this is a presentation given during the Outdoor Show in Friedrichshafen in 2011. Thanks for the European Outdoor Conservation Association for providing its generous support of 25 000 EUR for this project in Küre Mountains, Turkey.

1. Paanajärvi NP © Viktor Gritsuk GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF 10,000 HECTARES OF WILDERNESS IN TURKEY Zoltán Kun & Hajnalka Schmidt PAN Parks Foundation

2. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk What is PAN Parks? PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature

4. W hat is PAN Parks Wilderness? ...but v isitors have the opportunity to enjoy PAN Parks Wilderness! Paanajärvi NP ©Minna Koramo

5. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk PAN Parks is t he only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas What does the Foundation do?

6. What is PAN Parks? Founded in 1999 by WWF and Molecaten, registered in NL and having its premises in Hungary

7. The PAN Parks network

8. © KMNP G oal of th e project : to certify the Kure Mountain National Park in Turkey and thus safeguard 10,000 hectares of wilderness for Europe. The project supported by EOCA

9. © KMNP The project supported by EOCA

10. © Bruno D’Amicis The project supported by EOCA

11. © KMNP The project supported by EOCA

12. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk Activities 1. Working with stakeholders to ensure the certification of 10,000 hectares of wilderness in Kure Mountain National Park 2. Developing a Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy to address sustainable tourism development with local partners, to ensure outdoor activities benefit the park and local communities

13. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk Activities 3. Developing a thematic trail and 5 new information boards to enable visitors and outdoor enthusiasts to appreciate, understand and experience true wilderness, whilst ensuring that their behavior contributes to the preservation of this area

14. Field visit, May 2011

15. Field visit, May 2011

16. Workshops, May 2011

17. PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature www.panparks.org