You can find below a map of European Regional Nature Parks according to the project definition. In 2016 there were
almost 900 Nature, Regional and Landscape Parks in 22 European countries, covering a surface of more than 390,000 km².
© VDN using the geodata provided by the European states in 2016 (see below). Extract from the publication "Living Landscapes". Not for publication.
Country |
Name of relevant parks (original name and English translation) |
Website of umbrella organisation (if not applicable responsible ministry or agency) |
Austria |
Naturparke (Nature Parks) |
www.naturparke.at |
Belgium (Wallonia) |
Parcs naturels (Nature Parks) |
www.fpnw.be |
Bulgaria |
природни паркове (Nature Parks) |
parks.bg |
Croatia |
Parkovi prirode, parkovi regionalni (Nature Parks, Regional Parks) |
www.mzoip.hr |
Czech Republic |
Chráněná krajinná oblast -CHKO (Protected Landscape Areas) |
www.nature.cz |
Denmark |
Naturparker (Nature Parks) |
www.friluftsraadet.dk |
France |
Parcs naturels régionaux (Regional Nature Parks) |
www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.fr |
Germany |
Naturparke (Nature Parks) |
www.naturparke.de |
Hungary |
Natúrparkok (Nature Parks) |
www.naturparkok.hu |
Italy |
Parchi regionali (Regional Parks) |
www.federparchi.it |
Latvia |
Dabas parki, Aaizsargājamo ainavu apvidi (Nature Parks, Protected Landscape Areas) |
www.daba.gov.lv |
Lithuania |
Regioniniai parkai (Regional Parks) |
www.vstt.lt |
Luxembourg |
Naturparke/parcs naturels (Nature Parks) |
www.naturpark.lu |
Norway |
Regionalparker (Regional parks) |
www.norskeparker.no |
Poland |
Parki krajobrazowe (Landscape Parks) |
www.mos.gov.pl |
Portugal |
Parques naturais (Nature Parks) |
www.icnf.pt |
Romania |
Parcuri naturale (Nature Parks) |
www.ariiprotejate.eu |
Slovakia |
Chranené krajinné oblasti - CHKO (Protected Landscape Areas) |
www.sopsr.sk |
Slovenia |
Krajinski parki, regijski parki (Landscape/Nature Parks, Regional Parks) |
www.naravniparkislovenije.si |
Spain |
Parques naturales, parques regionales, parques rurales (Nature Parks, Regional Parks, Rural Parks) |
www.redeuroparc.org |
Switzerland |
Regionale Naturpärke (Regional Nature Parks) |
www.parks.swiss |
United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) |
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - AONBs |
www.landscapesforlife.org.uk |
United Kingdom (Scotland) |
Regional Parks |
www.snh.gov.uk |
The geodata on which the map is based is copyrighted by the following institutions and organisations:
Austria: Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung (Tirol); Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung (Oberösterreich); NÖGIS/Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung (Niederösterreich); Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung (Kärnten); Land Salzburg (Salzburg); Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH (Burgenland), Landesregierung Steiermark (Steiermark). Belgium: Fédération des Parcs naturels de Wallonie (Wallonien), Flanders Regional Landscapes (Flandern). Bulgaria: Association of Parks in Bulgaria. Croatia: Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša i prirode. Czech Republic: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky. Denmark: Friluftsrådet. France: Fédérations des parcs naturels régionaux de France. Germany: Bundesamt für Naturschutz. Hungary: Herman Ottó Intistut. Italy: Federparchi. Latvia: Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde. Lithuania: Valstybinė saugomų teritorijų tarnyba. Luxembourg: Naturpark Our. Norway: Norske Parker. Poland: Ministerstwo Środowiska Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (Festland); Serviço do Parque Natural da Madeira (Madeira). Romania: Asociatia Administratiilor de Arii Naturale Protejate. Slovakia: Štátna ochrana prírody Slovenskej republiky. Slovenia: Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor Republike Slovenije. Spain: Europarc Espana. Switzerland: BAFU/Netzwerk Schweizer Pärke. United Kingdom: Natural England (England), UK Open Government Licence v3.0. (Wales und Schottland), Northern Ireland Environment Agency/EMOU 206.2 (Northern Ireland).