This presentation was used during the 10th Europe's Wilderness Days to launch The Million Project which aims at guaranteeing the protection of at least 1 million hectares of wilderness in Europe by 2015. It allows organisations and individuals to join our effort to strengthen wilderness protection on our continent. Enjoy reading and promoting The Million Project
20. PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness , the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature www.panparks.org
Hinweis der Redaktion
I will speak about our roadmap to change and how we (together with you) enhance wilderness protection in Europe.
But do we actually deliver on this if we keep focusing only on verification?
We have to work with already protected improve management effectiveness, involve local communities in the management (visitor management), increase the public support (awareness raising through making visitation possible -> tourism model) and create new funding opportunities for protection (in the current economic decline there are budget cuts and the gap might be filled through tourism related incomes)