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= CONTENT UPDATED SINCE 22/7/08
VISITORS SINCE 27/6/07 -

LITERATURE AND PUBLICATIONS

There follows a list of documents, literature and publications produced by, or relavent to, the BPPP. Unless otherwise specified all copyright is reserved by the BPPP:

Available Online:

• Creating the First Balkan Peace Park: further progress on the Cross-border Project. - An article by Antonia Young published on the Frosina Forum (May 2005)
• BALKANS PEACE PARK PROJECT NEWSLETTER No. 4 December 2005
• December 2005 BPPP Newsletter
• Shala Valley Project 2005 Final Report
• Our New ANNUAL REPORT - Covering the period 1/1/2005-31/3/2006
• An extract from a hidden europe feature on the road that disappeared! This is about the old highway over Cakor Pass that leaves Montenegro's Lim valley and heads east to Péc in Kosova. Originally published in Issue 6 of hidden europe ( Jan 2006)
• 'The Role of Resource Sharing Initiatives in Peace-Building: the Case of Peace Parks' - Our US Project Developer's final thesis for her Degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (May 2006)
• IUCN European Greenbelt Newsletter - See page 7 for an article about the BPPP (Spring 06)
• AN UPDATED Report on the 30th June 06 Panel Discussion on Transboundary Peace Parks for the Ecology and Peace Commission at the International Peace Research Association in Calgary - by Abby Raddis
• Richard Hargreave’s quick report on the Balkans Peace Park Coalition Regional Conference, 15 – 16th November 2006
• An extract from a hidden europe feature on peace parks, written by hidden europe editor Nicky Gardner. It was originally published in Issue 14 of hidden europe ( May 2007)
• Letter of Good Intent - Signed by the heads of all six BPP municpalities (Nov 2006)
• NEW BPPP Leaflet - NB. This version of the leaflet has been rearranged so that it reads logically when presented on the web (Dec 2006)
• The 2006 Field Season Report of the Shala Valley Project
• The Mountain Forum Bulletin, Volume VII Issue 1, January 2007 - see page 37. For more information on the Mountain Forum please visit http://www.mtnforum.org (the article unfortunately omits mention of support also received from the Kosovo/a Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports).
• Our new BPPP Newsletter (June 2007)
• The proposal for the BPPP's nomination for the BGTW Best Overseas Tourism Project 2007 award - made by Nicky Gardner of hidden europe magazine (June 2007)
• The BPPP's nomination for the BGTW Best Overseas Tourism Project 2007 award (Aug 2007)
• Article about the BPPP's nomination in the 14th SEE Bulletin ( Sept 2007 - see page 7)
• Article about the BPPP by Lord Chris Smith of Finsbury, President of the Ramblers Association. Originally published in the October 2007 issue of Country Walking magazine on page 16 ( www.countrywalking.co.uk). Lord Smith is perhaps the first Cabinet Minister to have bagged all the 'Munros'
• Our new three fold brochure (published November 2007) Low-res version - 372kb
• Our new three fold brochure (published November 2007) High-res version - 17.9mb
• Our Highly Recommended Certificate from the British Guild of Travel Writers (November 2007)
• Interview between A. Young and R. Gjoni of Mjaft © Albanian Mail (Dec 2007)
• Our revised document describing the make-up of the Balkans Peace Park Project Committee Members (Dec 2007)
• An extract from a hidden europe feature on women's lives in High Albania. Written by Antonia Young and Anjeza Cikopano, this article looks at women's lives under the kanun code, which governs life in the mountains of northern Albania. Originally published in Issue 18 of hidden europe (January 2008)
• An extract from a hidden europe feature on the mountainous country where Montenegro abuts onto Albania by Rudolf Abraham. Originally published in Issue 20 of hidden europe (May 2008)

Available in Print:

• Antonia Young has a chapter published in Peter Simonic et al's recent book "ETHNOGRAPHY OF PROTECTED AREAS; Endangered Habitats - Endangered Cultures" Univ. of Ljubljana Press, 2006.
• Piece on BPPP in Peace Studies Newsletter, University of Bradford, May 2007 (and several previous issues)
• The BPPP features in the most recent editions of Bradt Travel Guides to all 3 BPP countries. For more information please visit www.bradt-travelguides.com/

ACTIVITY REPORTS

Informal reports of treks and other projects produced by those involved in them:

• Richard Hargreave's report on trekking from Theth to Curraj Eperm, Albania, 2006
• Ann Kennards's report on the 2006 "Peace Walk in Thethi National Park, with overnight in Abat Kulla"
• Richard Hargreaves' report on his 2007 two week multi-activity, borders-crossing trip

 

ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES

Old press releases archived:

• 11th November 2007 - Balkans Peace Park Project highly commended by British Guild of Travel Writers 2007

 

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