News in 2003
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Season's Greetings from PAN Parks 21 December 2003 We wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The PAN Parks Team more |
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Council of Europe rules: Assess all options on Via Baltica 18 December 2003 Following several months of concerted campaigning from environmental groups - including the Panda Passport campaign of WWF which was closed early November - and today's recommendations from the Bern Convention Standing Committee in... more |
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PAN Parks potential in Turkey 08 December 2003 Pre-verification visit to Küre Mountains and Dilek Peninsula National Parks shows strong Turkish commitment to PAN Parks. Conservation Manager Vlado Vancura visited Turkey between 15-21 November with the goal to explore PAN Parks potential... more |
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Monitoring in Bieszczady 04 December 2003 In its first annual monitoring visit, Bieszczady shows that it is living up to the PAN Park title. Rachel Wieting, monitoring verifier visited the area in November 2003 with the main purpose to check progress on the requests and... more |
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Polish protected treasure devastated by State Forest axe 30 November 2003 WWF is outraged that the Polish forest authorities have begun to illegally cut down hundred year-old trees in Bialowieza, Europe's best preserved virgin forest. WWF refutes Poland's claim these logging operations are carried out to... more |
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PAN Parks visits Europarc Federation 18 November 2003 PAN Parks representatives, Vladivoj Vancura and Zoltán Kun visited Europarc Federation in November to initiate discussion of cooperation between PAN Parks and the Federation. Both sides feel it is time to re-shape their common strategy and... more |
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Successful monitoring in Oulanka 16 November 2003 The PAN Parks monitoring team reports positive outcomes from its recent visit to Oulanka National Park for the annual monitoring of the park. The monitoring team, including verifier Gordon Miller and local expert Harri Karjalainen, visited... more |
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Rediscovering Bulgaria 12 November 2003 After the tumultuous 1990s, Bulgaria is working hard to bring tourists back to its once-popular holiday attractions. Central Balkan National Park is one place awaiting rediscovery - and one where visitors can contribute to the protection... more |
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PAN Parks goals supported by scientists' call 30 October 2003 European scientists have highlighted the urgent need to preserve the last old growth forests on the continent. The Scientists' Call: for the protection of forests in Europe, by WWF European Forest Programme, illustrates the need for... more |
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Annual PAN Parks conference reports many positive outcomes 16 October 2003 Europe's Wilderness Days, held in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, October 4-9, reports many positive outcomes for conservation initiatives in Europe. The conference was attended by 80 people from all over Europe, as well as from Japan, Mongolia, the US... more |
