PAN Parks

PAN Parks works to protect Europe's wilderness, the continent's most undisturbed areas of nature.

PAN Parks, the only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas, applies an approach combining wilderness protection and sustainable tourism development. The organisation creates a network of European wilderness areas where natural systems of animals and plants are safe to thrive, where people appreciate the pleasures offered by wilderness with the respect it deserves. These areas offer real wilderness and high quality tourism facilities, well balanced with wilderness protection and sustainable local development.

The park management co-operates closely with the people who live around the park. Local PAN Parks partners, offering facilities and working together with the park, are recognised by the PAN Parks logo based on environmental standards and their commitment to conservation. These partners are knowledgeable about the park and help visitors discover wilderness firsthand. They offer activities - from hiking on high-elevation trails to exploring an underwater trail and from Mediterranean hikes to experiencing the Northern lights near the Arctic circle.

List of PAN Parks

1. Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
2. Fulufjället National Park, Sweden
3. Majella National Park, Italy
4. Oulanka National Park, Finland
5. Paanajärvi National Park, Russia
6. Retezat National Park, Romania
7. Rila National Park, Bulgaria
8. Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Georgia (country)
9. Southwestern Archipelago National Park, Finland
10. Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal
11. Soomaa National Park, Estonia
12. Čepkeliai-Dzūkija National Park, Lithuania

External links

• http://www.panparks.org/