News in 2008
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New face at PAN Parks 04 December 2008 Welcome to our new staff member Julia Reichardt, adding a new nationality to our multicultural PAN Parks team! Julia comes from Germany and started her work as PAN Parks Press Officer in November. Click here to read more about her backgrounds and goals. more |
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Recovering from the Wounds of War 01 December 2008 During the Caucausian conflict last August, forest fires broke out in the Borjomi Gorge, a popular recreational area in Central Georgia, where also Borjormi National Park is located. PAN Parks talked to LevanTabunuidze, the park's chief administrator, about the cause of the fires, the damage and... more |
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Soomaa National Park- A Visit to the Land of Bogs 30 November 2008 Soomaa - Land of bogs is what Estonians call their second largest national park, and indeed, - representing one of the last bog massifs in Europe - the park lives up to its' name. Last month Vlado Vancura, PAN Parks' conservation manager and responsible for the verification of potential future PAN... more |
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Join the PAN Parks Online community! 13 November 2008 Yearning to give some feedback about your last PAN Parks visit?Eager to discuss conservation topics online?Looking for a hiking companion?Or simply keen on sharing some of your brilliant photos with others? The new PAN Parks online community gives you the opportunity to exchange ideas, experience,... more |
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Europe's Wilderness Days, Majella National Park, Italy Setting Goals for Europe's Wilderness 21 October 2008 PAN Parks has just entered its' second decade of conservation work - time to look back, learn from the past and set goals for the future. This was the aim of the 7th European wilderness conference in Majella National Park (Central Italy) from October 18 till October 22. PAN Parks directors,... more |
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New PAN Park in Portugal 16 October 2008 The PAN Parks Family has expanded again! In June Portugal's only national park, - Parque Nacional Peneda-Geres , joined the PAN Parks' network! This proves that wilderness can still be found, even in historically heavily managed regions such as the Iberian peninsula today. The mountainous park,... more |
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WWF Major Donor Trip to Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria 04 October 2008 WWF Netherlands organised a major donor trip to Central Balkan National Park in Bulgaria in autumn this year - one of 11 existing PAN Parks scattered throughout the Europe. The trip was an opportunity for group of major donors of WWF NL experience some of the benefits that PAN Parks and WWF had... more |
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Letter to Russian Minister of Natural Resources 18 August 2008 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. We hope that our colleagues and business partners in Georgia will not be hurt... more |
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European Wilderness Trip - top decision makers go wild 29 June 2008 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. The trip took... more |
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PAN Parks and the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) 29 May 2008 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... more |
