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Fulufjället NP ©Vitantonio Dell’Orto/exuviaphoto.com
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Gritsuk
Zoltan Kun, Executive DirectorPAN Parks Foundation
THE MILLION PROJECT
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What we do
• PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature
• the only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas
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Network of certified PAN Parks
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237 000 ha of wilderness
Wilderness momentum
• European Parliament’s special report on wilderness
• European Commission- ‘Agenda for Wilderness’
• Wilderness in Biodiversity Strategy
What we have achieved so far
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Archipelago NP © Seppo Keränen
The Million Project
To ensure guaranteed protection of 1 million hectares of wilderness in Europe by 2015
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What is wilderness?
• nature is left to develop on its own• native species, animals roam free• no human intervention
Oulanka NP ©Hannu Hautala
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How we protect Europe’s wilderness
Majella NP ©MNP
CONSERVATION
• Ensuring commitment of protected areas to preserve wilderness
• Improving wilderness management in partner protected areas
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Paanajärvi NP © PNP Archives
Conservation approach
Building partnerships with protected areasthat join our Europe-wide wilderness movement
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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)
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Retezat NP © Mihai Moiceanu
Wilderness partners
• can join ‘The Million Project’
• sign a commitment to preserve their wilderness area
• identify the major risk of the long term preservation of their wilderness area and possible ways of cooperation with PAN Parks in protecting it
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Polistovsky Nature Reserve, Russia
Natural ecosystem dynamics of raised bogs
• 52,000 ha of wilderness
• challenge with invasive species like racoon dog
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Lagodekhi National Park, Georgia
Unique wilderness untouched for 99 years
• 22,258 ha of wilderness
• potential for tri-lateral wilderness area
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Retezat NP ©iStock/Falk Kienas
Rodna National Park, RomaniaInterested also in becoming a Certified PAN Park
• 6000 ha of wilderness with the opportunity to enlarge
• Challenges with ecosystem monitoring and species management
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Swiss National Park, SwitzerlandOne of the oldest European example of wilderness management
• 17,600 ha of wilderness
• main interest in research
• challenge with lack of resources
• centennial in 2014
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Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Kote Gabrichidze
Benefits of becoming a Wilderness Partner
• international recognition
• technical support in wilderness management
• support in lobbying at decision makers
• opportunity for expertise exchange
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Rila NP © Nicolas Cegalerba
Certified PAN Parks
Our wilderness partners can become certified parks if they
• have min. 10,000 ha of wilderness
• go through third party verification(also sustainable tourism development strategy)
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Extra benefits for certified PAN Parks
Retezat NP ©iStock/Falk Kienas
• use of the brand (also in the field)
• marketing benefits, promotion (PAN Parks communications tools)
• enhanced cooperation with local businesses (can also be certified)
• tourism model(cooperation with international tour operators)
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We can protect the last pieces of Europe’s wilderness together for future generations!
Protecting wilderness together
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PAN Parks works to protect
Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s
most undisturbed areas of nature
www.panparks.org