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.
Latest News & Events
Connecting the land and sea A major new report that examines how protected landscapes can better manage the connections between their seascapes, coasts and terrestrial areas. A seminar in Bristol on 15 October 2008 will discuss the topic further, looking at the management of European Marine Sites alongside coastal protected landscapes, Historic Seascape Assessment and physical adaptation to climate change. Click here for the report and the booking form.
Cardiff seminar report on the future of protected landscapes Just published is the report of our last seminar, which sets out the need for a new vision for protected areas, and suggests a way forwards.
September 08 EAI News The latest edition of our newsletter is out.
Belfast seminar, 23-24 October 2008 Our autumn seminar will be held in Belfast, with site visits to Mourne and the Causeway Coast. The topic is securing strategies that establish sustainable tourism as a foundation of the modern rural economy.
See a short film of the Iceland study tour A brief film showing some of the highlights of our study tour to Iceland in June 2008.