Our partners
• Founding partners
• Conservation partners
• Communications and marketing partners
Founding partners
WWF Netherlands and Molecaten
They together founded PAN Parks in 1997. WWF Netherlands is also our main funding partner. Molecaten is a Dutch leisure company providing support in the field of tourism.
Conservation partners
Certified PAN Parks
Archipelago National Park, Finland
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Georgia
Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
Fulufjället National Park, Sweden
Majella National Park, Italy
Oulanka National Park, Finland
Paanajärvi National Park, Russia
Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal
Retezat National Park, Romania
Rila National Park, Bulgaria
Soomaa National Park, Estonia
Prospective PAN Parks
These parks are on the right path to become a PAN Park. Some have already gone through a desk assessment, developed a schedule and started taking steps to meet the requirements of the PAN Parks quality standard. With others there are ongoing talks about future co-operation.
Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
Dzūkija-Čepkeliai National Park, Lithuania
Rodna National Park, Romania
Soomaa National Park, Estonia
Sumava National Park, Czech Republic
Other conservation partners
Birdlife International
Countdown 2010
Europarc Federation
Eurosite, Free Foundation and Stichting Ark
IUCN ROfE
IUCN/ World Commission on Protected Areas Europe (WCPA)
Large Herbivore Foundation
Wild Europe Initiative
Wilderness Task Force
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCP)
WWF International
Other WWF offices
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Marketing partners
Performance Improvement
In April 2008 we entered strategic partnership with Performance
Improvement, an event and travel marketing company based in the
Netherlands, aiming to develop incentive travels and events in
certified PAN Parks.
Conservation Capital
We started co-operation with the UK based consultancy company in 2009 to
finalise the new PAN Parks tourism strategy and receive support in its
implementation.
NHTV
We co-operate with the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the
Netherlands in research related issues and offer tourism related
research subjects for their students.
Forestry Service Group
Forestry Service Group is a consultancy firm offering wide range of expertise to
its clients from timber certification to ecological training. PAN Parks
Foundation signed an agreement with FSG in July 2009 to prepare
Government and Aid Agency proposals. FSG offers its service to PAN
Parks based on a no-cure no-pay basis.
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