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Case studies

Spawning area for fish with a water regulator in Matsalu, Estonia

Less water in the spring caused the lagoon in the Estonian Matsalu National Park to disappear. To solve this, an ancient road was transformed into a dam with water regulators.…

Dry stone in the Greater Region. Protection, restoration and enhancement of a heritage of high natural and landscape value.

In order to promote knowledge and perception by all, inventories of dry stone walls are carried out on the territory of the Greater Region, as well as restoration actions by…

Spelt from the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch

The local pasta manufactuer “Fidirulla” produces handmade pasta from spelt from the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch at the highest quality level.

Corporate Volunteering in Swiss parks

Swiss nature parks regularly organize volunteering events for companies that strive to contribute to environmental sustainability by actively engaging their employees in this cause. Participants help to maintain valuable natural…

European Wood Sculpture Competition – Art with chainsaws

Since the year 2000, artists from all over Europe have been meeting every last weekend in July in the Hammerbach Valley near Tornau and have been making sculptures from logs…

Crafting consciousness and connections for truly meaningful visitor experiences in Norway’s regional parks

Norway has a long-standing international reputation for its pristine landscapes and its regional parks are no exception, attracting thousands of visitors each year to enjoy unspoilt nature. Nature, however, must…

Sound Trail (Klangwanderweg)

In the village of Hoscheid in the Our Nature Park, a 6-km long circular hiking sound trail awaits you in a scenically beautiful environment. Artists from Luxembourg and abroad have…

Living History – guided theme hiking trails

In cooperation with the neighbouring region in Germany, the Our Nature Park developed an innovative tourist product to preserve the region’s cultural heritage and enable visitors to experience it. Under…

Without pesticides campaign

The “Without pesticides” campaign has been advocating a total ban on all pesticides nationwide in Luxembourg since 2009. The starting-point was the voluntary decision not to use pesticides in upkeep…

Maintenance programme for the conservation and renaturation of orchard meadows. Survey of fruit variety diversity

Orchard meadows are among the most valuable and species-rich habitats in the Mëllerdall Nature and Geopark. The Bongerten maintenance programme (Bongerten is the Luxembourg word for orchard meadows) has already…

INTERREG Europe NIGHT LIGHT Improving regional policies to reduce light pollution and protect and valorise dark night skies.

NIGHT LIGHT Project partners: – Province of Fryslân – Lead Partner – Hajdú-Bihar County Government (HU) – Avila County Council (ES) – Nature Park Our (LU) – Samsø Energy Academy…

An AONB (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) evaluation of the Management Plan Review process

By law, in the UK, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and their Partnerships must review their Management Plans every 5 years, and this process is important for local teams…

Interreg project: Dry stone in Luxembourg Greater Region. A heritage of great natural and landscaping value.

The Interreg project seeks to revive interest in, and know-how of, dry stone in the Greater Region’s territory through different actions and measures; dry stone is a soft and natural…

Blawith and Torver Low Commons, management plan process

Blawith and Torver Low Commons form part of the wider Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons SAC. We are working with the Commoners on our areas of Common, and the…

Raising public awareness on fruit diversity through the POMEXPO trade fair

The POMEXPO trade fair is an event devoted to the fruits of Hauts-de-France region. 9 000 visitors come together in the presence of professionals, associations, producers, and local authorities. Fruit…

Transiberiana d’Italia

The Sulmona-Carpinone-Isernia railway was an important link between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Sea. Born in 1897 and closed to passenger service in October 2011, “Le Rotaie Association” of Isernia worked…

CucinAcost0 – Cooking lessons for young cookers apprentices (from high school) on how to cook edible wild plants

The aim of the project was to spread the properties and the use of edible wild plants, characteristic of our Region, in cooking. With this intention, the Professional Institute for…

Creation of an educational botanical garden in the Mt. Hymettus Aesthetic Forest

‘Philodassiki’ has created and maintains Mt. Hymettus Aesthetic Forest and supports actions for the improvement of environmental education, focused mainly on flora. In order to meet the needs of its…

Yr Ysgwrn: Keeping the door open

Yr Ysgwrn, a traditional Welsh 168 acre hill farm in Snowdonia came to international recognition in 1917 as the home of Hedd Wyn, a soldier-poet who fell at Passchendaele, 6…

The “Casa del Parco”: an interactive multimedia facility, located inside the Cascina Centro Parco.

The “Casa del Parco” has been created with three main purposes: 1) archive 2) inform 3) attract. After 40 years of history, the Parco Nord has felt the need to…

Landscape monitoring in two transboundary parks from Romania and Serbia: Iron Gates Nature Park and Djerdap National Park.

