Event themes
Flourishing Communities
How can we facilitate and support the conditions in protected landscapes where a diverse community can live and work?
Working Landscapes
How do we engage with the main decision makers who manage most of the land in protected landscapes i.e. farmers. And how do we work together to find the best outcomes for nature and climate alongside profitable farm businesses?
Making the case
How do we make new designations relevant and valued by those within and beyond the designated area. What is the value of designation? What will new designations mean to communities and land managers. How do we sell the benefits examples of challenges addressed such as impacts of climate change In our conference webinar we will look at some of these examples.
Nature for all
How do we engender greater support for protected landscape from the wider population (recognising that protected landscapes are often perceived to be irrelevant to the lives of a significant section of the population. This final event will raise the provocative issue that many of us have discussed at different times about limiting the numbers visiting protected areas. Due to availability of some speakers this event will run in the new year
Join the discussion in our forums
Create or contribute to topics in our discussion forums on each of our four themes.
Welcome to the Europarc Atlantic Isles 2024 members event
How can we do things differently now and, in the future, to ensure that our protected landscapes, and potential future designations, are special multifunctional places that meet the needs of nature, climate, people and place and make vibrant dynamic and relevant landscapes?
If we want to do things differently, how radical should we be and who will be the people and voices that will bring about change and how do we listen, engage, and support these communities and individuals?
We want to find practical ways of achieving this, by taking a look at the challenges and different ways that protected landscapes and others have started to address these issues both in the UK and Ireland and across Europe.
To achieve the goals of 30:30, Nature recovery, impacts of climate change, health and wellbeing challenges and new designation etc we need to get a broader support for the relevance and benefits of protected landscapes from different stakeholders and more of the wider population.