PAN Parks is a non-profit organization that works to protect Europe's wilderness areas through sustainable tourism development and raising awareness. It develops a network of protected areas over 10,000 hectares that meet high standards for conservation. PAN Parks certifies local businesses, promotes these areas to international tour operators, and reinvests the resulting income back into conservation projects. This integrated approach helps strengthen wilderness protection while benefiting local communities and visitors.

1. Soomaa NP © Arne Ader

2. Paanajärvi NP © Viktor Gritsuk Developing sustainable tourism in PAs – the PAN Parks approach Zoltán Kun, Executive Director PAN Parks Foundation

3. Soomaa NP © Mati Kose W hat is PAN Parks?

4. What is PAN Parks?

5. Paanajärvi NP © Viktor Gritsuk What is PAN Parks? PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness , the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature

6. What is PAN Parks? The only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas Central Balkan NP ©CBNP Appenine Chamois © Bruno D’Amicis

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

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

9. PAN Parks develops a network through linking wilderness protected areas in Europe : best of Europe’s wilderness What is PAN Parks?

10. The PAN Parks Concept Retezat NP © Andreas Beckmann

12. The PAN Parks Concept An area 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

13. We h elp to increase the management effectiveness of the areas through third party audit based on Principles and Criteria Central Balkan © Nanko Minkov The PAN Parks Concept

15. Allowed activities National Park Area PAN Parks region PAN Parks wilderness The PAN Parks Concept Forbidden activities

16. The PAN Parks Concept V isitors have the opportunity to enjoy PAN Parks Wilderness! Paanajärvi NP © Minna Koramo

20. Retezat NP ©Falk Kienas The PAN Parks Tourism Model

23. PAN Parks Foundation The PAN Parks Tourism Model LBP LBP LBP Incoming Tour O perator Incoming Tour O perator International Tour O perator International Tour O perator International Tour O perator LBP LBP

25. Involved International Operators United Kingdom Exodus, Explore, Activities Abroad, Wildlife & Wilderness, Saddle Skedaddle, Wildlife Worldwide, InnTravel Netherlands SNP, Sawadee, Voigt Travel Germany Rucksack Reisen, Culterramar Retezat NP © Andreas Beckmann The PAN Parks Tourism Model

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