Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk PROTECTING EUROPE’S WILDERNESS Zoltan Kun PAN Parks Foundation
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Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
PROTECTING EUROPE’S WILDERNESS
Zoltan KunPAN Parks Foundation
Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
What is PAN Parks?
PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature
What is PAN Parks?
A European organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas
Central Balkan NP ©CBNP
What is PAN Parks?
Applies a truly integrated approach to mobilise sustainable tourism development for strengthening wilderness conservation
Borjomi-Kharagauli NP ©Kote Gabrichidze
What is PAN Parks?
Founded in 1999
by WWF and
Molecaten,
registered in NL
and having its
premises in
Hungary
Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
What is PAN Parks?
Goal by 2015: effective conservation of 1 million hectares of wilderness in Europe
What is PAN Parks Wilderness?
An area of at least 10,000 hectares of land or sea, with its native plant and animal communities and their associated ecosystems, in an essentially natural state
Oulanka NP ©Hannu Hautala
What is PAN Parks Wilderness?
©iStock/Graeme Purdy
NO extractive use such as•hunting•fishing•mining•mogging•grazing•grass cutting•road and building constructionis allowed within these wilderness areas...
What is PAN Parks Wilderness?
...but visitors have the opportunity to enjoy PAN Parks Wilderness!
Paanajärvi NP ©Minna Koramo
Why is wilderness needed in Europe?
„...about 1% of Europe’s territory ...can be called ‘wilderness’ area”Ladislav MikoEC DG Environment
Wilderness is a scarce resource in Europe!
Retezat NP ©iStock/Falk Kienas
Why is wilderness needed in Europe?
Wilderness provides various benefits to us:
•Environmental benefits•Social benefits•Economic benefits•Spiritual benefits
Majella NP ©MNP
How does PAN Parks protect Europe’s wilderness?
PAN Parks develops a network through linking wilderness protected areas in Europe
How does PAN Parks protect Europe’s wilderness?
We help to increase the management effectiveness of the areas through third party audit based on Principles and Criteria
Central Balkan ©Nanko Minkov
How does PAN Parks protect Europe’s wilderness?
We help develop these areas through• active promotion of local and sustainable tourism and• raising awareness and creating positive perception of wilderness
Oulanka NP ©Michael Hennemann
PAN Parks works to protect Europe’swilderness, the continent’s mostundisturbed areas of nature
www.panparks.org
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