PAN Parks is a leading wilderness protection organization in Europe that works to protect the continent's last true wilderness areas. Only 4.2% of Europe's land remains unmodified by human activity, and wilderness values are being lost at a rate of 3 species per hour due to extinction. PAN Parks' mission is to establish a system that protects existing wilderness areas through strict non-intervention management and restores modified landscapes to wilderness to preserve these vital ecosystems for future generations. Their long term goal is to protect 5% of Europe as wilderness areas through expanding protected areas and public support over the next 10 years.
17. PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s
wilderness, the continent’s most
undisturbed areas of nature
www.panparks.org
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Audience: blowing up 100 ballons 99 ballons smashed! 1 with the panparks logo remains intact in my hand
We have to take care of the remaining 1% because the pressure is increasing!
We covered 600,000 hectares with artificial surfaces in 6 years! The annual growth was 1,5%!
Wilderness is essential to halt biodiversity loss
Reference to Payments for Ecosystem Services,but highlighting the need for non-use values
Rewilding is fine and we welcome it, but only relevant to wilderness protection if it eventually leads to creating more wilderness Another opportunity is people moving into cities
Nature deficit disorder! Wilderness can offer a response to urban social problems
Tripleing our network in 2 year time!
We need to scale up wilderness protection, which can only work with additional financial respurces, knowledge and wide cooperation