PAN Parks for Europe's wilderness http://www.panparks.org/ en PAN Parks - by PatroNet CMS (RSS generator) http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=242 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... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:17:17 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=241 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 ... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:54:54 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=240 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 ... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:45:45 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=239 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... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:32:32 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=238 As the PAN Parks Foundation moves into the second phase of its activities to promote the network of some of Europe's Best Wilderness as a leading eco-tourism brand, a restructuring of the management team has created 3 new and exciting posts. These wi... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:52:52 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=237 An award ceremony has taken place to award certified local partner status to the first eight members of the Retezat Local PAN Park group. Certification has taken place following the development of the Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy. The sta... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:39:39 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=236 This month saw the promotion of the PAN Parks Network to both consumers and tour operators in the UK and the Netherlands. The Marketing and Communications team were in attendance at the Destinations Travel Show in London and Fiets en Wandelbeurs in A... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:36:36 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=235 PAN Parks is a network and being a network means supporting each other! A really good example of how the partnership between the parks and busineess can result in mutual benefits is the support that the Retezat Tourism Association has recieved from v... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:05:05 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=234 In 2006, the European Commission launched a biodiversity communication, which included a commitment to engage the private sector in partnerships for biodiversity. Three environmental NGOs: DNR (Germany), Quercus (Portugal) and Institute for Sustainab... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:11:11 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=233 In the last few months many local businesses has been certified in the different PAN Parks. The network is growing quickly, we now have 66 partners in 8 different parks from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. This provides a huge range of different opp... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:04:04 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=232 In January Zoltan Kun, Executive Director of PAN Parks, Babara Mayer, Tourism officer and Keijo from Basecamp Oulanka undertook a visit to Fulufjället National Park in Sweden. This visit covered verification issues, improving links with local organi... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:01:01 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=231 When PAN Parks Foundation and IUCN WCPA signed a memorandum of understanding last autumn they didn't expect that the PPF verification system and the IUCN Protected Area Categories could be so obviously linked. In January 2008 when the annual PAN Park... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:34:34 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=230 Rila National Park achieved full PAN Parks certification last year and the first five local business partners were certified in October 2007. A small team of committed people not only worked hard to develop the tourism strategy, which has been verifi... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:21:21 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=229 Following the PAN Parks verification procedure, Central Balkan National Park is going to be the third park undergoing renewal verification of the PAN Parks standard. The PAN Parks verification process works in a five years cycle. At the end of the c... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:47:47 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=228 The latest edition of the PAN Parks Lessons Learnt series is now availible for download from the PAN Parks website. The newest report looks at the issues of Combining Conservation with Business. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:06:06 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=227 “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 th... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:05:05 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=226 Archipelago National Park in the Baltic Sea has received recognition this week of being one of the best managed wilderness areas in Europe. As a result of undergoing an intensive independent assessment of its conservation, visitor management and sust... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:40:40 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=225 An EVS Volunteer's Experience - After attaining my degree in International Tourism Management and Consultancy at the NHTV-University in Breda, the Netherlands, I was given the chance by the GoForNature Foundation and the Information and Nature Conser... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:58:58 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=224 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 w... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:31:31 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=223 Borjomi-Kharagauli makes its TV debut as a PAN Park on the Travel 2007 show on the European wide Travel Channel. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:55:55 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=222 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 Dzhend... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:51:51 +0100 http://www.panparks.org/temp/Biebrza/News?page=details&oldal=1&news_id=221 About 120 Rangers from 17 different countries spent one very eventful week in September, in Retezat National Park, Romania. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:38:38 +0100