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EUROPARC 2008
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High conservation values, high management standards” is the topic of this year’s Annual Conference of the EUROPARC Federation that will be held in Brasov-Poiana Brasov, Romania from 24-28 of September. The conference is hosted by the Romanian Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the WWF Danube Carpathian Programme.

Registration at: www.europarc2008.com

Twelve protected areas from four European countries will receive their Charter Certificate during an official ceremony on Saturday 27^th of September.

We also kindly invite you to participate in the Charter Side Meeting scheduled for Saturday, 27^th of September, from 17.30-19.00. Details on venue and programme will be sent out beginning of September.

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Reisepavillon 2009 The best weeks of the year – the holidays – in harmony with people and nature.

For the first time, Reisepavillon takes place during f.re.e 2009 in the prestigious setting of Hall B5 at the Neue Messe in Munich. f.re.e, successor to the C-B-R, is Bavaria’s most important leisure fair with a total area of 63.000 square meters, and offers the perfect setting for the theme of sustainable tourism – with excellent public transport connections, photovoltaic installations and resurce-saving infrastructure services.

Don't miss the chance to present the tourism products and services from your Charter protected areas at the joint stand of the EUROPARC Federation and TUI.

We would be very happy to welcome you in Munich.

Press release

Between November 2007 and March 2008 the project working group produced a detailed comparison between the CBD Guidelines for Biodiversity and Tourism Development and the European Charter. The focus was on demonstrating that the European Charter is an excellent tool for implementing on a local/protected area level the ideas of the CBD Guidelines.

The results of the comparison have been published in a brochure which will be used to strengthen the image of the Charter to decision-makers and politicians nationally and internationally.

Besindes general information the brochure contains 12 key issues of sustainable tourism illustrated with 25 good practice examples from different Charter protected areas.

1.650 copies in English language were printed and officially launched at the 9th Conference of the Parties (COP9) that was held from 19-30 May in bonn, Germany.