Nature parks in Switzerland
Switzerland has eighteen official natural parks classified in three categories.
Categories
The three categories of natural "parks of national importance" established by the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage are national parks, regional nature parks and nature experience parks.National parks and nature experience parks have very strict protected areas, something which does not exist in regional nature parks. The latter focus much more on striking a balance in the level of support between nature conservation and the regional economy.
List of nature parks in Switzerland
As of 2016, the eighteen official nature "parks of national importance" in Switzerland are:National parks- * Swiss National ParkRegional nature parks
- * Aargau Jura Park
- * Beverin Nature Park
- * Binntal Nature Park
- * Chasseral Nature Park
- * Diemtigtal Nature Park
- * Doubs Nature Park
- * Parc Ela
- * UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere
- * Gantrisch Nature Park
- * Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut Nature Park
- * Jura vaudois Nature Park
- * Pfyn-Finges Nature Park
- * Thal Nature Park
- * Val Müstair BiosphereNature experience parks
- * Wildnispark Zurich Sihlwald
- Candidate national parks
- * Parc Adula
- * Locarnese National Park Project
- Candidate regional nature park
- * Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park