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Sustainable practices benefit businesses and visitors in protected areas

The project ‘Sustainable Tourism in Enterprises, Parks and Protected Areas’ (STEPPA) came to a close today, with its research demonstrating that the performance of a business improves when sustainable measures are implemented. In addition, eco-labels could improve the experience of tourists in protected areas if they were more recognisable. STEPPA, funded through the EU grant […]

EAI supports creation of national parks in Northern Ireland

EAI today submitted a response to the consultation led by the Department of the Environment on the establishment of national parks in Northern Ireland.

A manifesto for coasts and landscapes

EAI has joined together with several campaign groups in the publication of a manifesto for coasts and seascapes. It calls for the same protection to be accorded to the UK’s much loved seascapes that the protected landscapes already enjoy. The manifesto is available in both English and Welsh.

Read Conference Report

In November 2024, EAI co-hosted a members conference event at Sheffield University. The conference theme was: Protected Landscapes 2030 – Fitter for the Future: Our Evolving Landscapes in the 21st Century.

Book EAI Webinar Here

Next Webinar: 5th August, 12 to 1pm Working Towards a Sustainable Future for our Nation’s Common Land: lessons learned from Our Upland Commons partnership programme.

Read Latest Newsletter

Please read our latest June 2025 Newsletter here.

Sponsor Phil Here

Phil Holden is cycling 1,000 miles right across France and hoping to raise £1,000 to give a bursary to a young employee of a protected landscape to make a study visit between the UK and France.

Register for Conference

The 2025 EUROPARC Conference will take place from October 7th to 10th in the heart of Lithuania, in the stunning Nemunas River Loops Regional Park. The central theme is "Nature for People, People for Nature" *Early Bird offer 31 July*

Photographic Credits

Photos from: Isles of Scilly AONB, Antrim Coast and Glens AONB / Evelyn McCormick & Kim Glass, Cotswolds Conservation Board, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, North Pennines AONB and European Geopark / Shane Harris, Howardian Hills AONB Unit.