Seven Sisters - South Downs AONBEach year EUROPARC Atlantic Isles runs a very popular and varied series of seminars.  These usually occur in the spring and in the autumn, at various locations within the Atlantic Isles area. 


Forthcoming seminars:


  • Protected Areas in the 21st Century - what does the future hold?  Cardiff, 27-28 March 2008
    Click here for the full programme.
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    The presentations are available for download:

Gudridur Thornovardardottir, Unhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency), Iceland
Marta Mugica, Europarc Federation Spain
Olaf Osterman, Europarc Federation, Germany
Michael Starrett, Irish Heritage Council, Ireland
Howard Sutcliffe, Clwydian Range AONB, Wales
Martin Beaton, South Downs Joint Committee, England
Andy Wilson, North York Moors NPA, England

Recent seminars:


  • Community Engagement and Protected Areas: what works, and what you need to do.  Newcastle, 1-2 November 2007
    The Best Practice Guide will be available here soon.
    The presentations are available for download:

    Click here for Weerribben-Wieden NP (Netherlands)
    Click here for the BESST Project from the Peak District (UK)
    Click here for the Wicklow Uplands Council (Ireland)
    Click here for Community Futures work in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs (UK)


  • Climate Change and Protected Areas.  Kings College Cambridge, March 2007

    Click here for the summary. 

  • European Landscape Convention

    Click here for the summary.

  • Renewable energy and Protected Areas
    Click here for the summary.
  • Proteced landscapes and the coastal and marine environment
    Click here for the summary.



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Spring seminar presentations available The full set of presentations for our recent seminar in Cardiff - Protected Areas in the 21st Century; what does the future hold? - can now be downloaded. Go to our seminars page and follow the links.
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