News in 2007
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Working in the land of the reindeer and the pine trees 10 December 2007 "Where are you going?" "What are you going to do there?" "You will be bored!" When I was going from one of the best-developed cities in the Netherlands to Oulanka National Park in northern Finland, people were asking me these questions. It shows that many people have difficulties imagining... more |
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Retezat National Park hosts European Rangers' Seminar 2007 05 December 2007 About 120 Rangers from 17 different countries spent one very eventful week in September, in Retezat National Park, Romania.The slogan of the seminar was "Naturally, wild", and naturally, rangers stayed most of the time outdoors in Retezat NP (RNP). Rangers also enjoyed the wonderful wilderness in... more |
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Alone in Wildlife 05 December 2007 The Central Balkan National Park Directorate commemorated the 22nd of September - the International Car Free Day - with a special children's contest named "Alone in Wildlife". The event took place in the area of the Byala reka Eco-path and the Dzhendema Eco-centre in the territory of one of the... more |
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UK's Travel Channel features PAN Parks and Borjomi-Kharagauli in month long special 05 December 2007 Borjomi-Kharagauli makes its TV debut as a PAN Park on the Travel 2007 show on the European wide Travel Channel.The feature was filmed earlier this year as part of a press trip organized jointly by the PAN Parks Foundation, Department of Tourism and Resorts of Georgia and the Borjomi-Kharagauli... more |
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Majella NP becomes the sixth park in the PAN Parks network to certify partners 05 December 2007 On November 28, 2007, five proud local business owners were awarded PAN Parks certification and became Local PAN Parks Business Partners. The ceremony was held in the lush Daniela Brescia Botanical Gardens in S. Eufemia in Majella National Park. It was a beautiful setting to celebrate these... more |
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EUROPARC and PAN Parks call for urgent action to protect Europe's wilderness areas 14 October 2007 The EUROPARC Federation and the PAN Parks Foundation have joined forces in the publication of a Resolution on Wilderness Areas, which was drafted following an international round table meeting on "Wilderness in the European Union" held during the recent EUROPARC 2007 annual conference in Český... more |
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Paanajarvi National Park Hosts Tourism Seminar 25 September 2007 From 27 to 29 of August, Paanajarvi NP hosted a seminar on opportunities for nature-oriented tourism and how to guarantee sustainability of nature-oriented tourism in protected areas. This event was organised by the TACIS project (Paanajarvi - Oulanka cooperation) and by Metsahallitus. Some 30... more |
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PAN Parks and IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas join forces for wilderness protection. 25 September 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Český Krumlov, Czech Republic (PAN Parks Foundation) September 26, 2007 -- In a ceremony in the World Heritage Site of Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic, a Memorandum of Understanding between WCPA Europe and the PAN Parks Foundation was formally signed on the 24th September... more |
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PAN Parks Foundation visits Peneda-Geres National Park in Portugal 05 September 2007 In late August, Vlado Vancura and Zoltán Kun visited Peneda-Geres National Park in Portugal to evaluate the possibilities of the park joining the PAN Parks Network. The visit was a follow-up to a visit two years ago, when the Portuguese Nature Conservation Agency (ICNB) asked for an evaluation of... more |
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Dedicated Employees Save Central Balkan NP from Total Destruction 05 September 2007 Two reserves in the Central Balkan National Park have been saved from complete destructive fire. The scorching wave of fires in Bulgaria didn't pass the Central Balkan National Park. There were 9 fires. It took 12 full days including night shifts to contain the fiercest one on the northern and... more |
