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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