Do we even need wilderness? A moderated discussion about forests where humans do NOTHING, and Nature does everything. Forests where bears, wolves, lynxes, eagles, salamanders—and even people—live. What can we do to ensure a healthy life in a thriving, balanced landscape?

As part of this section, there will be a screening of the Czech Television documentary Slovak Predators in the Crosshairs (2025).

Moderator: Pavel Vondráček, INFO

Discussion guests:

Mgr. Miroslav Kutal, Ph.D. – Institute of Forest Ecology, Mendel University in Brno, and expert consultant for Hnutí DUHA Šelmy

Vladimír Antal – Specialist in preventive sheep protection in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, longtime employee of the State Nature Conservancy of Slovakia

Janka Zajaková – Author of scientific studies on wolf feeding ecology and the impact of wolf populations on disease transmission

Katarína Ondrejová – Former member of the Ministry of the Environment's Large Carnivore Commission

Juraj Lukáč – Member of the Ministry of Agriculture’s committee on wolf hunting quotas, leader of the conservation group Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK