Restoring wilderness attributes on the European landscapes

Zoltán Kun, Executive DirectorPAN Parks Foundation

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What is PAN Parks?

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What is PAN Parks?

PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, thecontinent’s most undisturbed areas of nature.

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The only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas.

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What is PAN Parks?

Applies a truly integrated approach to mobilisesustainable tourism development for strengtheningwilderness conservation.

What is PAN Parks?

Founded in 1999 by WWF and Molecaten, registeredin the Netherlands and having its premises inHungary.

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Increasing management effectiveness

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Setting up management standards to promote wilderness within N2000

As Nature Intended, PAN Parks Foundation 2009

Draft Guidelines for the management of wildernessand wild areas in Natura 2000 Alterra, Eurosite, PANParks 2012 (for the European Commission)

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Turning protected area authorities from managers to guardians

Collecting best practice example and producingmanagement guidance

From marine areas to mountains

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Improving policy for wilderness

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Special report on wilderness promoted as owninitiative by Gyula Hegyi MEP

Adopted on 3 February 2009 by vaste majority!

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European Landscape Convention vs European Parliament Resolution

2009 Prague – Agenda for Wilderness (24 recommendations)

2010 Brussels – Restoring the wild Heart of Europe, Biodiversity Strategy

2013 Westport, IE – wilderness on modified landscape

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Organising EC Presidency conferences to promote various aspects of wilderness

Defining wilderness

Contributing to the management guidance document

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European Wilderness Working Group (from August 2009)

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Defining the ultimate beneficiaries

The Million Project

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Protecting at least 1 million hectares of true wilderness across Europe by 2015

How far can we dream?

Is this a way to influence of the future of Europeanlandscape?

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Setting up the European Wilderness Preservation System

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Moral obligation

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The European Wilderness PreservationSystem

Major public support is needed!

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GET INVOLVEDprotect Europe’s wildernessthrough PAN Parks

PAN Parks works to protect Europe’swilderness, the continent’s most

undisturbed areas of nature

www.panparks.org

Zkun@panparks.org