This event is now available to view via YouTube.
Many young people who live in rural areas in and around Protected Areas feel they have no choice but to leave their homes to study and work elsewhere to gain the skills they need. With living costs being high, little to no public transport and a lack of entry level jobs or affordable housing, they have little incentive to return to their childhood communities upon graduating.
This event showcased how young people are, despite these challenges, currently contributing to sustainable development in rural areas, to build a better future for the next generations.
- The EUROPARC Junior Rangers programme delves into young people as active nature conservationists,
- The YEE co-led project EU Teens4Green centres around youth-led projects for a just transition in coal-dependent areas across the EU
- The RYEurope project, COCOREADO, looks at rebalancing the role of farmers through the transition to a more sustainable food supply system.
See the participants’ responses on this padlet.
