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Slowinski NP © M.Zblewska

Vlado Vancura, Wilderness Advocate, PAN Parks 3rd Nature & Sports Euro’Meet 2013 Liptovsky Mikulas (Slovakia) October 3rd 2013

WILDERNESS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

What is PAN Parks?

PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the

continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature.

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The leading wilderness protection organisation in Europe.

Fulufjället NP © Orsolya Haaberg

99% of Europe’s land modified

Peneda-Geres NP © PGNP Archives

4,2% ARTIFICIAL LAND COVER

EEA 2013: the artificial land cover is the only land use which significantly increases in Europe

Peneda-Geres NP © Joao Cosme

0 SPECIES INVENTED BY US

3 SPECIES / HOUR RUN INTO EXTINCTION WE ARE LOSING WILDERNESS VALUES EVERY DAY

Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Konstantin Gabrichidze

WILDERNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN

SURVIVAL ON EARTH

Soomaa NP © Arne Ader

THE LAST SPECIAL PLACES NEED URGENT AND STRICT PROTECTION!

Fulufjället NP ©Vitantonio Dell’Orto/exuviaphoto.com

NEW WILDERNESS FOR EUROPE

Polistovsky NR © Polistovsky Nature Reserve archive

WILDERNESS IS NOT NECESSARILY UNTOUCHED! RESTORING OF WILDERNESS IS NEEDED

Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis/brunodamicis.com

WILDERNESS means wildlife, visually undistrubed landscape and going OUTDOORS

Oulanka NP © Basecamp Oulanka

... GO OUTDOORS AND REWILD

YOURS HEARTS AND MINDS

Soomaa NP © Arne Ader

PAN PARKS COMMUNICATION CONCEPT Go there and experience wilderness yourself, learn about it in

the field...

Oulanka NP © Basecamp Oulanka

BRANDING A PART OF COMMUNICATION AND EXPERIENCE CONCEPT

THE MILLION PROJECT Verifying wilderness and management effectiveness

Cebtralni Balkan NP © Archive

Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis

Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis

The European Wilderness

Preservation System

Rila NP © PAN Parks archive

PAN PARKS TOURISM MODEL MISSION: PROTECTING WILDERNESS TOGETHER

Rila NP © Petar Paunchev

PROTECTING WILDERNESS TOGETHER PAN PARK - WILDERNESS

PROTECTING WILDERNESS TOGETHER

Local Business Partners – Good Experience

Archipelago NP © Heidi Arponen

PROTECTING WILDERNESS TOGETHER Clients – Good Experience

Retezat NP © iStock/Falk Kiennas

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The PAN Parks Tourism Model

Soomaa NP © Arne Ader

Rewilding the hearts and minds

Archipelago NP © Seppo Keränen

Our dream is 5%

Majella NP © Bruno D’Amicis/brunodamicis.com

Join our fight for Europe’s wilderness!

Central Balkan NP © Petar Yordanov Paunchev

Thank you for your attention vvancura@panparks.org

PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s

wilderness, the continent’s most

undisturbed areas of nature

www.panparks.org