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23/06/2010 The Great Outdoor Exhibition: Now Open in Prague!
June 23, 2010
The Wild Wonders of Europe Great Outdoor Exhibition launched in Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Right at the very heart of the European continent, the second Wild Wonders of Europe outdoor exhibition was yesterday launched in the Old town in the classical City of Prague. Right outside the beautiful Rudolfinum classic concert hall and right in front of the statue of the famous Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
Situated on the Jan Palach square, named after one of the fallen heroes from the protests against the Soviet invasion of 1968-1969.
Everything worked with clockwork precision.
Trumpeteers and foresters from the deep Czech forests, playing traditional waldhorn tunes performed, and were followed by the drumming ensemble "Jumping Drums" who delivered powerful Afro-Brasilian-European drumbeats.
And among the speakers were the Minister of Environment Rut
Bízková, the Director of Nature at the European Commission Ladislav Miko, by the Head of the State Environment Committee Václav Mencl, the Director of the Sumava National Park, František Krejčí and the Managing Director of Wild Wonders of Europe, Staffan Widstrand.
In the setting sun, the 200 invited guests mingled around the exhibition's 100 huge-format photos, trying food from all the EU countries, natural fruit juices pressed on the spot, salads, barbecued meat, Czech wine and beer and lots of desserts.
They were later followed by the maybe 500 passers-by who took the chance of a first visit to the exhibition, right at the riverside of the Vltava river.
The exhibition will be on display, free of charge, 24 hours a day from June 22 to August 22, 2010.
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19/05/2010 Now in 6 Languages - the Wild Wonders of Europe Flagship Book!
Check you local bookstore for the Wild Wonders of Europe Flagship Book
- 288 pages, more than 250 colour photographs, out now in four
languages: English, French, German and Norwegian! It will soon be
available in Dutch and Spanish - stay tuned and have a first look here.
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16/04/2010 Wide National Geographic Coverage of Wild Wonders of Europe!
Our partner National Geogrpahic is featuring several online galleries and the Magazine coverage: "Europe's Wild Wonders" on their various websites - including some of the fabulous work by Pete Oxford on the critically endangered Iberian Lynx. Don't miss some fantastic images!
13/04/2010 Liechtenstein - A Small Powerhouse for Plants in Our Galleries!
Edwin Giesbers set out to document the incredibly rich plant life of
Europe's fourth smallest country. See what he unearthed with his camera
on just 160sqkm - in our galleries!
11/04/2010 Ukraine, Slovenia and Belgium - 120+ New Pictures in Our Galleries
From Triglav National Park in Slovenia to the Crimea and Bagerova
Steppe in Urkraine and to the backyard of Brussels in Belgium - take a
journey through the natural heritage of three very different countries
in Europe - in our galleries!
06/04/2010 Mission no. 125 - The Vatican Gardens - Now in the Wild Blog!
Laurent Geslin had two mornings to cover "whatever nature-like he could
find" in the Vatican gardens - se some first samples of his short
mission in the wildBlog!
23/03/2010 The Grand Prize Winners' Trip Report - Part III - now in the wildBlog!
See what you can do in the Scottish Highlands in a couple of days - if you visit the right places and in good company! Check our wildBlog for almost tame wild boar, not so tame capercaillie and other cool wildlife from Cairngorms National Park!
13/03/2010 New Galleries from Scotland and Wales online!
Juan Carlos Munoz set out to photograph one of the biggest conservation
success stories in Wales: the return of the Red kite. And on his 2nd
mission he travelled to the Hebrides - see his pictures in our galleries!
01/03/2010 Slovakia - the Little Big Country, Revealing Some of its Natural Secrets!
Through the photographs of Bruno D'Amicis and Konrad Wothe. Enjoy our new galleries!
24/02/2010 Stunning Aerial Photographs from the Bay of Cadiz Now Online!
Photographer Diego Lopez hopped into a plane and took an aerial view of
the marshlands of the Bay of Cadiz Natural Park. Check our galleries - stunning!
18/02/2010 Did You See the Wild Wonders Galleries on Treehugger, yet?
New gallery of Wild Wonders images online on treehugger.com! Watch out for more thematic Wild Wonders galleries on that fab site!
08/02/2010 Andorra mountain wildlife in our galleries!
See Griffon vultures, rare salamanders and other wildlife and plants from the mountains of Andorra in our galleries now!
03/02/2010 A Boost to Our Galleries - 230+ New Images Online!
Check out Urban Foxes, Wild Russian Wolves, Wadden Sea Waders, Rogue Capercaillies and much more in NINE new galleries online!
29/01/2010 Six New Galleries Online!
Enjoy many new images from Italy, Hungary and the UK - visit our galleries!
27/01/2010 Gems from the Wild Wonders treasure boxin the blog!
Enjoy Claudia Müller & Sandra Bartocha's report and wonderful
images from their 2nd trip to Pollino National Park in South Italy in the blog!
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Great!!! I hope this project can move things on our politicians’ minds. Saludos.
