News - Archive 2008
News - Archive 2008
27th June 2008
EUROPARC at the COP9
From 27-30 May EUROPARC Federation was presenting the European Charter at the Plaza of Diversity, that was held parallel to High-Level-Segment of the 9th Conference of the Parties to the CBD. Furthermore, the European Charter and the brochure were presented at the BfN-Forum on Tourism and Biodiversity together with Stefan Fredlmeier, Frankenwald Tourism Service (D) and Josep Maria Prats, Zona Volcanica de la Garrotxa Nature Park (E).
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CONGRATULATIONS to our new Charter members
At it's official meeting from 6-8 June 2008 in St. Martin Vésubie, France, the EUROPARC Evaluation Committee approved the the following twelve Charter applications:
Parco
Regionale dell'Adamello (I)
Aree Protette delle Alpi Lepontine
(I)
Sistema di Aree Protette dell' Oltrepò
Mantovano (I)
Parc
naturel régional des Causses du Quercy (F)
Parque Natural Sierras Subbéticas (E)
Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar (E)
Parque Natural del Estrecho (E)
Parque Natural Baixa Lima - Serra do
Xurés (E)
Parque Natural Las
Batuecas-Sierra de Francia (E)
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs
National Park (UK)
Yorkshire Dales National Park (UK)
All twelve applications were approved by the Evaluation Committee at its meeting from 6-8 June 2008 in St. Martin Vésubie and will receive their Charter Certificate at the EUROPARC General Assembly in September 2008 in Poiana Braşov, Romania.
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30th April 2008
EUROPARC and the European Charter at the COP9
From 19-30 May the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity will take place in the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany.
For more information please have a look at: http://www.cbd.int/cop9/
EUROPARC will be presenting the European Charter as a valuable tool for implementing the CBD Guidelines for Biodiversity and Tourism Development at the following events:
BfN Forum
21st May 2008, 14h-15.45h
Expo of Diversity
27-30 May 2008
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04th April 2008
Fresh news from the European Charter Network
The European Charter Newsletter N°4 is out now. It is available in Englisch, French, German and Spanish.
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31st March 2008
Registration for European Charter Network Meeting 2008 has started
We are pleased to invite you to the first transfrontier European Charter Network meeting which will be hosted by the Alpi Marittime Nature Park (I) and the Mercantour National Park (F) from the 3th to the 6th June 2008.
Please fill out the booking form and return it by Friday, 18th April 2008 to the following address: europeanchartermeeting@espaces-naturels.fr
26.01.2008
NEW: European Charter leaflet and exhibition panels
In the framework of the EUROPARC project "European CharterNet" new communication materials were produced.
The Charter leaflet was produced in English, German and French language and contains general information on the Charter, requirements from protected areas and tourism businesses for applying to Charter Part I and Charter Part II and lists benefits for the protected area and the tourism businesses from the Charter.
Please find the pdf-file of the Charter leaflets here: en / de / fr
Three roll-up exhibtion panels were produced with information on the European Charter, the Charter principles and basic requirements for the protected areas and tourism businesses.
26.01.2008
EUROPARC and Association Rhin Vivant at Reisepavillon 2008
From 2nd to 4th February 2007, EUROPARC Federation participated at the Reisepavillon in Hannover – the international marketplace for alternative travel. At a joint stand together with TUI AG and CMS (Convention on Migratory Species) EUROPARC presented its work with a focus on the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism. This included general information panels about EUROPARC Federation and the Charter in particular as well as the presentation of information material (leaflets, flyers, brochures) from the protected areas.
Short report Reisepavillon 2008
Presentation Europäische Charta (german)
Presentation Association Rhin Vivant und die Charta (german)
26.01.2008
Marketing & Communications Working Group met at Reisepavillon 2008
On Saturday, 19 January,
an informal meeting of the Marketing & Communications Working Group took
place at the Reisepavillon in Stuttgart.During the meeting the group
agreed on its organisational and operational structure and defined various
activities to be implemented in the future. People from the Charter
network interested in participating in the group or in the resolution
minutes from the meeting can get in contact with Petra Dippold, EUROPARC
Federation, p.dippold@europarc.org
