Finland’s adoption of the 3-30-300 Nature Recommendation in 2025, promoting outdoor exercise and nature engagement, is the focus of this guest article by Juho Jäppinen….
https://www.europarc.org/news/2025/04/national-parks-as-promoters-of-stays-and-exercise-in-nature/The cost of mental health is rising exponentially across the world, overtaking the cost of heart disease. At the same time, wilderness and biodiversity are…
https://www.europarc.org/news/2019/11/wilderness-therapy-as-mental-health-treatment-a-case-study-from-the-uk/On the occasion of the 2019 European Week of Sports, the EUROPARC Federation and the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS) launched simultaneously the 10 Good Principles…
https://www.europarc.org/news/2019/10/the-good-principles-for-outdoor-sports-now-in-6-languages/Recreation opportunities can be a major ecosystem service, can provide funding streams and, when well managed, promote conservation and wildlife protection. What methods can we use to communicate with visitors and facilitate pro-environmental behaviour in protected areas? An article by Bryony Slaymaker, a winner of the Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarship in 2016.
https://www.europarc.org/news/2017/12/visitor-behaviour-ats/