National park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
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were defined in the 1960s as areas of at least 10 kmĀ² consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna.
The first two national parks were founded in the 1930s by private organisations. The first official national park,
Schiermonnikoog National Park
Schiermonnikoog National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Friesland. It was founded in 1989. It covers about , the majority of the island Schiermonnikoog.
Landscape and history
The island arose during the last glacial period and ...
, was not established until 1989. The most recent national park to have been established is the
Nieuw Land National Park
Nieuw Land National Park (''New Land National Park''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Nationaal Park Nieuw Land'') is a List of national parks of the Netherlands, national park in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Flevoland.
It was established on Octobe ...
, which was established in 2018.
In 2011, the government decided to make the provinces responsible for the national parks.
As of 2021, there are 21 national parks.
National parks
Footnotes
External links
National Parks in the Netherlands(in Dutch)
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National parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
National parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...