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  • The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas

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    The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas

    June 2014

    The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas took place this year on the French-Belgian border. An initiative of the EUROPARC Federation, this annual gathering brings together managers of protected areas from across the whole of Europe all of whom are faced with cross-border issues.

  • European recognition for the Hainaut Cross-border Nature Park

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    European recognition for the Hainaut Cross-border Nature Park

    October 2013

    The Parc Naturel Régional Scarpe-Escaut (France) and the Parc Naturel des Plaines de l’Escaut (Belgium), which together form the Hainaut Cross-border Nature Park, received the “Transboundary Park” certificate at the closing ceremony of the annual conference of the EUROPARC Federation on 12 October 2013 in Hungary.