European Diploma of Protected Areas
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awarded by the Council of Europe
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to protected area
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
s (natural or semi-natural) of exceptional European conservational interest. It is awarded for a five-year period at a time and is renewable. Over 60 areas in 23 states have received the award so far.
Awarded areas
Austria- Krimmler WasserfälleKrimmler WasserfälleThe Krimml Waterfalls or waterfalls of Krimml, with a total height of 380 metres , form the highest waterfall in Austria. The falls are formed from the Krimmler Ache river and are located near the village of Krimml in the High Tauern National Park in Salzburgerland.-Falls:Krimmler Wasserfälle is...
- Thayatal National Park
- WachauWachauThe Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans". It is in length and was already...
Belarus
- Berezinsky Nature Reserve
Belgium
- Hautes Fagnes
Czech Republic
- Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape AreaBiele Karpaty Protected Landscape AreaWhite Carpathians Protected Landscape Area is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area protects the Slovak part of the White Carpathians, part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, in West Slovakia...
- Karlštejn National Nature Reserve
- PodyjíPodyjíPodyjí National Park is a national park in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It protects near-natural forests along the deep Dyje River valley. It is a biom whose well-preserved state is unique in Central Europe. It connects to the smaller Nationalpark Thayatal in Austria.-...
Estonia
- Matsalu National ParkMatsalu National ParkMatsalu National Park is a nature reserve and national park situated in Lääne County, Estonia...
Finland
- Ekenäs Archipelago National ParkEkenäs Archipelago National ParkEkenäs Archipelago National Park is situated in the Ekenäs archipelago, in the Uusimaa region of Finland. It was established in 1989 and covers . The park is maintained by Metsähallitus ....
- Seitseminen National ParkSeitseminen National ParkSeitseminen National Park is located in the municipalities of Ikaalinen and Ylöjärvi in Finland. The national park was established in 1982 and later expanded in 1989. It now covers . The park is a typical mix of upland and lowland coniferous boreal forests of the Suomenselkä watershed region...
France
- CamargueCamargueThe Camargue is the region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône River delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western one is the Petit Rhône....
National Reserve - Écrins National ParkÉcrins National ParkÉcrins National Park is one of the nine French national parks. It is located in the south-eastern part of France and consists in a mountainous region of the Dauphiné Alps, south of Grenoble and north of Gap, shared between the départements of Isère and Hautes-Alpes.It rises up to 4,102 m at the...
- Mercantour National ParkMercantour National ParkMercantour National Park is one of the nine national parks of France. Since it was created in 1979, the Mercantour Park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors every year enjoying the 600 km of marked footpaths and visiting its villages.-Extent:...
- Port-Cros National ParkPort-Cros National ParkPort-Cros National Park is a French national park established on the Mediterranean island of Port-Cros, east of Toulon. It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales....
- Scandola Nature ReserveScandola Nature ReserveThe Scandola Nature Reserve , established in December, 1975, is located on the French island Corsica, within Corsica Regional Park...
- Vanoise National ParkVanoise National ParkVanoise National Park , is a French national park in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps, created in 1963 after mobilization from the environmentalist movement against a touristic project. It was the first French national park. This park is in the département of Savoie...
Germany
- Bavarian ForestBavarian Forestthumb|The village of Zell in the Bavarian ForestThe Bavarian Forest is a wooded low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany. It extends along the Czech border and is continued on the Czech side by the Šumava . Geographically the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest are sections of the same mountain range...
National Park - Berchtesgaden National Park
- Lüneburg HeathLüneburg HeathThe Lüneburg Heath is a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve...
Nature Reserve - Germano-Luxembourg Nature Park
- SiebengebirgeSiebengebirgeThe Siebengebirge is a German range of hills to the East of the Rhine, southeast of Bonn, consisting of more than 40 mountains and hills. It is located in the municipalities of Bad Honnef and Königswinter. It is of volcanic origin and came into being between 28 and 15 million years ago...
Nature Reserve - Weltenburger Enge Nature Reserve
- Wollmatinger Ried Nature Reserve
- Wurzacher Ried Nature Reserve
Greece
- Cretan White Mountains National Park (Samaria)
Hungary
- IpolytarnócIpolytarnócIpolytarnóc is a village in Hungary, Nógrád county. There is a fossil site close to it, the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Conservation Area.-Ipolytarnoc fossils:...
Nature Conservation Area - Szenas Hills Protected Area
- TihanyTihanyTihany is a village on the northern shore of Lake Balaton on the Tihany Peninsula . The whole peninsula is a historical district....
peninsula
Italy
- Gran Paradiso National ParkGran Paradiso National ParkGran Paradiso National Park is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the park...
- MaremmaMaremmaThe Maremma is a vast area in Italy bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea, consisting of part of south-western Tuscany - Maremma Livornese and Maremma Grossetana , and part of northern Lazio - Maremma Laziale .The poet Dante Alighieri in his Divina Commedia places the...
