Join us in celebrating young people restoring nature in Protected Areas on the 15th of September 2025!
European Youth in Parks Day 2025: You Restore Nature!
Nature Restoration is urgently needed from simple beach clean-ups to restoring natural processes like leaving fallen trees for the decomposers to rework into the ecosystem. The Junior Rangers and Youth+ers in the EUROPARC network are helping Protected Areas with nature restoration, planting native species, and curbing the spread of invasive species.
This is why the EUROPARC Youth Council have selected this year’s theme to be Nature Restoration!
Keep an eye out here – A social media pack will be published closer to the event date!
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1. Protected Areas: Run an event with young people on or around the 15th of September
- Register it with us
- Post about it and tag us
- Send us your best photo
2. Youth: Showcase your Youth Group’s work restoring nature in or around a Protected Area
- Join the WhatsApp Community
- Film the work you and your youth group are involved in anytime this summer
- Post the video in the WhatsApp Group
- Have it featured on EUROPARC Youth communications platforms and at the Conference
Register your event
The Guidelines
The European Youth In Parks Day is a celebration of the wonderful work that young people and Protected Areas are doing in the
When?
15th of September each year. You are welcome to run events in the week before or after as best suits your schedule.
Join in!
Organise an event with the kids and young adults in your Park on or the weekend before or after the 15th of September and celebrate youth work with Parks across Europe!
Partners
Junior Rangers @ Neusiedlersee
(a) Do you already have a Junior Ranger or a Youth+ programme?
This is your chance to activate their leadership qualities by facilitating a youth-led activity. This activity can either be for themselves, for one another, or for the young people in the local community to bring them all together and connect with your Park.
(b) Do you have partnerships with schools, youth organisations or other youth in the local community?
Then consider a joint activity for the young people in the local community to bring them together and connect with your Park.
Plan your Activity
Do you need some inspiration? Find some example activities below and perhaps tailor them to the theme!
- Bio Blitz: learning how to identify local species
- Outdoor sport: hiking, cycling, canoeing
- Nature restoration: planting native species, removing invasives
- Wild foraging: learning which things are edible and which not
- Local sustainable festival: plant swaps, local food, clothes swaps, music
Don’t forget to register your event so that it will appear on the map with the following details:
Share your Stories
The Junior Rangers in the Cairngorms National Park on European Youth in Parks Day. Photo credit: Will George
When posting on your social media on the 15th September, please tag us and use the hashtag #YouthInParksDay and #StrongerWithYouth
- Twitter: @EUROPARC
- Instagram and Facebook: @EUROPARC.youth
- LinkedIn: EUROPARC Federation
Photo Competition
We would love to see your top photo(s) of the day that embodies the theme! We will select the best photos and use these in the following media:
- In EUROPARC’s Annual Report magazine that goes out to all members
- As the EUROPARC Junior Ranger Facebook Page Cover for the year
- On the cover of the #YouthInParksDay Report
Email them to us along with the name of the photographer and the following disclaimer:
“Without expectation of compensation or other remuneration, now or in the future, I hereby give my consent to EUROPARC Federation to use the photo(s) and video(s) I have submitted in their communication on online platforms and print media. This consent is given in perpetuity and does not require prior approval by me”
Send us your Feedback
We would love to hear how the experience was and what advice you think first timers should be given ahead of the event for next year.
The European Youth in Parks Day is made possible through funding of the LIFE Programme. Views and opinions do not necessarily reflect that of the European Commission or of CINEA.