the presentation I did for EHF on April 17

1. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk PROTECTING EUROPE’S WILDERNESS Zoltan Kun 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

3. What is PAN Parks? A European organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas Central Balkan NP ©CBNP

4. What is PAN Parks? Applies a truly integrated approach to mobilise sustainable tourism development for strengthening wilderness conservation Borjomi-Kharagauli NP © Kote Gabrichidze

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

6. Paanajärvi NP ©Viktor Gritsuk What is PAN Parks? Goal by 2015: effective conservation of 1 million hectares of wilderness in Europe

7. W hat is PAN Parks Wilderness? An a rea of at least 10 , 000 hectares of land or sea, with its native plant and animal communities and their associated ecosystems, in an essentially natural state Oulanka NP ©Hannu Hautala

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

10. Why is wilderness needed in Europe? „ ...about 1% of Europe’s territory ...can be called ‘wilderness’ area” Ladislav Miko EC DG Environment Wilderness is a scarce resource in Europe! Retezat NP ©iStock/Falk Kienas

12. How does PAN Parks protect Europe’s wilderness ? PAN Parks d evelop s a network through linking wilderness protected areas in Europe

13. How does PAN Parks protect Europe’s wilderness ? We h elp to increase the management effectiveness of the areas through third party audit based on Principles and Criteria Central Balkan ©Nanko Minkov

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