European Day of Parks 2024 – discover what was happening on and offline!
Every year, on the 24th of May, EUROPARC celebrates the European Day of Park (EDoP). All over Europe, the Protected Area community organises events and raises attention to their value for society. This year’s theme was “Vote for Nature”. Discover all that was happening across Europe, on and offline, in our brand-new report!
EDoP 2024: a massive success
Thanks to the support of our members and partners on the ground, the European Day of Parks was once again a big success! The European day of Parks (EDoP) aims at bringing people closer to nature by offering a diversity of activities and events in Protected Areas across the EUROPARC Network. From Spain to Sweden and from England to Ukraine: events were happening all over Europe. Under the theme “Vote for Nature” we raised awareness about the importance of Protected Areas for the successful implementation of nature policies in Europe.
Some core numbers from our EDoP 2024 outreach!
Vote for nature – bring policy decision to life!
Protected Areas are builders of bridges. These special places are able to connect international policy decisions and agreements with local communities. Furthermore, they are essential not just for the successful execution of these policies, but also to help shape wide-spread acceptance amongst citizens. EUROPARC asked Parks and Protected Areas to organise events to showcase how they are bringing policy decision to life. The Protected Area community answered with 100s of events all over Europe.
Social media was buzzing!
Parks and Protected Areas also joined in online, to ensure that our message was heard by as many people as possible. Thanks to a special Social Media Pack created by the EUROPARC Federation, this was easier than ever before. The result? Thousands of people interacted with #EuropeanDayofParks content. We could hardly keep up with the many posts and stories that were created by our community! All this activity created a big multiplier effect, bringing attention to the essential work of Parks and Protected Areas all over Europe.
Want to learn more about the activities, the outreach and the numbers? Then check out our activities and outreach report:
The EUROPARC Directorate wants to thank everyone that made this European Day of Parks a massive success!
