The EUROPARC Federation Europarc strategy for the European Protected Areas PARCHI PER UNA SOLA TERRA Feltre (Italia) 10th of july 2008 Martin Šolar EUROPARC Council Member
- Europarc Federation was established in 1973 - Main objectives of the federation are raising effectiveness of park management and networking among different protected areas round the Europe. - In 35 years we have become the largest umbrella organization of the parks, national agencies and some NGO s in Europe.
The EUROPARC Federation currently has 406 member organisations in 38 European countries covering more than 500 protected areas in Europe.
Structure and Membership General Assembly 406 member organisations Council 7 representatives from 7 European countries EUROPARC National Sections from 8 countries / European regions Administrative Offices 4 staff in Grafenau, Germany 2 staff in Brussels, Belgium
EUROPARC Sections E U R O P A R C Atlantic Isles www.europarc-ai.org.uk E U R O P A R C España www.europarc-es.org E U R O P A R C Nordic-Baltic www.metsa.fi/europarc E U R O P A R C E U R O P A R C Ceská Republika www.europarc.cz Deutschland www.europarc-deutschland.de E U R O P A R C Italia www.europarc.it E U R O P A R C France E U R O P A R C Serbia and Montenegro www.natureprotection.org.yu
New Strategy and Work Programme As set in the new strategy EUROPARC s 2012 goal is to Ensure that member protected areas are managed by a network of highly professional, well informed practitioners, held together by a strong network and supported by decision makers at the national, regional and European level. Thematic fields 1. Management 2. Efficient and representative protected area networks 3. Benefits and values of protected areas 4. Capacity building, training and education
Support for protected areas - 1. Management - 2. Efficient and representative protected area networks - 3. Benefits and values of protected areas - 4. Capacity building, training and education - 5. Financial support - 6. Communications - 7. Capacity - 8. Efficiency and Effectiveness
The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism european-charter.org
Transboundary Co-operation IUCN defines a transboundary protected area as: an area of land and/or sea that straddles one or more borders between states, subnational units such as provinces and regions, autonomous areas and/or areas beyond the limit of national sovereignty or jurisdiction, whose constituent parts are especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed cooperatively through legal or other effective means.
Transboundary Parks Certification system developed by the EUROPARC Federation to reward exemplary high-quality transboundary cooperation between protected areas in Europe.
Junior Ranger programmes The aim of junior ranger programmes is to develop and implement practical programmes and activities based on the work of park rangers for interested youngsters, who live in or near a protected area.
EUROPARC Junior Ranger Network 2008
7 th International EUROPARC Junior Ranger Camp 2008 SCOTLAND
www.natura.org
Task forces and working groups Natura 2000 Wetlands Education and youth Coastal and Marine Areas
Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships 2006 Award Holders
www.naturegio-bg-ro.de
www.workingfornature.org
Pupils Experience Nature in European Protected Areas In partnership with the PAN GmbH
European Day of Parks On and around 24 May several hundred events are organised throughout Europe each year
www.europarc.org
Informing and Influencing Policy Maintenance and development of contacts and co-operation with the European Commission, in particular with DG Environment, Directorate B Wilderness Initiative
EUROPARC 2008 - Being Guests in Romania Conference hosts are Romanian Ministry of the Environment WWF Danube Carpathian Programme Piatra Craiului National Park Picture: PNPC Spencer Coca
EUROPARC 2009 - Being Guests in Sweden Conference host is the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 9 13 September 2009 in Strömstad
For more information contact EUROPARC Federation Kröllstr. 5, Postfach 1153 94475 Grafenau Germany E-mail: office@europarc.org Phone: +49 8552 96 10 0 Fax: +49 8552 96 10 19