November E-news

The main article this month is about our latest escapades at the Federation staff meeting in Grafenau the week before last. This months E-News also contains the following:

+ a call out for applications for NatuRegio 2009/10

+ an invitation to the European Charter event in Brussels in December

+ news about the make over of www.workingfornature.org

+ a review of the Working for Nature evaluation seminar that took place this month

+ an important note about member access to www.europarc.org

+ a colourful account of the October Atlantic-Isle seminar "Making sustainable tourism a foundation of the rural economy?"

+ a quick reminder about the 100 Years of National Parks project

+ an update from Sweden about EUROPARC 2009

+ a link to a report on Junior Ranger Programmes across Europe from last years Alfred Toepfer holder Kveta Cernohlávková

+ a quick review of the Jobs Forum in France last month

We would also like to take this opportunity to inform you that the latest version of the European Charter Newsletter is now available at www.european-charter.org/Documents/CharterNewsletter5.pdf and to encourage you to visit our event calendar, which contains a variety of international events related to protected area management, at www.europarc.org/whats-happening/events . If you are hosting a relevant international event that is not on the calendar please let us know and we will be glad to place the event and related information on the site.

We hope you enjoy reading the November E-News!