Paanajärvi National Park is a Russian national park in the Loukhsky District of northwestern Republic of Karelia , in northwestern Russia .
4-528: The park was established in 1992. It has received a PAN Parks certificate. Paanajärvi National Park is located in the Maanselka hills of Karelia Region , along the Finnish–Russian border , northern Europe. It protects 1,043.71 square kilometres (402.98 sq mi) of pristine Scandinavian and Russian Taiga ecoregion forest habitats , lakes, and rivers. Nuorunen , the highest point of Karelia,
8-574: A protected area in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . PAN Parks The PAN Parks Foundation was a non-governmental organisation that aimed to protect Europe 's wildernesses . The foundation filed for bankruptcy in May 2014 in The Netherlands, but was denied the status by the court and is currently in liquidation. The PAN Parks Foundation was founded in 1998 by
12-473: Is located in the park area. Oulanka National Park is adjacent on the west along the border, within Finland , with contiguous protection of this Karelian Taiga habitat. 66°17′03″N 30°08′23″E / 66.2842°N 30.1397°E / 66.2842; 30.1397 This Republic of Karelia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
16-688: The World Wide Fund for Nature and the Dutch travel company Molecaten, with the aim of creating national parks in Europe, along the model of the Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks in North America. The organisation aims to create a network of European wilderness areas where wilderness and high quality tourism facilities are balanced with environmental protection and sustainable local development. It attempts to achieve this through
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