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Training seminar for volunteer coordinators
21st January, 2013
Details of a training seminar for volunteer coordinators have been announced. The event is part of the EU Grundtvig project “Volunteer Management in European Parks”. If you already work with volunteers in your protected area or are planning to do so in the near future, then this training seminar is a chance to learn (more) […]
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Latest E-News from EAI published
12th December, 2012EAI’s latest E-News was published on 3rd December containing news of policy developments from across the UK and in the EU, as well as event plans and publications. EAI’s post-conference E-News was published on 31st October, with a round up of news from the EUROPARC 2012 conference, including the award of the Alfred Toepfer Medal […]
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Eurosite and CCW workshop on Natura 2000 monitoring
21st November, 2012Our colleagues in Eurosite, together with EAI member and sponsor the Countryside Council for Wales, are holding a workshop entitled, “Terrestrial Natura 2000 Monitoring – Nature, Pictures and People”, in Swansea, Wales, from 12 – 14 March 2013. The event will provide a unique opportunity to get to know terrestrial Natura 2000 habitat monitoring methods […]
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European recognition for Arthur Mitchell
31st October, 2012The EUROPARC Federation has recognised the enormous contribution to nature conservation in Northern Ireland and Europe made by Arthur Mitchell of the Mourne Heritage Trust. In a ceremony on 25th October 2012 at the annual EUROPARC conference Dr Mitchell was awarded the Alfred Toepfer medal, which is awarded each year by the Federation to celebrate […]
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Sustainable tourism practitioners meet
15th October, 2012EAI’s sustainable tourism network met again on Thursday 11th October in Birmingham. The focus of the day was to look at how protected landscapes in the UK are developing their relationships with tourism businesses in the context of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism. Discussion was lively and complex, yet also productive. Challenges, difficulties and […]
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Looking ahead to this week’s Charter networking meeting
8th October, 2012EAI’s sustainable tourism network meets in Birmingham on Thursday 11th October. The network brings together UK Charter Parks – holders of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas – and others with an interest in sustainable tourism in protected landscapes and enables the sharing of expertise and experience. This meeting will focus on […]
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Young rangers define their ideal activities
13th August, 2012At the first meeting of our new project group ‘Establishing a Young Ranger Network’ held on the 8th and 9th August 2012 in the Mendip Hills AONB young rangers played an active role in developing plans for the network. Matthew McDonald-Smith, young ranger from the Northumberland Coast AONB, focused on rock climbing, with a morning […]
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EAI’s Summer E-News published
25th July, 2012EAI published its summer E-News today, with a round-up of information from across the UK and Europe. Featured in this edition are the opening of nominations for the UK Landscape Award and details of new LIFE+ projects that have been given the go-ahead in the UK and Ireland. There’s also news on policy developments, publications, […]
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EUROPARC 2012 – reconnecting society and nature
16th July, 2012This year’s EUROPARC Federation annual conference explores the theme of re-connecting society and biodiversity, with a particular focus on the management of protected areas to mark the 20th anniversary of Natura 2000 and the LIFE programme. The event takes place from Monday 22nd through to Thursday 25th October in the city of Genk, close to […]
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Exchange opportunities in volunteering
13th July, 2012The Grundtvig project “Volunteer Management in European Parks”, in which EAI is a project partner, provides opportunities in its tutoring work package for volunteer coordinators or volunteers to spend time in a partner protected area, to tutor the partner organisation in aspects of volunteer management or to learn from them. Participants can either travel to […]
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