I presented this during the Europarc 2012 annual conference. The presentation has two parts: 1) chronological view of how wilderness protection evolved between 2008 and 2012, 2) what PAN Parks is planning to contribute to wilderness protection in Europe in 2013
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7. Wilderness definition
A wilderness is an area governed by natural
processes. It is composed of native habitats and
species, and large enough for the effective
ecological functioning of natural processes. It is
unmodified or only slightly modified and without
intrusive or extractive human activity, settlements,
infrastructure or visual disturbance.
8. All forms of PAs are contributing to biodiversity conservation!
Wilderness
area
Other protected areas
Too small Wild areas
to be
wilderness
Current stage of natural development (indicated by eg. IUCN category)
Non-intervention (current mgmt practice) intervention
23. PAN Parks contributions
‘The Million Project’ provides the framework to organisations
working on the protection of wilderness and to more protected
areas throughout Europe to join
Protecting 1 million hectares of wilderness by 2015
35. PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s
wilderness, the continent’s most
undisturbed areas of nature
http://panparks.org
http://facebook.com/panparks
http://panparks.org/user/register
http://linkedin.com/panparksgroup
http://youtube.com/user/PANParks
http://storiesofwilderness.panparks.org
http://mymillionproject.ning.com
info@panparks.org
Notes de l'éditeur
But do we actually deliver on this if we keep focusing only on verification?
Some wilderness values that can be experienced in PAN Parks
Ways to explore PAN Parks
The Message from Prague also ask for actions quantification of the value of non-extractive economic benefits identify and promote the linkage of ecosystem services to wilderness key economic dimensions, challenges and opportunities of wilderness areas in E urope. TEEB report not penetrated yet into PA management particular importance to define the ecosystem services and potential payment methods for wilderness
Other special exciting activities in PAN Parks
But do we actually deliver on this if we keep focusing only on verification?
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Fabulous mountains also host wild areas ...
Wilderness does exist on our continent ... In amazing old growth forests both in northern countries...
and in Mediterrnean areas
With incredible underwater wilderness and flora on islands
W ilderness is there in the world of meandering rivers...
freshwater ecosystems
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