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04th July 2008

  In April the seminar on Management Effectiveness and Quality Criteria in European Protected Areas, organised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation together with EUROPARC, took place on the island Vilm in Germany. A summary of this seminar is available below and the presentations are posted in our member's area!

> Read the seminar summary
here
> Access the EUROPARC member area for presentations here
 

20th June 2008

  Read the new EUROPARC Atlantic Isle section newsletter here
 

04th June 2008

  Read the new publication from EUROPARC Spain "Anuario EUROPARC-España del estado de los espacios naturales protegidos 2007" here
 

03th June 2008

 

  Click here for current information about the Charter Part II

17th April 2008

 

  Financing Natura 2000. An interesting internet tool for all those involved in Natura 2000:

www.financing-natura2000.moccu.com/pub/index.html
 

07th April 2008

  Read or download the new Charter Newsletter No. 4 here.

12th March 2008

  eai news

Newsletter

EUROPARC Atlantic Isles
 

 

  Catalonia Declaration:   English  -  German  -  French
EUROPARC Federation
 

 

EUROPARC members

 

04th July 2008

  Celebrate Slovakian days with the Donau-Auen National Park, Austria on the 5. Juli 2008, 14.00 Uhr; 29. August 2008, 14.00 Uhr; 15. September 2008, 14.00 Uhr at the  National Park centre schlossORTH.

> Further information

 

24th June 2008

  The Hohe Tauern National Park celebrates the day of biodiversity (Tag der Artenvielfalt) for the second year running from 11th to the 13th July.
Wildgerlostal, Gemeinde Krimml, Salzburg

> Further information

 

24th June 2008

  Art exhibition from the group National Park artists in the Hohe Tauern National Park from 20th June until the end of October.

> Further information

 

24th June 2008

  Yorkshire Dales National Park receive the prestigious European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas award

> Further information

 

20th June 2008

  A conservation project run in the Yorkshire Dales National Park has won a regional award – for the second year running.

> Further information

 

20th June 2008

  7th - 20th Sep
Seminar: "Natural Protected Areas: Management issues, experiences and case studies"

Majella National Park, Abruzzo (IT)

> Further information

 

04th June 2008

  To read the Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia - Alpe Devero Newsletter n° 4/2008 click here
 

25th April 2008

  Ambitious bid for Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate sustainable tourism award
A TOURISM partnership has launched a bid to win official “EUROPARC” status for the Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate. If successful, the area would become one of just 48 regions in Europe to receive the prestigious European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas award.

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Press release
 

17th April 2008

  Visit Planete Insolites internet TV station Biosphère for interesting reports about environmental issues.
We recommend taking a look at the Biosphère TV listings before watching.

> Programme
> Biosphère

 

17th March 2008

  Finland's First State of the Parks Report Published in January 2008

> More information
> PDF version available here


Metsähallitus Natural Heritages services
 
 

Other environmental news

 

4th July 2008

 

  Press release from EuroNatur:
Radolfzeller Naturschutzstiftung im Aufwind. EuroNatur stärkt sich für Kampf gegen Artenschwund in Europa

 

4th July 2008

 

  E-News from Deutschen Naturschutzring:

> To read the article "EuGH erklärt Ölverschmutzungen im Meer zu Abfall" click here
> To read the article "Minister wollen gegen illegale Fischerei vorgehen und Ökosysteme schützen " click here
> To read the article "EU-Agrarminister wollen besonders gefährliche Pestizide verbieten" click here

> To read the article "EU-Parlament warnt vor Klimakatastrophe" click here
 

25th June 2008

 

  Membership registration to the organisation 'CIVILSCAPE NGOs for the European Landscape Convention', launched in February this year to empower citizens all over Europe in their involvement in the protection, management and planning of landscape, is now open.

> For further information visit www.civilscape.org
> To read the first CIVILSCAPE newsletter click here

 

25th June 2008

 

  Read the latest issue of the Thin Green Line, the International Ranger Federations newsletter here

 

25th June 2008

 

  E-News from the WCPA:

>
IUCN - WCPA launches the World Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative For more information contact the project leader Bill Henwood
> To read the article 'Marine miracles at Convention on Biological Diversity' click here

> To read the article 'Historic agreement for biodiversity in South-Eastern Europe' click here
> To find out more about the IUCN's Millar Award, which recognises individuals who have clearly demonstrated innovation in relation to protected areas, click here
> To find out more about the Young Conservationist Award, which recognize and raise awareness of the outstanding contributions made to the management of protected areas by young conservationists, click here
 

24th June 2008

 

  Read the June newsletter from Countdown 2010 here
Includes information on the outcomes of the COP 9 in Bonn in May and an opportnity to sign the resolution for wilderness in Europe.
 

24th June 2008

 

  News from Birdlife International:

>To read the article 'Hundreds of nature sites at risk from EU transport projects' click here
>To read the article 'UN Conference fails life on Earth– German chancellor praises Natura 2000' click here

 

20th June 2008

 

  News from PAN parks:

>To read the article PAN Parks and the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas click here
>To read the article Wilderness Resolution goes from Strength to Strength click here

 

20th June 2008

 

  Read the new Fact.s newsletter here
 

20th June 2008

 

  Read Birdlife International's Farming for Life Newsletter here

04th June 2008

 

  The IUCN's new newsletter on nature conservation in the European Union
In this issue there is an analysis of the EU's preparation for the UN Biodiversity Conference in May and a quick overview of current events and policy. You can also find out about what is going on in the IUCN network in Europe.

> Download the newsletter here

 

04th June 2008

 

  Nominations for the 2008 Responsible Tourism award are now open.
The Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest awards of their kind in the world and are a collaboration between online travel directory responsibletravel.com, who founded and organise the Awards, UK media partners Telegraph Travel and Geographical Magazine, and World Travel Market, who host the Awards ceremony

>
Find out more here
 

04th June 2008

 

  MSc in Protected Area Managment at Klagenfurt University in 2009

> Download the 2009 flyer here

 

04th June 2008

 

  Click here for the latest edition of Business 2010 - COP-9: Business and Biodiversity in Bonn 

03rd June 2008

 

  To download lesson 6 of the PAN Parks lessons learned series "How to Lobby Decision Makers" click here.

The PAN Parks lessons learned series is a collection of the knowledge and experience gained by PAN Parks over the last ten years that helps improve the efficiency of protected area management.
 

03rd June 2008

 

  The  Irelands winning essay from the UNESCO IYPE student contest
The essay is a refreshingly descriptive and enlightening prose about how the earths history is reflected in its landscape and describing the usefulness of this information for future development

> To read a short article about the essay click here
> To read the essay click here

 

25th April 2008

 

  Download the latest issue of the CBD business and biodiversity newsletter, released on the occasion of the upcoming ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9), here.
 

25th April 2008

 

  The DVD "The Thin Green Line", a film about the lives of rangers around the world, is now available in 4 languages English – French – Spanish – Romanian. 
All the profits made from people buying the DVD go to rangers who were killed whilst on duty and other conservation/ranger projects

Read about or buy the DVD at www.thingreenline.info

 

07th April 2008

 

  Research: GEM-CON-BIO (Governance and Ecosystems Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity)
Find the results of their research, comparing
the "success" and "failure" of different biodiversity conservation approaches here.
 

04th April 2008

  The new Management Effectiveness Information Module:
an online system
developed by the UNEP-WCMC and IUCN-WCPA to make information on Protected Area Management Effectiveness assessments available online

More information under www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/me

 

 

Please also have a look at the EUROPARC CALENDAR for information on conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings and events.