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 WWF Europe we have submitted a resolution on wilderness areas to the representative of European Commission, Mr. Ladislav Miko. Following this, IUCN Europe, WCPA and Count-down 2010 - have also added their names to the Resolution, which significantly increases the importance and validity of this document.

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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 become certified in Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park.

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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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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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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 development in the ONP PAN Park location?

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