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Webinar: Connected by Nature
Join this webinar celebrating the European Day of Parks!
- 22 May
- 10:30 – 12:00 CEST
- Register here
Strong, resilient ecosystems depend on ecological connectivity. These connections support the movement of flora and fauna and ensure that nature is not fragmented, but truly connected.
As such, it is clear that protecting nature is not enough — we must reconnect it. Protected Areas are at the heart of this transformation. As the building blocks of Europe’s ecological networks, they help turn policy ambition into practical action on the ground. Through cross-border cooperation, habitat restoration, corridor creation, and long-term stewardship, Protected Areas are actively restoring connections across landscapes.
Alongside this, organisations such as Rewilding Europe are working at a broader European scale to support wildlife movement and reconnect habitats across landscapes. Through its landscape teams, efforts are underway to enable ecological corridors and improve connectivity between natural areas, both within and beyond Protected Areas.
This webinar will explore ecological connectivity from three perspectives: at the European scale, the landscape scale, and within Protected Areas. Participants will gain insights into the NaturaConnect project and its aim of creating a truly coherent Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N), as well as the Learning Platform that supports those working to implement this vision.
Creating connections across borders is particularly important — and brings its own set of challenges. The EUROPARC Transboundary Parks Programme supports Protected Areas that operate across national borders. During the webinar, we will hear directly from the certified Transboundary Area Maas-Schwalm-Nette on the Dutch-German border, learning how ecological connectivity projects are implemented in practice and what cross-border collaboration really involves.
We will also virtually travel to Portugal to discover how Rewilding Portugal is working beyond Protected Area boundaries in the Greater Côa Valley, restoring habitat connectivity across privately owned and unprotected land — showing how connections can be rebuilt at scale.
This webinar is organised in the framework of the 2026 European Day of Parks and is open to all! Discover the full programme and get to know the speakers on the registration page.