Dear Reader,
Our April newsletter offers diversity just like PAN Parks does. From the conservation perspective wilderness areas provide for great species diversity and wilderness management is a tool that could provide essential contribution to biodiversity protection. Exploring PAN Parks from the tourism point of view, our network offers great variety of wilderness destinations from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean, from underwater wilderness to breathtaking mountain peaks. Our current newsletter shares news on these from our network and organisation's past 2 months. Enjoy reading!
the PAN Parks Team
PAN PARKS IN THE EUROPEAN HABITATS FORUM
PAN Parks Foundation has become full member of the European Habitats Forum (EHF) after its application was accepted on 31 March in Brussels. By joining this group PAN Parks will become involved in advising and influencing the development and implementation of nature conservation legislation on European level. ... more
WILDERNESS FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
In the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 PAN Parks would like to highlight the relations of wilderness and biodiversity so a special page on our website will be devoted to providing a collection of case studies, interviews, articles on the relation of wilderness and biodiversity and the PAN Parks efforts to protect biodiversity through wilderness protection. ... more
BETTER PROTECTION FOR ARCHIPELAGO
Commitments of the high-level event, Baltic Sea Action Summit, and the approval of the water treatment plan for South Western Finland are both expected to contribute to the better protection of the Finnish marine PAN Park, Archipelago. ... more
FIFTH SEASON IN SOOMAA
The fifth season is a special time of the the year in and around PAN Park Soomaa, Estonia when the wilderness landscape and life in villages completely changes and the only way to travel is in a dugout canoe. Now you can follow the flood through a webcam! ... more
CELEBRATING EARTH DAY IN WILDERNESS
Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. On and around 22 April many programmes are planned to raise awareness of environmental challenges and to involve the public in finding solutions to these. No exceptions are protected areas including the wilderness areas of PAN Parks. ... more
RECOGNITION FOR OULANKA TOUR LEADER
A guide of Basecamp Oulanka, the Finnish local PAN Parks business partner, was among the top leaders voted by clients of British Exodus, a PAN Parks Tour Operator partner. Erkki ‘Eki’ Ollila won the Highly Commended accolade also emphasising his commitment to wilderness. ... more
GREEN TOURISM GRACES BERLIN TRAVEL FAIR
Tourism can be both an economic blessing and an environmental curse. But as consumer interest in 'green' getaways grows, the travel industry and tourism organizations are putting the spotlight on sustainability. There was no shortage of green destinations on offer at ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism trade fair. ... more
