National parks of Austria
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There are six national parks in Austria. These parks have a combined area of 2,356 km², which is 2.8% of the total area of Austria.[1] They include each of Austria's most important natural landscape types — alluvial forest, Alpine massif, Pannonian steppe and rocky valleys.[2]
Austria's national parks are:
- Donau-Auen National Park
- Gesäuse National Park
- Hohe Tauern National Park — Hohe Tauern
- Kalkalpen National Park
- Neusiedler See National Park — Neusiedler See
- Thayatal National Park — Thaya valley [1]
The Carinthian area within Hohe Tauern National Park meets ICUN Category II status. The remaining part of Hohe Tauern meets ICUN Category V standards. The rest of Austria's national parks meets ICUN Category II standards. The parks are managed by contracts between one or more of the federal provinces and the Austrian government.[2] The financing is shared equally between the Austrian government and the province.[1] The parks provide the public with educational services, information, and leisure activities.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Nationalparks Austria. [www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/umweltthemen/naturschutz/NSG-NP-RZ2.pdf National parks in Austria] (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
- ^ a b c Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2004-01-01). Oecd Environmental Performance Reviews. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. ISBN 92-64-01888-3.
[edit] External links
- Nationalparks Austria Official site (in German).
