What is EUROPARC all about

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• What is EUROPARC all about?

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Contents

• What is EUROPARC?
• How does EUROPARC work?
• Who is EUROPARC?
• What does the EUROPARC Federation do?
• Why is the Federation beneficial to bodies
  involved with protected area management?
• What is EUROPARC all about?

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What is EUROPARC?

• EUROPARC is the umbrella organisation of Europe's
  protected areas. It unites over 400 members in 40
  countries, who have the common aim of protecting
  Europe's unique variety of wildlife, habitats and
  landscapes.

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Who is EUROPARC?
EUROPARCs structure
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Who is EUROPARC?

• Membership reached over 400 this year (over 750
  protected areas)
• Members can be
• protected areas, national and regional
  government ministries, NGOs and academic
  institutions
• Our members are from 40 different European
  countries
• The members form the General Assembly, which
  meets once a year

EUROPARCs members
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Who is EUROPARC?

• President Erika Stanciu (RO)
• Treasurer Dr Arnold Boer (NL)
• Council Members
• Carles Castell Puig (E)
• Olaf Ostermann (D)
• Anita Prosser (UK)
• Martin olar (SI)
• Dr Rauno Väisänen (FIN)
• Council elections are every three years.

EUROPARCs Council
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Who is EUROPARC?
The EUROPARC sections
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Who is EUROPARC?

• Director Carol Ritchie (UK)
• Deputy Richard Blackman (UK)
• Office manager Sabine Schlögel (D)
• Projects manager Claudia Klampfl (D)
• Project coordinator Petra Dippold (D)
• Trainee Damien de Chanterac (F)
• Communications officer Morwenna Parkyn (UK)

EUROPARC Federation staff
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Who is EUROPARC?
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How does EUROPARC work?

• The EUROPARC Strategy
• In 2007 a new EUROPARC Strategy was produced.
• It is EUROPARCs framework from 2008 to 2012.
• It describes EUROPARCs vision, mission and the
  direction which the Federation will take over the
  next 4 years.
• It is based on a pillar system the main ones are
  Support for Protected Areas and Organisational
  development
• There is a work programme which deals with the
  implementation of the strategy

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What does the EUROPARC Federation do?

• Management of protected areas
• Management effectiveness evaluation systems.
• Working group on coastal and marine protected
  areas
• Up and coming EUROPARC Conference

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What does the EUROPARC Federation do?

• Efficient and representative protected area
  networks
• Activities which aim to improve the connectivity
  and ecological coherence of protected areas and
  their ecosystems in order to increase
  biodiversity levels
• e.g. EUROPARCs Transboundary Programme and the
  Natura Networking Programme

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• What are its aims?
• helping to overcome boundaries,
• improving management of Europes natural and
  cultural heritage,
• enhancing opportunities to promote sustainable
  development and the economic well-being of local
  communities,
• reducing political tensions and promoting peace.

What is the transboundary basic standards and
certification programme Following Natures
Design? A Certification system developed by the
EUROPARC Federation to reward exemplary high
quality transboundary cooperation between
protected areas in Europe
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What does the EUROPARC Federation do?

• Benefits and values of protected areas
• Topic health and protected areas
• European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in
  Protected Areas
• The issue of climate change
• The promotion of the wilderness resolution at EU
  level

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The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism

• What is the European Charter?
• The Charter is a framework / management tool for
  developing tourism in protected areas in a
  sustainable way and in partnership with all the
  key actors.
• The European Charter is a partnership between a
  protected area and its tourism stakeholders.
• It contains elements of a quality label but more
  important is the Charters process for developing
  quality in sustainable tourism.

• What are its aims?
• To increase awareness of, and support for,
  Europes protected areas as a fundamental part of
  our heritage
• To improve the sustainable development and
  management of tourism in protected areas,

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What does the EUROPARC Federation do?

• Capacity building, training and education
• The Junior Ranger Network
• Working for Nature Nature for Working
• NatuRegio
• The EUROPARC conference
• The European Day of Parks
• Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships
• Etc.

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EUROPARC Junior Rangers

• What is the Junior Ranger project?
• A model concept promoting programmes of ranger
  activities for youngsters living in or close to
  protected areas throughout Europe.
• Designed by EUROPARC and the International Ranger
  Federation
• It can be adopted by every PA
• Activities based around the work of PA rangers

• What is its aim?
• to develop and implement practical programmes and
  activities based on the work of park rangers for
  interested youngsters, who live in or near a
  protected area.
• to promote pan-European co-operation between
  participating protected areas.

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What does the EUROPARC Federation do?

• Communication
• Bulletin and Newsletter
• Internet
• Press releases
• Publications
• New communication strategy

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Why is EUROPARC beneficial to bodies involved in
PA management?

• Ready access to information about parks and other
  protected areas and their management throughout
  Europe
• A range of services for the exchange of
  experience and staff, increasing expertise and
  know-how for daily work in protected areas
• A pool of expertise on protected areas issues
• International cooperation
• Support with the facilitation of conservation
  across political borders and PA management
• Access to all EUROPARC activities

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What is EUROPARC all about?

• Collaboration, communication, activities and the
  exchange of information and experience
• between people working in the field of nature
  conservation and protected area management
• aiming to preserve Europes most special
  places its protected areas.

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• Thank you very much for your attention!

For more information contact EUROPARC
Federation Kröllstr. 5, Postfach 1153 94475
Grafenau Germany E-mail office_at_europarc.org Phone
49 8552 96 10 0 Fax [phone]