PAN Parks welcomes the declaration of the International Year of Biodiversity as we also look to the opportunities triggered by natural succession and ecosystem dynamics to protect global biodiversity. In PAN Parks Wilderness areas, the priority is protecting ecosystem dynamics and supporting the protection of biodiversity - ecosystem dynamics link.
Many examples of this could be provided so a page on our website will be devoted to providing a collection of case studies, interviews, articles on the relation of wilderness and biodiversity and the PAN Parks efforts to protect biodiversity through wilderness protection.
The European Centre for Environmental Research and Training of Panteion University is an eminent Greek think tank on sustainable development and environmental issues. It was established on February 2002, based on the decision taken by the Senate of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. On a structural level, it belongs to the Department of International and European Studies, while at the same time it adheres in all research and educational activities of the Sector of International and European Institutions. It closely collaborates with academic institutions, Non Governmental Organizations, International Organizations and Entities of the Local Administration. It has been currently operating for 10 years and has achieved a high level of excellence in the fields of environmental training, environmental and climate change law and policy.
To ΕΚεΠΕΚ του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου είναι μια εξέχουσα δεξαμενή σκέψης και έρευνας πάνω στη βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη και σε θέματα περιβαλλοντικής προστασίας. Εγκαθιδρύθηκε τον Φεβρουάριο του 2002 κατόπιν της απόφασης που ελήφθη από την Σύγκλητο του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών. Διοικητικά ανήκει στο Τμήμα Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Σπουδών ενώ ταυτοχρόνως είναι ενσωματωμένο σε όλες τις ερευνητικές και εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες του Τομέα Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Θεσμών. Συνεργάζεται στενά με ακαδημαϊκούς φορείς, Μη Κυβερνητικές Οργανώσεις, Διεθνείς Οργανισμούς και Φορείς της Ελληνικής Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης. Λειτουργεί εδώ και 10 χρόνια και έχει επιτύχει ένα υψηλό επίπεδο αριστείας στους τομείς της περιβαλλοντικής εκπαίδευσης, του περιβαλλοντικού δικαίου και πολιτικής καθώς και του δικαίου και πολιτικής για την κλιματική αλλαγή.
Our club was funded back in 1995 and we organize acts in order to raise the awareness concerning the social and environmental sector of our area. We cooperate we the local authorities including the municipality of Serres and local universities. Our club is an active member of the mountain partnership and of the Greek Federation clubs for UNESCO. We participate at the yearly campaigns concerning water, environment, biodiversity, earth and we created a team with volunteer scientists that study the astronomical phenomena with a yearly gathering. The municipality of Serres assigned to us the operation of the local Museum of Natural History in which we organize education campaigns for the local schools.