Fulufjället NP ©Vitantonio Dell’Orto/exuviaphoto.com
Zoltan Kun, PAN Parks Foundation 29 September 2011
COOPERATION BETWEEN EXODUS AND PAN PARKS 2006-2011
Oulanka NP © Kimmo Salminen
Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
What we do
PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature
Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
Who we are
Photo: Simon KertysChamois © Bruno D’Amicis
PAN Parks is the only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas
History
Founded in 1999 by
WWF and Molecaten,
registered in NL and
having its premises in
Hungary
©iStock/Graeme Purdy
237,000 ha of wilderness
• guaranteed habitats for iconic wilderness species (brown bear, wolf, chamois, Iberian ibex)
Wilderness momentum
• European Parliament’s special report on wilderness
• European Commission- ‘Agenda for Wilderness’
What we have achieved so far
Archipelago NP © Seppo Keränen
Our goal
To ensure guaranteed protection of 1 million hectares of wilderness in Europe by 2015
What is wilderness?
• nature is left to develop on its own• native species, animals roam free• no human intervention
Oulanka NP ©Hannu Hautala
Fulufjallet NP © Vitantonio Dell’Orto
NO extractive use such as:•hunting•fishing•mining•logging•grazing•grass cutting•road and building constructionis allowed in wilderness
What is wilderness?
The PAN Parks Concept
Visitors have the opportunity to enjoy PAN Parks Wilderness!
Paanajärvi NP © Minna Koramo
Fulufjället NP © Vitantonio Dell’Orto/exuviaphoto.com
Peneda-Geres NP © Marcos Veiga
Archipelago NP © Janne Görling
Archipelago NP © Janne Görling
Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Konstantin Gabrichidze
Oulanka NP © Kimmo Salminen
Soomaa NP © Arne Ader
Paanajärvi NP © PNP Archives
Approach
Building partnerships with protected areasthat join our Europe-wide wilderness movement
Conservation partnerships
Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis
• Wilderness partners: areas with wilderness committed to wilderness protection (no size criteria)
• Certified PAN Parks: branded parks with min. 10,000 ha of wilderness(best of Europe’s wilderness)
Certified PAN Parks
PAN Parks Projects supported by ExodusRenewal of the visitor centre
Retezat National Park, RomaniaSupported in 2007 with 7000 €
PAN Parks Projects supported by ExodusAwareness raising for the symbol of Rila NP - the Balkan chamois
Rila National Park, BulgariaSupported in 2008 with 5220 €
PAN Parks Projects supported by ExodusDevelopment of 16 information boards
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, GeorgiaSupported in 2009 with 5720 €
Development of a project, Stories of wilderness - aiming to raise the awareness of Majella’s wilderness through powerful images and website; by collecting facts, interviews about one of the last truly wild areas in Europe.
Majella National Park, ItalySupported in 2010 with 5320 € and in 2011 with 4760 €
storiesofwilderness.panparks.org
PAN Parks Projects supported by Exodus
PAN Parks Projects supported by ExodusThe Million Project
will be supported in 2012 with 3000 EUR
Central Balkan ©Nanko Minkov
Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk
We can protect the last pieces of Europe’s wilderness together for future generations!
Protecting wilderness together
PAN Parks works to protect
Europe’s wilderness, the
continent’s most undisturbed
areas of nature
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