Wilderness Protection in Europe

Part I. Introduction: Wilderness in Europe: 1. Introduction: an international history of wilderness protection and central aim of this book Kees Bastmeijer; 2. Mapping wilderness in Europe Steve Carver; 3. Ecological values of wilderness in Europe Mark Fisher; 4. Sociological values of wilderness in Europe Nicole Bauer; 5. Economical values of wilderness in Europe Nele Lienhoop and Bernd Hansjuergens; Part II. The Role of International Treaties and European Union Law in Protecting Wilderness in Europe: 6. Wilderness protection in Europe and the relevance of the World Heritage Convention Simon Marsden; 7. Wilderness protection under the Bern Convention: the perspective of Europe's large carnivores Arie Trouwborst; 8. Natura 2000 and the protection of wilderness in Europe Kees Bastmeijer; 9. The Alpine Convention and wilderness protection Volker Mauerhofer, Ewald Galle and Marco Onida; 10. Wilderness protection under the Carpathian Convention Harald Egerer, Cai Lin Gwee, Eleonora Musco and Mathilde Koeck; Part III. The Role of National Law in Protecting Wilderness in Europe: 11. Wilderness protection in Austria Volker Mauerhofer; 12. Wilderness protection in the Czech Republic Zdenka Krenova and Jiri Zicha; 13. Wilderness protection in Estonia Richard Caddell; 14. Wilderness protection in Finland Kai T. Kokko and Markku Oksanen; 15. Wilderness protection in Hungary Sandor Fulop; 16. Wilderness protection in Iceland A?alhei?ur Johannsdottir; 17. Wilderness protection in Norway Ole Kristian Fauchald; 18. Wilderness protection in Poland Sergiusz Urban; 19. Wilderness protection in Russia Natalia Danilina, Antje Neumann and Kees Bastmeijer; 20. Wilderness protection in Spain Agustin Garcia-Ureta; 21. Wilderness protection in Sweden Filippo Valguarnera; 22. Wilderness protection in the United Kingdom Simon Boyle and Nicola Wheeler; Part IV. Conclusions: 23. Conclusions: the role of international, European and national law in protecting European wilderness: many options, good examples, but no guarantees Kees Bastmeijer.