Wild Europe Stichting
Budget
€70,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
€37,500
Mission & Goals
Wild Europe was formally launched in 2009 at an EC Presidency conference we organised in Prague. We became a Foundation in 2022, registered as a Stichting under Dutch law. Our objectives are the following 1) promote the protection, restoration, extension and linkage of large natural ecosystems in Europe, particularly forests and wetlands, according to principles of non-intervention, with management by natural process 2) develop & support initiatives for this work, in liaison with a broadly based trans-European network of organisations & individuals having similar objectives 3) support a range of models for non-intervention, to be protected in perpetuity 4) promote the multiple values of wilderness and wild areas in support of these objectives, with focus on environmental, economic and social benefits for local communities, landholders and society in general 5) encourage initiatives that seek to uphold Europe’s positive influence in protecting wilderness areas elsewhere in the world
EU Legislative Interests
EU Biodiversity Strategy, EU Forest Strategy, EU Restoration Law, Forest Monitoring Law, Renewable Energy Directive III: general inputs, including participation in the EC Working Group on Forests and Nature Common Agricultural Policy: proposals for resource reallocation, input of a socio-economic support programme and establishment of consolidated Ecological Focus Areas Environmental Impact Assessment directive The two Nature Directives (Habitats and Birds)
Communication Activities
1) We organised a series of events in relation to the above mentioned policies. Our first conference was organised during the Czech EU Presidency in Prague in 2009. Following this we had a conference in 2010 in Brussels which provided the framework to launching the Rewilding Europe initiative. Our most recent events included: Conferences in Brussels (2017) on old growth forest and Bratislava (2019) co-hosted by President Caputova on wilderness and old-growth forests (https://www.wildeurope.org/a-landmark-for-conservation/) 2) Online webinars - eg for the protection of intact, primary/old growth forests in cooperation with the IntAct network for strategy and preparing forest protection stance for CBD COP15 (https://www.wildeurope.org/international-conference-for-primary-old-growth-forest/). To promote closer coordination between forest bioenergy and fossil fuel campaigns 3) Inputs to consultations and strategy groups 4) Initiatives; to promote practical working definitions of wilderness and wild areas (2010-24); strategy for protection of old growth forest (2013, 2020); Practical Guidelines for Definition & Management of OGF (2020, 2022); Renewable Energy & Climate Change (2024); Shareholder Action (2025) 5) Participation in existing and potential large ecosystem conservation initiatives, directly or through associates: eg Fundatia Conservation Carpathia (Romania), Wolf Mountains (Eastern Europe), Blalowieza Forest (Poland), Hohe Tauern (Austria)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Bioenergy Action Network (BAN) Finance Group EC Forest & Forestry Stakeholder Platform (FFSP) EPN Bioenergy Network Fundatia Conservation Carpathia (FCC) Romania Forest Monitoring Law (FML) Network Forest Movement Europe (FME) Global Rewilding Alliance IUCN France Wilderness Working Group Reseau Coordination Libre Evolution (France) Restore Nature Network (NRL) The European Nature Trust (TENT) Wilderness Foundation (UK)
Organisation Members
Wild Europe Foundation operates as a networking organisation, coordinating with a number of NGOs and institutions to implement its program. A list of organisations is available on our website at https://www.wildeurope.org/about-us/wild-europe/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.