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Involving private companies in Beach Cleaning Program of Schinias Marathon N2000 Protected Area

Project PARALIES was implemented for its 1st year, applied to 8 beaches of the Attica Region (among which the beach of the Schinias Protected Area) focusing at cleaning the marine…

The employees of a technology company in voluntary action in the Mt. Hymettus Aesthetic Forest.

Volunteer employees of a high-tech company participated in the cleaning and restoration of the most visited part in the Mt. Hymettus Aesthetic Forest from the branches and trees destroyed by…

Employing Junior Rangers and Youth+ as team leaders for young summer workers

Kullaberg Nature Reserve is Sweden’s most visited nature reserve with more than 500.000 visitors annually in a very small area. To help meet the added pressure of the tourism season,…

ECO KARST – a project for Nature and for People

The project built on the opportunity to use the natural heritage of seven protected areas in central and south-eastern Europe as an economic development factor. All project pilot protected areas…

Inter-municipal cooperation between the Nature Park Our municipalities in the Climate Pact

The Climate Pact is a national policy instrument to promote the Luxembourg government’s targets in terms of climate protection on a local and regional level. In 2013, the municipalities in…

Cooperation between the drinking water supplier, the Nature Park and farmers to conserve water without economic disadvantages

The aim of the cooperation is to improve water quality in the national drinking water reservoir through information, cooperation and financial incentives for technical measures. The initiative originated in a…

Comité de Pilotage – Steering Committee Natura 2000 Éislek

The role of the Comité de Pilotage – Steering Committee “Éislek” is to implement the measures provided by the national Natura 2000 management plans as well as to promote collaboration…

Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Collserola Nature Park

Companies located in the surroundings of Collserola Nature Park come to the park to develop their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, which consist of volunteer tasks undertaken in the park.

When tourist businesses work together for sustainability. The example of Natural Regional Park of Livradois-Forez (Fr)

The French Regional Nature Park Livradois-Forez aims to “support tourist businesses and visitors through alternative and responsible actions and practices” in its strategy for sustainable tourism. It is the reason why…

Growing together: Commonalities and difference between two Adriatic Marine Protect Areas.

The beauty of the Adriatic Sea makes the region an attractive place to live and work. Each year, more and more tourists spend holidays in the region. In addition to…

Plantons Le Décor – Support for the production and sale of local plants

The preservation of landscape biodiversity can be done through the application of ecological engineering and by planting gardens using indigenous plants and heirloom varieties rather than exotic or ornamental species…

Transition to agroecology in Collserola Nature Park enhanced with a participatory process

In order to promote the transition from conventional agriculture to agroecology a participatory approach is followed in order to best guarantee the success of this initiative.

Creation of “Showcase gardens” demonstrating the region’s vegetable heritage at “Gîtes de France” tourist accommodations.

The preservation of local vegetable diversity and the protection of older varieties requires expertise and publicity directed at both residents and tourists in search of authentic regional products. This taste…

Integrating nature tourism with coastal dune conservation in Lithuanian Coastal Region

Curonian Spit can function as a catalyst for a sustainable development where local businesses and local communities can gain opportunity from the diversification. Local stakeholders aim to jointly develop and…

Conflict resolution between protected area managers and a local community

The Pajūris regional park is one of 30 regional parks, established in 1992 as a result of creating a comprehensive system of state parks and other protected areas in a…

Cooperative “La Ramegna” Small Social Cooperative of Guardiaregia (CB)

Creation of a local Cooperative for the management of tourist activities, logistics and administrative management of fixed and seasonal staff of the WWF OASIS Guardiaregia-Campochiaro.

Model of collaboration with local entrepreneurs of public use

The project aims to establish relationships with local entrepreneurs for the management of visitor centers ensuring the public services associated with them. At once, entrepreneurs can develop an economic activity…

Promoting open spaces in a forest park as a means of increasing biodiversity

The loss of habitats diversity causes loss of biodiversity. Due to the expansion of forest, mainly because of abandonment of farming activities, some species depending on open spaces were declining. To…

Concession to a private logging company for forest clearance in Collserola Natural Park

In order to reduce fire risk in Collserola natural park, a concession has been granted to a logging company to exploit the forest. In this way, the forest is cleared…

Enhance controlled grazing as a cost-effective and ecological tool for fire prevention in Collserola Natural Park

Collserola park promotes controlled grazing by paying shepherds to clean the forest shrub layers with the use of sheep and goats herds. With this action, the park saves money by reducing…

WWF Oasis Guardiaregia-Campochiaro Regional Reserve

We deal with the establishment of a protected area managed by Environmental Association (WWF). The WWF Oasis has been created to protect and promote the portion of a Site of…

IL PANIERE DEL PARCO (The Basket of the Park)

Prealpi Giulie Nature Park is a protected area in the Italian Eastern Alps. Six Municipalities are interested in the Park. In the last years, agriculture has dramatically declined and only…

Videos

Benjamin Caspar – EU Policy and Urban Greening Plans

Watch the presentation of Benjamin Caspar, Team Leader of Urban Environment Policy at the European Commission, on the different EU policies that influence Urban Greening. Recorded at the closing conference…

Jacob Cirera Val – The new Barcelona Masterplan

Watch the presentation of Jacob Cirera Val, Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), on the new Barcelona Masterplan. Recorded at the closing conference of the LIFE UrbanGreeningPlans project. The LIFE UrbanGreeningPlans…

Silvia Villacañas Beades – Madrid Metropolitan Forest

Watch the presentation of Silvia Villacañas Beades of the innovative Metropolitan Forest created in Madrid. Recorded at the closing conference of the LIFE Urban Greening Plans project. The LIFE UrbanGreeningPlans…

Large-scale nature restoration, a solution to tackle climate change? – A conversation with Jeremy Roberts

Climate Talks – Episode 5. This is the fifth episode of the series Climate Talks, a five-part documentary that aims at better understanding what it takes to adapt to climate…

Cooperation, a cornerstone for climate change adaptation? – A conversation with Lorenzo Merotto.

Climate Talks – Episode 2. This is the second episode of the series Climate Talks, a five-part documentary that aims at better understanding what it takes to adapt to climate…

Enhance controlled grazing for fire prevention in Collserola Natural Park – Case Study video

This short video portrays additional information to the case study “Enhance controlled grazing as a cost-effective and ecological tool for fire prevention in Collserola Natural Park“. In this interview, J.A.…

Hendrikus Van Hensbergen – Action for Conservation

Hendrikus Van Hensbergen speaks about how the charity Action for Conservation was founded, its role to involve young people in nature conservation at local level and the possibilities that working…

The Amber Catcher – Economic Activities in Protected Areas

The Amber Catcher portrays the activity that some of the inhabintants of Lithuanian shoreline communities carry out to extract and sell amber from the Baltic Sea. This activity is also…

The integration of Fedenatur and EUROPARC Federation – Maria Marti

While the integration of Fedenatur and EUROPARC Federation takes place, Maria Marti, Manager Director of Collserola Natural Park and Secretary-General of Fedenatur, speaks about this alliance and the benefits that…

News

[EVENT in Brussels] Outdoor sports and nature conservation, drivers of a healthy, inclusive and sustainable society

After the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by EUROPARC Federation and the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS), the first step of the collaboration was the creation of the 10…

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