International relations

WWF

WWF is the founding partner of the PAN Parks Foundation and plays an important role in our work as a conservation partner. PAN Parks Foundation cooperates with several WWF offices on concrete projects to enhance wilderness protection throughout Europe. wwf.panda.org

Wild Foundation

PAN Parks Foundation receives a lot of inspiration from other continents. There is a special relation with the Wild Foundation, which is based in the US and manages the IUCN’s Wilderness Specialist Group, which our foundation is an active member of. www.wild.org

Eurosite

Our Foundation works with Eurosite on developing a special wilderness management guideline for Natura 2000 sites. www.eurosite.org

 
Europarc

Europarc is a close partner in communicating practical wilderness management examples towards PA managers. www.europarc.org

European Ecotourism Network

PAN Parks Foundation is an active member of the Steering Committee of the European Ecotourism Network. Our foundation also participates in the enlargement of the network through promoting it throughout our network of tourism partners. We are also active in disseminating the project outcomes. www.ecotourism-network.eu

 
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

PAN Parks Foundation was a partner in the International Year of Biodiversity, which was a very important leverage for getting the public attention for halting the biodiversity loss. The UN Decade on Biodiversity offers a very good global framework for enhancing the protection of wilderness! We will use our partnership to highlight the important role of wilderness areas in protecting biodiversity and to generate wider public support for wilderness protection. www.cbd.int/2011-2020

The Million Project is supported by several NGOs

Information and Nature Conservation Foundation - Within the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding, PAN Parks Foundation and the Information and Nature Conservation Foundation confirmed their mutual interest in improving the protection of Europe’s existing wilderness areas and set concrete actions towards the guaranteed protection of wilderness in Bulgaria as part of The Million Project. www.ecologybg.com

PAN Parks Foundation is an active member of three international NGO networks:

Wild Europe Initiative - PAN Parks is a Steering Committee member since the establishment of the partnership which promotes a coordinated strategy for protection and restoration of wilderness. www.wildeurope.org

European Habitat Forum is based in Brussels. PAN Parks is among the leading European nature conservation organisations that provide advice on the implementation and future development of EU biodiversity policy through EHF. We joined in April 2010. www.iucn.org

Our research partners include:

PAN Parks Foundation coordinates the development and implementation of a European wilderness research agenda. This programme is not only a tool to generate scientific evidence but also an important tool for providing additional expertise to our protected area partners. The research agenda follows a multidisciplinary approach thus our Foundation works with a wide range of expertise from the field of ecology to economy. The list of our most important partners include the following institutions:
Colorado State University
Klagenfurt University
University of Lisbon
Wildland Research Institute