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New ideas for volunteering
A three-day training event for volunteer coordinators in protected areas held at the Gilwell Park conference centre and hosted by EAI concluded on Wednesday. Organised as part of the Volunteer Management in European Parks project and funded by the Grundtvig / EU Life Long Learning programme, the training seminar brought together participants from seven European […]
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Review of the Year 2011-12
Promoting good practice Coastal and Marine Chaired by board member Phil Dyke, the EAI coastal and marine working group held a successful networking meeting in Birmingham in July 2011. Issues explored included marine planning and seascape character assessment. The group is also working to promote the Manifesto for Coasts and Seascapes, published in April 2011 […]
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Latest EAI E-News published!
The latest edition of our E-News has been published, with news of our work programme, details of forthcoming projects and events and information from the UK and European networks.
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Latest EAI E-news published
The latest edition of EAI’s E-News has just been published! It contains information on policy developments from across the United Kingdom and the European Union, including a number of consultations. Also included are updates on the EAI work programme and new information on events to be held by EAI and the EUROPARC Federation. This edition […]
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UK Protected Areas – Natural Solutions
The IUCN UK National Committee is hosting an important conference on Thursday 26th April at the Brockholes Nature Reserve in Lancashire. The event provides a platform for protected area managers and policy makers to share good practice and consider existing and new policy and systems, opportunities and challenges. Practitioners and policy makers from across the […]
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Spring diary dates!
There are several events in the spring that will be of interest to EAI members and partner organisations: Sheffield, 2 April 2012: The Campaign for National Parks and the Friends of the Peak District are holding a workshop on visitor payback schemes. Brockholes, Lancashire, 26 April 2012: The IUCN-UK National Committee will be hosting its […]
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Latest EAI E-News published
The latest edition of EAI E-News has been published with details of policy developments from across the United Kingdom and the European Union. Also included are updates on the EAI work programme and new information from the EUROPARC Federation, together with the usual mix of diary dates, funding opportunities and job vacancies within the network. […]
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First EAI E-News of 2012 published
The first EAI E-News of 2012 was published this morning. It includes news on UK and EU policy developments and networking, updates on the EAI work programme, details of the 2012 European Day of Parks, new publications, diary dates and potential funding opportunities. Also included are job vacancies at EAI member organisations. There is also […]
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Season’s Greetings from all at EAI
The Christmas edition of our E-News is now available, with news on sustainable development in the UK’s national parks, new proposals from the European Commission for the LIFE programme from 2014, publications from the European Environment Agency as well as potential funding opportunities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We wish you all a […]
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Plans for new EU LIFE programme
The European Commission published proposals on 12th December for a new Environment and Climate Action Programme – LIFE for the new financial period from 2014. Amongst the new elements proposed are a sub-programme for climate action, whilst the environment area will focus on resource efficiency, biodiversity and the Natura 2000 network, as well as governance […]
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