Press release
Oulanka celebrates its 50th birthday this week in international style. It plays host to the major European Wilderness Days conference of PAN Parks.

PAN Parks is an innovative initiative to create a network of Europe’s best wilderness areas stretching from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. Oulanka was one of the very first parks to pass the stiff certification criteria. Its neighbouring park just across the Russian border, Paanajärvi, joined the network in 2005.

PAN Parks combines both an independent and detailed assessment of the parks environment and management along with developing sustainable tourism in and around the areas. PAN Parks is developing into an internationally recognised brand for high quality sustainable tourism. Visitors coming to a PAN Park such as Oulanka or Paanajärvi know that by using the local tourism providers that display the PAN Parks logo, they are contributing to the protection of the area for future generations.

Zoltan Kun, PAN...