On the 6th of August in Kuusamo (Finland) the European organization PANParks awarded the international standard certificate to the Paanajarvi National Park along with the «Oulanka» national park. The European experts certified the twin-parks as an integrated nature protection territory providing high-quality tourist services.
2\3 of «Paanajarvi» NP territory are the unbroken ecosystem. In comparison with the European SPNAs, «Oulanka» NP has solid experience in working with local business partners. The parks collaborated to create sustainability strategy for the next 5 years and to develop a collaborative working plan in the spheres of environmental protection, environmental education and tourism. «Outlanka — Paanajarvi» is a pilot European territory which has joined PANParks and Europark system.
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