Nature Park - Maritime AlpsMaritime AlpsThe Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French département Alpes-Maritimes and the Italian province of Cuneo. The Col de Tende separates them from the Ligurian Alps; the Maddalena Pass separates them from the Cottian Alps...
Nature Park - Montecristo Island Nature Reserve
- Parco naturale di Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli
- Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e MoliseParco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e MoliseParco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise is an Italian national park founded in 1922. The majority of the park is located in the Abruzzo region though it is not constrained by regional boundaries and also includes territory in Lazio and Molise. The park headquarters are in Pescasseroli in the...
- Sasso Fratino Integral Nature Reserve
Luxemburg
- Germano-Luxembourg Nature Park
Netherlands
- De Boschplaat
- Weerribben
- OostvaardersplassenOostvaardersplassenThe Oostvaardersplassen is a nature reserve in the Netherlands, covering about . Despite having developed recently it already has international importance as a European wetland....
- Naardermeer
Poland
- Białowieża Forest
- Bieszczady National ParkBieszczady National ParkBieszczady National Park is the third largest National Park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme south-east corner of the country, bordering Slovakia and Ukraine....
Romania
- Danube DeltaDanube DeltaThe Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine . The approximate surface is...
- Piatra Craiului National ParkPiatra Craiului MountainsThe Piatra Craiului Mountains are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. In Romanian "Piatra Craiului" means "Rock of the King".The Piatra Craiului mountains form a narrow and saw-like ridge, which is about 25 km long...
- Retezat National ParkRetezat National ParkRetezat National Park is a natural reserve area located in the Retezat Mountains in Hunedoara county, Romania.Containing more than 60 peaks over and over 100 crystal clear deep glacier lakes, the Retezat Mountains are some of the most beautiful in the Carpathians...
Russia
- Oka National Biosphere Reserve
- KostomukshaKostomukshaKostomuksha is a town located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, from the border with Finland and on the shore of lake Kontoki. Population:...
Strict Nature Reserve - Teberda National Reserve
- Tsentralno-Chernozemny Biosphere Reserve
Slovakia
- Poloniny National ParkPoloniny National ParkPoloniny National Park is a national park in north eastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1997 with a protected area of 298.05 km² and a buffer zone of 109.73 km²...
- Dobrocsky National Nature Reserve
Slovenia
- Triglav National ParkTriglav National ParkTriglav National Park is a national park located in Slovenia and the only one in the country. It was named after Mount Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps and a symbol of Slovenia and Slovenian character....
Spain
- Doñana National ParkDoñana National Park-Conservation:In 1989 the surroundings of the national park were given more protection when a buffer zone was declared a natural park under the management of the regional government. The two parks, national and natural, have since been classified as a single natural landscape.In 1994 UNESCO...
- Ordesa y Monte Perdido National ParkOrdesa y Monte Perdido National ParkOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km².It has...
- TeideTeideMount Teide , is a volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Its summit is the highest point in Spain, the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic, and it is the third highest volcano in the world measured from its base on the ocean floor, after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea located in...
Sweden
- MuddusMuddusMuddus is a national park in northern Sweden. It is situated in the province Lapland, with its largest part in the Gällivare Municipality. Furthermore, it belongs to the largely untouched UNESCO World Heritage classified Laponian area....
- Sarek National ParkSarek National ParkSarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, in the province Lapland in northern Sweden. Sarek borders the national parks Stora Sjöfallet and Padjelanta...
- Store Mosse National ParkStore Mosse National ParkStore Mosse is a national park in Småland in southern Sweden, located in the municipalities of Vaggeryd, Gnosjö and Värnamo. In total Store Mosse covers some 100 square kilometres ; of these, some 77 km² were designated national park in 1983.It has the largest boggy grounds south of Lapland and...
- Bullerö Nature Reserve
Switzerland
- Swiss National ParkSwiss National ParkThe Swiss National Park is located in the canton of Graubünden in the east of Switzerland between Zernez, S-chanf, Scuol and the Fuorn Pass in the Engadin valley on the border with Italy....
Turkey
- Kuşcenneti National Park
Ukraine
- Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
United Kingdom
- Peak District National Park
- Minsmere Nature Reserve
- Beinn EigheBeinn EigheBeinn Eighe is a complex mountain massif in the Torridon area of the Highlands of Scotland. It forms a long ridge with many spurs and summits, two of which are classified as Munros. The name Beinn Eighe comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning File Mountain...
National Nature Reserve - PurbeckIsle of PurbeckThe Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north. Its western boundary is less well...
Heritage Coast - Fair IsleFair IsleFair Isle is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands. It is famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting.-Geography:...
National Scenic Area
External links
- The European Diploma of Protected Areas (the Council of Europe)