Cross-border environmental communication

Learning together and from each other

Lukas Laux in cooperation with Achim Klein

Cross-border environmental communication by examples from the Bavarian Forest Nationalpark

Bavarian Forest Nationalpark - in the centre of Europe

Cross-border environmental communication

Vienna

Praha

M unich

Bavarian Forest Nationalpark24.250 ha

ŠumavaNationalpark69.000 ha

Bavarian Bohemian woodlands

Cross-border environmental communication

Bavarian Bohemian woodlands

Cross-border environmental communication

Bavarian Bohemian woodlands

Cross-border environmental communication

Cross-border environmental communication

Bavarian Bohemian woodlands

Cross-border environmental communication

www.nationalpark-bayerischer-wald.de

Series of special guided tours - topic 1998: “How real is reality ?“

Cross-border environmental communication

Cross-border environmental communication

Series of special guided tours - topic 2003: “Ark“

Cross-border environmental communication

Series of special guided tours - topic 2003: “Ark“

Waterhouse

Wildn iscamp am Falk en stein

Wilderness camp

Cross-border environmental communication

tree house

Wilderness camp

Wildn iscamp am Falk en stein

Cross-border environmental communication

forest tent

Wilderness camp

Wildn iscamp am Falk en stein

Cross-border environmental communication

meadow bed

Wilderness camp

Wildn iscamp am Falk en stein

Cross-border environmental communication

Grand opening 2002Wilderness camp

Wildn iscamp am Falk en stein

Cross-border environmental communication

Cross-border environmental communication

Project “German - Czech environmental communication”

Cross-border environmental communication

How does the project work ?• Workshops with training elements and external lecturers

• Visiting applied examples in different protected areas

• Developing new ideas for common projects: “model-projects”

Cross-border environmental communication

Model-projects, some examplescommon Ranger service

Cross-border environmental communication

Model-projects, some examplesGerman-Czech youth-camp with children from 4 national park regions

Cross-border environmental communication

Model-projects, some examplesHandbook

environmental education

Cross-border environmental communication

our USP: (unique selling point)

Forest Wilderness without Boundaries”

our Vision:

The first cross-border wilderness area in Central Europe

Cross-border environmental communication

Promoting the idea by a new cross-border projectMain goals:

• PR for wilderness idea in different target-groups

• series of different activities / modules

• improve the cooperation of both national parks

• participation of - local people and - national park staff

• in terms of education for sustainable development

Cross-border environmental communication

Possible modules of the project

• common ranger service

• cross-border junior-ranger-group

• youth-parliament as advisory board for both park-managements

• common education of volunteers as guides

• “wilderness trail”

• activities on flagship species like wolf or lynx

• ballet in the wilderness

Cross-border environmental communication

Visit of the Bavarian State Ballet

to encourage young choreographers to deal with wilderness

public performances in • Prague• Munich• Nature

Cross-border environmental communication

Cross-border environmental communication

Cross-border environmental communication

Thank you for your attention!