The Iron Gates Nature Park administration implements a monitoring strategy developed in a European project. This activity started in 2015 and the monitoring protocol is applied every three months. The…

Webinars

How the war has affected Ukrainian Protected Areas

About the webinar War affects people and nature. So far, roughly 30% of the Ukrainian protected sites have been impacted by military operations and the ongoing war. Recently, the situation…

Webinar: Dark Sky Parks

Night Vision: a webinar about Dark Sky Parks With 80% of the world population living under light-polluted skies (99% when it comes to Europe and the U.S.), according to…

Webinar: Cultural Heritage and Interpretation

“Natural heritage and cultural identity: the role of interpretation“ 9.02.2018 Cultural Identity is rooted in the connection to the land and therefore interpretation of natural and cultural landscapes is something inherent…

Videos

A Sustainable Journey – the Film on Sustainable Tourism

A Sustainable Journey has been produced by EUROPARC Federation in the framework of the CEETO Interreg Central Europe project. This 9 minutes short film portrays the story of a traveller…

News

Shifting Baseline Syndrome, impacts on nature conservation and prevention – Margaux Pierrel

Margaux Pierrel is one of the 2022 Alfred Toepfer Scholarship winners. In this article, she details what she's learned about Shifting Baseline Syndrome during her study trips. You can find…

Sacred nature in Iceland by Rosie Corner

Every year, the Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship supports the work of young conservationists in Protected Areas across Europe. In this article, Rosie Corner, Place Plan Officer for Shropshire Council,…

Modelling Landscape Perceptions in European Protected Areas – Marie Micol

Every year, the Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship supports the work of young conservationists in Protected Areas across Europe. Marie Micol was one of the winners of the Scholarship in…

Save the date! EUROPARC Conference 2021 goes to the Netherlands

The EUROPARC Conference is the event of the year for those working in Europe’s Protected Areas and Natura 2000 sites. Next year, EUROPARC Conference will take place from 4 to…

Case study: Promoting biodiversity in urban areas

The Finnish concept of National Urban Parks (NUP) is promoting biodiversity in urban areas. Urbanisation is a mega trend all over the world. Living in an urban environment offers benefits…

Sustainable Development & Management of Protected Areas by Agnė Jasinavičiūtė

Every year, the Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship supports the work of young conservationists in protected areas across Europe. Agnė was one of the winners of the Scholarship in 2018,…

Georgia’s Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands nominated as UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site

For the first time in Georgian history, some of the country's Protected Areas have been nominated as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. Georgian Protected Areas nominated as UNESCO Natural…

Landscape design for people and biodiversity: a case from a post-mining area

During the Conference 2019 in Latvia, EUROPARC held a number of workshops to discuss diverse topics relevant for Protected Areas management. In case you have not attended, or want to read…

Interpret Europe: Call for Papers on Heritage Communities

‘Fostering heritage communities’ is the title of the next Interpret Europe Conference that will take place from 8 to 11 May 2020 in Haapsalu, Estonia. Interpret Europe now accepts proposals…

Transboundary Parks Award 2019 – Binntal Veglia Devero Transboundary Nature Park

The EUROPARC’s Transboundary Parks Programme aims to promote and facilitate transboundary cooperation between European Protected Areas. Since 2003 when the Basic Standards evaluation system was launched, 23 European Protected Areas have been successfully…

Italian Julian Alps: the new UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve

The Italian Julian Alps MaB was announced recently in Paris as one of the newest UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Reserve (MaB) established in Italy. Congratulations! Here is all you have…

Drones in Protected Areas: how can they help?

Drones are taking the world by storm. Although at first, it might seem like they are made solely for entertainment purposes, these unmanned aerial vehicles are proving to be much more. Besides providing astonishing images of your Park, they can…

Nature and Culture in Dialogue – The outcomes of the Seminar

To present the results of the cooperation started earlier this year, EUROPARC and Interpret Europe organised on the 28th November 2018 the “Nature and Culture in Dialogue”, an event kindly hosted…

Nature and Culture in Dialogue – Registrations are open

The EUROPARC Federation and Interpret Europe are hosting a special event in Brussels as a celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. How does natural heritage influence cultural identity?…

Dutch National Parks on the way up again

The Dutch National Parks faced a difficult period over the last couple of years... now there is a positive movement again, resulting in a new National Park standard and in…

Nature is the answer: IUCN’s manual on ecosystem services

Guidance for good nature questions IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) has recently published the manual "Tools for measuring, modeling, and valuing ecosystem services: guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, Natural…

Culture knows no borders

On the 26 June the European Parliament, in cooperation with the Culture and Education Committee organised a High-level conference entitled “Cultural Heritage in Europe: linking past and future”.

Interpretation Course by Interpret Europe

Our Parks and Protected areas form the bedrock of much of Europe’s Cultural heritage. The food we eat, clothes we wear, customs to mark the passing of seasons and even…

Heritage interpretation – Outcomes of Siggen Seminar 2018

As a celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, EUROPARC and Interpret Europe joined forces in 2018 to work on the connection between Europe's Natural Heritage and Cultural Identity.…

European Tree of the Year 2018 – Where is it rooted?

In Search for the most fascinating European Tree & its Story A contest highlighting the role of old trees for our natural and cultural heritage that deserves our care and…

EUROPARC Webinar – celebrating the European Year of Cultural Heritage

"Natural heritage and cultural identity: the role of interpretation" 9th February - 10:00 CET Register here Cultural Identity is rooted in the connection to the land and therefore interpretation of…

First European Summit of Regional Nature Parks in Europe

“Regional Nature Parks – strong partners for nature conservation and sustainable rural development” Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 18.00 h – 21.00 h Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the…

First European Summit of Regional Nature Parks

On the 21 June 2017, the German Association of Nature Parks and EUROPARC Federation organise the 1st Summit of Regional Nature Parks. We will share the results of the Europe’s…

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