat. This session will focus on large carnivores, connectivity and iconic species.

Time

(Wednesday) 11:30 - 13:00

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Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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David Freudl

David Freudl

David Freudl in working in the Thayatal National Park. His work includes interaction with the local stakeholders as well as the conduction of scientific research and monitoring activities. Apart from focusing on cross-border cooperation with partners at the Czech side of the Thaya River, he also played a crucial role during an International Wilderness Audit in this protected area in 2018. His extensive field and practical experience on the subject of wilderness stewardship in Thayatal Wilderness and Thaya WILDRiver greatly supported the audit work. Moreover, his knowledge on man-made disturbances in proposed Wilderness provided important input to the work of The Wilderness Audit Process.
URL https://www.np-thayatal.at/en/pages/default.aspx
Gabriella Nagy

Gabriella Nagy
Joanna Tusznio

Joanna Tusznio

Joanna Tusznio is a sociologist conducting projects on the functioning of nature conservation programmes, with a focus on dynamics between various socio-ecological problems in today's world. Teaching at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the Jagiellonian University, Poland, Joanna holds lectures about ecological education, environmental policy and environmental protection. Furthermore, she puts great effort in analysing relationships between the environment, society and the economy.
Zdenek Mačát

Zdenek Mačát

Zdeněk Mačát, is working at Podyjí National Park, Czech Republic as a zoologist and expert for research and NATURA 2000 areas. Finishing his Ph.D. studies, he focuses on amphibians and reptiles, especially on crested newts and their hybrid zone, ecology and biology in the Czech Republic. Since the beginning of partnership between European Wilderness Society and Podyjí National Park, he has been involved in the International Wilderness Audit process and thus contributed significantly to Podyjí Wilderness becoming a member of the European Wilderness Network.

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Day 1

29th May 2019
11:30 Monitoring large carnivores in the Carpathian countries along grey infrastructure11:30 - 12:00First outputs of ConnectGREEN projectSpeakers: Gabriella Nagy
12:00 Experiences in Thayatal National Park and the Wildcat, David Freudl12:00 - 12:30David Freudl and Zdenek Macat will share their experiences with Wilderness management in Thayatal National Park (Austria) and Podyji National Park (Czech Republic), with a focus on wildcat conservation, and man-made disturbances such as existing roads, size, tourism pressure, fragmentation, zoning, and villages. They will also discuss Transboundary Wilderness Cooperation.Speakers: David Freudl, Zdenek Mačát
12:30 The Role of European Bison to local communities in Poland12:30 - 13:00The history of European bison (Bison bonasus) – the largest terrestrial European mammal – is one of the most amazing and successful stories of saving a species that was literally facing the extinction. Currently, about a quarter of the world’s bison population live in Poland, mainly in free ranging herds in five different regions of the country. Joanna Tusznio will discuss the importance of understanding stakeholder perceptions, and favoured characteristics of 'wild' bison.Speakers: Joanna Tusznio

29may13:0014:00LunchKünstlereiWilderness:Social

29may14:0015:00Certificate Ceremony and Group photoWilderness:Presentation

29may15:0016:00Session 8 - European Wilderness Network WorkshopPfarrsaalWilderness:Workshop

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With more than 40 areas being part of the European Wilderness Network, we will in this workshop look at some of the interesting challenges and opportunities these Wilderness areas face and how they address them.

We will also introduce the new European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System 2.0.

We will also explore the possibilities of future project coordination, marketing and communication opportunities, and knowledge exchange programmes.

Time

(Wednesday) 15:00 - 16:00

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Pfarrsaal

Dechantsbühel 4

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Max A E Rossberg

Max A E Rossberg

URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/max-e-rossberg/
Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura

Vlado Vancura has been working for the benefit of European Wilderenss already for several decades. Currently he is fully involved in the building of the European Wilderness Network. The purpose of this network is to designated and steward the European Wilderness. He is responsible for the implementation of the European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System to guarantee the quality of Wilderness throughout Europe. This challenging work is done with the help of the extensive network of the partners and supporters and mainly committed Wilderness stewards all over Europe.
URL https://wilderness-society.org/the-european-wilderness-society/the-european-wilderness-society-team/vlado-vancura/

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29th May 2019
15.00 The European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System15.00 - 16:00The European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System provides a common European Wilderness certification standard for existing and potential Wild Areas and Wilderness and follows the commonly accepted “Definition for European Wilderness and Wild Areas” developed by the Wild Europe Initiative (Wild Europe, 2013 ). The European Wilderness Quality Standard and Audit System is a habitat independent, solution oriented, European-wide basis for the identification and audit of European Wilderness. Speakers: Max A E Rossberg, Vlado Vancura

29may16:0016:30Coffee breakKünstlereiWilderness:Social

29may16:3018:00Session 9 - Summary Workshop and Farewell Pep-talkPfarrsaalWilderness:Workshop

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