Nord Milano Park
The Periurban Parks / Fedenatur Working Group supports EUROPARC’s work on Periurban Parks.
About the Working Group
The Periurban Parks Working Group is a Standing EUROPARC Working Group (WG). It arose from the merger of Fedenatur with EUROPARC in 2017.
The purpose of the working group is both to produce and promote policies for conservation and sustainable management of natural protected areas located in urban regions and peri-urban contexts and to advocate for the recognition of periurban parks as strategic infrastructures for ecological transition, public health and social wellbeing.
Overall Mission
The intended outcomes are that the whole society and, in particular, policy-makers value the role of periurban natural areas in the balance of cities and the well-being of urban dwellers.
Periurban Parks should be seen as important poles of ecological importance, biodiversity conservation, outdoor recreation, health promotion areas, education and research.
In order to achieve this, the WG will work to produce and promote both policies and guidelines for the conservation and sustainable management of natural Protected Areas located in urban regions and peri-urban contexts at local, regional, and European level.
More information can be taken from the Terms of Reference at the bottom of this page.
Members
- Chair: Nikos Pangas, Philodassiki Society of Athens, EUROPARC Council Member (GR)
- Riccardo Gini, Parco Nord Milano (IT)
- Annukka Rasinmäki, Metsähallitus (FI)
- Etienne Aulotte, Brussels Environnement (BE)
- Javi Gómez , Parc Natural Collserola, Barcelona (SP)
- Susanne Leputsch, Forst- und Landwirtschaftsbetrieb, Stadt Wien (AT)
- Andrej Verlič, , Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana (SL)
- Eeva Seppä, EUROPARC Youth Council member, Nuuksio National Park (FI)
- Anna Castelli, EUROPARC Directorate staff Liaison
External cooperating members:
- Fernando Louro Alves, former senior advisor of Monsanto parque florestal, Lisboa (PT)
- Maria Marti, former Chair of EUROPARC’s Periurban Commission (ES)