Parks in Europe

On May 24, 1909 Sweden, as the first land in Europe, declared nine areas as national parks. For several years this day has been annually commemorated as the European Parks Day.
Switzerland was the second European country that donated a national park. The Swiss National Park in the canton of Grisons has existed since August 01, 1914.

National parks and nature parks in the neighbouring countries

Status: May 2009

Country	National parks		Nature parks		Links
	number	proportion of the country's area	number	proportion of the country's area
France	9	8.0%	45	12.0%	Parcs nationaux F Parcs régionaux F
Italy	22	5.0%	105	6.3%	Parchi nazionali I Parchi regionali I
Germany	14	2.6%	101	25.0%	Nationalparke D Naturparke D
Austria	6	3.0%	45	5.0%	Nationalparke A Naturparke A

Networks

Several networks represent the interests of the parks in Europe and serve as a platform for the exchange of experiences.

Europarc Federation

Umbrella organisation for the nature reserves in Europe: Europarc

Alparc

Network of alpine nature reserves: Alparc