EuCoHN at the European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026

A small historical moment at the European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026: In early July, eight environmental historians (among them four members of our EuCoHN network, Astrid M. Eckert, George Holmes, Cormac Walsh and Monica Vasile) brought history into one of the Europe’s largest conservation science meetings, through the symposium Conservation Histories and Humanities: UnderstandingContinue reading “EuCoHN at the European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026”

Rewilding and Sorbian Heritage: EuCoHN Meets in Lusatia for the Third Time

Our network gathered for its third meeting on 20-23 May 2026. After having explored the urban nature of Munich in 2024 and the ever-changing environment of the Wadden Sea in 2025, this time we were headed to the cultural landscape of Lusatia, or Lausitz in German – or, indeed, Łužica in Sorbian. We were guestsContinue reading “Rewilding and Sorbian Heritage: EuCoHN Meets in Lusatia for the Third Time”

Bavarian Environmental Award for Laura Kuen

Photo credits: Katharina Kuhlmann und Charles Kenwright We are pleased to share that EuCoHN member Laura Kuen has received the 2025 Environmental Award of the Bavarian State Foundation (Umweltpreis der Bayerischen Landesstiftung). Laura is one of the curators of the Land.Schafft.Klang exhibition that focuses on the soundscapes of the Bavarian countryside and on the waysContinue reading “Bavarian Environmental Award for Laura Kuen”

New Research by EuCoHN Members

George Holmes has published an article in the journal Conservation Letters. Who Let the Frogs out? Illicit and Unregulated Species Translocations investigates the unregulated human-assisted movement of species and its ecological, social, and political implications. You can find the article in open access here. Monica Vasile has published an article about approaching wildlife and theContinue reading “New Research by EuCoHN Members”