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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.
“Transboundary Parks” is a EUROPARC initiative to encourage cooperation between protected natural areas across national borders. This label is awarded as a recognition that a set of criteria demonstrating enhanced cross-border cooperation have been met. Ten European parks have so far been certified “Transboundary Parks”.
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