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Letter to Russian Minister of Natural Resources
PAN Parks Foundation regrets to hear about the conflict in Georgia. Our
organisation is very much concerned about the situation, because one of our
member parks, Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, is located in Georgia.
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European Wilderness Trip - top decision makers go wild
A special Wilderness Trip has been organised by PAN Parks Foundation and
Majella National Park to European top environmental decision makers. We
sincerely hope that after the trip the participants are even more committed
ambassadors of Europe?s wilderness during their daily routine.
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Peneda-Gerês National Park receives PAN Parks certification: European
network of best wilderness areas is still growing
The PAN Parks Foundation welcomes the eleventh European national park to
its wilderness network ? the Peneda-Gerês National Park in Portugal.
Official ceremony to award the certificate was organised at European
Wilderness Trip, hosted by Majella National Park, June 26-27.
[IMAGE: photo: Lilla Szász]
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Executive Director's Message to PAN Parks Foundation?s partners
Dear Colleagues,
With this letter I would like to inform you about the results of a
10-month period while we were celebrating the 10-years anniversary of the
establishment of PAN Parks Foundation. Let me list a few remarkable
achievements of the period between September 2007 and June 2008:
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Are you Kidding!! The PAN Parks Family grows!
The Bezoar goat project in Borjomi Kharagauli National Park celebrates the
birth of 3 new kids and are expecting another one very soon. This is really
good news and a success for this important conservation project in the
first PAN Park in the Caucasus.
WWF Caucasus started the first phase (Reintroduction of Bezoar Goat to
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park) of the more far-reaching project, -
Recovery of the Bezoar Goat in its Natural Range, - in 2002 with financial
support from WWF Switzerland ...
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PAN Parks and the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
At the moment the COP meeting is taking place in Germany for the
Convention on Biodiversity. The CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas
(PoWPA) focuses solely on the in situ conservation of biodiversity and set
tangible targets. The aim of these targets is to deliver a global network
of comprehensive, well-managed, and representative terrestrial and marine
protected areas with a deadline of 2010 and 2012. PAN Parks has an
important role to play in this process and can make a major contribution...
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Wilderness Resolution goes from Strength to Strength
The pressure on European Wilderness increases daily. In order to ensure a
sustainable future for the remaining wilderness in Europe, it is recognised
that support for its protection is required at the highest level. The core
purpose of PAN Parks is to create a network of the best managed wilderness
protected areas in Europe and ensure the long-term survival of pristine
nature while encouraging local communities to flourish.
To achieve this goal and increase awareness about Europe?s wilderness
t...
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Lobbying Europe for a Wilderness Resolution
The pressure on European Wilderness increases daily. In order to ensure a
sustainable future for the remaining wilderness in Europe, it is recognised
that support for its protection is required at the highest level.
To achieve this goal and increase awareness about Europe?s wilderness
the PAN Parks Foundation together with other international partners is
currently lobbying at the European Commission. In cooperation with
organizations such as the Europarc Federation, Eurosite, Wild Europe and
WW...
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New local partners in Borjomi- Kharagauli
The first three local partners have been awarded PAN Parks certification
in Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. The ceremony took place in Borjomi, at
the headquarters of the National Park, on the 18th of March 2008.
All the new partners have achieved high standards in quality, and have
successfully met the strict criteria outlined in the Park?s Sustainable
Tourism Development Strategy (STDS).
We wish them all the best of luck, and hope that more business will
achieve this high standard and becom...
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Fulufjallet flies high
KLM has just put part of its new fleet of Boeing 777-300 into service. As
part of the celebration of its partnership with WWF it has chosen to name
the planes after some of the world?s leading National Parks. Certified
PAN Park Fulufjallet in Sweden was chosen as a European park as a result of
negotiations between KLM, WWF and the PAN Parks Foundation.
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The World's oldest tree discovered close to Fulufjallet
Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western
Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world's oldest living
trees. The old tree is found in a nature reserve close to Fulufjället.
The tree is growing in Drevfjället nature reserve close to the Norwegian
border about 25 km from Fulufjället National Park.
