IMPLEMENTING A WILD DREAM STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF EUROPE’S LAST TRUE WILDERNESS PLACES Zoltan Kun, Wilderness Advocate, PAN Parks
Implementing a WILD Dream
Nov 01, 2014
This is the presentation which I delivered in Salamanca during the 10th World WILDERNESS Congress (aka WILD10) on 4 October 2013. I deliberately used little text, because I was trying to a) tell stories and b) engaging the audience with my 99 luftballon idea (the presentation should soon be available in video format)
I was basically arguing for the followings:
- Europe still got wilderness
- 1 million hectares of the most precious wilderness areas are included in the PAN Parks' European Wilderness Preservation System
- we simply need more wilderness than the current 1%
and finally I called the audience to join us to fight for 5% wilderness cover in Europe
I was basically arguing for the followings:
- Europe still got wilderness
- 1 million hectares of the most precious wilderness areas are included in the PAN Parks' European Wilderness Preservation System
- we simply need more wilderness than the current 1%
and finally I called the audience to join us to fight for 5% wilderness cover in Europe
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IMPLEMENTING A WILD DREAM
STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF EUROPE’S LAST TRUE WILDERNESS PLACESZoltan Kun, Wilderness Advocate, PAN Parks
What is PAN Parks?
PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature.
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The leading wilderness protection organisation in Europe.The leading wilderness protection organisation in Europe.
Fulufjället NP © Orsolya Haaberg
99% of Europe’s land modified
Peneda-Geres NP © PGNP Archives
4,2% ARTIFICIAL LAND COVEREEA 2013: the artificial land cover is the only land use which significantly increases in Europe
Peneda-Geres NP © Joao Cosme
0 SPECIES INVENTED BY US3 SPECIES / HOUR RUN INTO EXTINCTION
WE ARE LOSING WILDERNESS VALUES EVERY DAY
Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Konstantin Gabrichidze
WILDERNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN SURVIVAL ON EARTH
Soomaa NP © Arne Ader
THE LAST SPECIAL PLACES NEED URGENT AND STRICT PROTECTION!
Polistovsky NR © Polistovsky Nature Reserve archive
WILDERNESS IS NOT NECESSARILY UNTOUCHED!RESTORING WILDERNESS IS POSSIBLE IF STRICT NON-INTERVENTION MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES FOLLOWED
Archipelago NP © Heidi Arponen
WILDERNESS meanswildlife, visually undistrubed landscape and going OUTDOORS
Soomaa NP © Arne Ader
THE MILLION PROJECTVerifying wilderness and management effectiveness
The European Wilderness Preservation System
Oulanka NP © Basecamp Oulanka
...protecting existing wilderness, but does rewilding too with the aim of RESTORING WILDERNESS and
REWILDING THE HEARTS AND MINDS
Archipelago NP © Seppo Keränen
Our dream is 5%
Retezat NP © iStock/Falk Kiennas
Join our fight for Europe’s wilderness!
Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis/brunodamicis.com
Get involved inTHE NEXT 10 YEARS
PAN Parks works to protect Europe’swilderness, the continent’s mostundisturbed areas of nature
www.panparks.org
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