Comenius Project

PROTECTED AREAS & NATIONAL PARKS IN EUROPE
The European Project COMENIUS 1 of Schools Partnerships, "PROTECTED AREAS & NATIONAL PARKS IN EUROPE " is a two years long project that involve schools from five european countries (Germany, Finland, Check Republic, Austria and Spain).

The Project aim is to increase the knowledge of and interest in regional, national and European nature reserves among students and the employees of participant schools. Participants will learn about different strategies for the conservation of protected areas. They will find out about their importance for regional, national and global ecosystems and they will also learn about the various dangers these ecosystems are confronted with. During the meetings fieldwork will be done by visiting protected areas and familiarizing with the environment in practice.

In the individual institutions students will collect information about a chosen National Park or other protected area. They will study the special characteristics of that area. They will learn about different educational concepts to promote the idea of nature preservation. And they will – hopefully – become ambassadors for this idea among their fellow youth.