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New study looking at the socio-cultural benefits of PAN Park status for
communities and tourism development in the Oulanka PAN Park region
availible
A new study carried out in Oulanka National Park by Stuart Cottrell, Human
Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University,
Mylène van der Donk, PAN Parks Foundation and Pirkko Siikamäki,
University of Oulu/Thule Institute/Oulanka Research Station has been
published. The goal of this study was to examine the socio-cultural
benefits of PAN Park status for communities and tourism development in the
Oulanka PAN Park region. The central question was Does PAN Parks benefit
socio-cultural...
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Exciting new job opportunities with PAN Parks
As the PAN Parks Foundation moves into the second phase of its activities
to promote the network of some of Europe's Best Wilderness as a leading
eco-tourism brand, a restructuring of the management team has created 3 new
and exciting posts. These will be an ideal opportunity for energetic and
committed individuals to make a real difference to the future of Europe's
Wilderness
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New Local Partners in Retezat receive certification
An award ceremony has taken place to award certified local partner status
to the first eight members of the Retezat Local PAN Park group.
Certification has taken place following the development of the Sustainable
Tourism Development Strategy. The standards used for assessing the
eco-certified status of the businesses were those developed by the
Association for Ecotourism in Romania. These have been created specifically
for eco-tourism in Romania but are closely based on the Australian Eco
certif...
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PAN Parks in the Travel Show Spotlight
This month saw the promotion of the PAN Parks Network to both consumers and
tour operators in the UK and the Netherlands. The Marketing and
Communications team were in attendance at the Destinations Travel Show in
London and Fiets en Wandelbeurs in Amsterdam. PAN Parks had a very visible
presence with big visual displays that drew high numbers of visitors.
For the first time representative from some of the certified parks were
present to give potential visitors first hand knowledge. In London a
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Networking works
PAN Parks is a network and being a network means supporting each other! A
really good example of how the partnership between the parks and busineess
can result in mutual benefits is the support that the Retezat Tourism
Association has recieved from visitors travelling with Exodus Travel to
Oulanka National Park.
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Green Business Opportunities ? Business & Biodiversity conference in
Ljubljana
In 2006, the European Commission launched a biodiversity communication,
which included a commitment to engage the private sector in partnerships
for biodiversity.
Three environmental NGOs: DNR (Germany), Quercus (Portugal) and Institute
for Sustainable Development (Slovenia) started a project on Business &
Biodiversity (B&B) to provide an input into the discussion on and
development of the European Commission?s B&B Initiative. The project
consists of actions and events facilitating f...
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The PAN Parks local partner?s network is expanding
In the last few months many local businesses has been certified in the
different PAN Parks. The network is growing quickly, we now have 66
partners in 8 different parks from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. This
provides a huge range of different opportunities for you to enjoy and
explore the best of Europe?s wilderness.
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PAN Parks Foundation building bonds in Fulufjället.
In January Zoltan Kun, Executive Director of PAN Parks, Babara Mayer,
Tourism officer and Keijo from Basecamp Oulanka undertook a visit to
Fulufjället National Park in Sweden. This visit covered verification
issues, improving links with local organisations and governmental agencies
and strengthening the PAN Parks network. An important part of this visit
was the sharing of experience between Oulanka National Park and local PAN
Parks partners in Fulufjället.
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PAN Parks Foundation and IUCN WCPA look to combine PAN Parks verification
with verification of IUCN Protected Area Categories
When PAN Parks Foundation and IUCN WCPA signed a memorandum of
understanding last autumn they didn't expect that the PPF verification
system and the IUCN Protected Area Categories could be so obviously linked.
In January 2008 when the annual PAN Parks verification schedule was
developed and approved, a straightforward agreement between these two
partners was achieved. It was decided that two PAN Parks will be selected
as a pilot areas and lesson learned from this process will be evaluated at
the...
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Annual LPPG meeting in Rila
Rila National Park achieved full PAN Parks certification last year and the
first five local business partners were certified in October 2007. A small
team of committed people not only worked hard to develop the tourism
strategy, which has been verified by international PAN Parks verifiers but
are now working hard on its implementation.
Following the internal rules of the PAN Parks Foundation that state that
at least once a year someone from the Foundation management team will
attend an annual LP...
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Renewal verification in Central Balkan National Park
Following the PAN Parks verification procedure, Central Balkan National
Park is going to be the third park undergoing renewal verification of the
PAN Parks standard.
The PAN Parks verification process works in a five years cycle. At the end
of the cycle the PAN Parks Foundation and the protected area sign a new
contract expressing interest and commitment to co-operate for another five
years.
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